[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Rose City Astronomy - Float Building

[Brad Pierce]

Terribly short notice but I just read this in the Rose City Astronomy
newsletter and immediately thought this might be right up Dorkbot's alley
since there are many on this list that are particularly clever with
electricity.

They're building a float for the Starlight Parade on May 30th, and they're
building it on Saturday May 9th at
Technical Marine Services (6040 N Cutter Cir Ste 302, Portland, OR 97217)
from 10:00 a.m. to who knows when?

>From the Newsletter: " Anyone who wants to help make this thing terrific is
welcome to come and help out.
 Help get lots and lots and LOTS of lights. The Starlight Parade people want
us to be seen a block away. So we're looking for strings of Christmas
lights…icicle and otherwise. We prefer white, but may use other colors for
some of our decorative touches. If you want to loan us some lights, lease
bring them to the May 9th work party at Technical Marine Services. Not
tangled please, but nicely looped up, and with a tag with your name on each
string so we can return them. Please bring the kind that doesn't die if one
bulb in the string is out. If you've got some bright flashers that are red
LED and star shaped, that would be great. We can dream, can't we? If you are
particularly clever with electricity and want to help us make this dazzling,
we can use you. Like ideas for extra energy sources, and perhaps how to use
real lights on a float. For more information contact
project leaders David Nemo <david at nemoworld.com> or Margaret Campbell-McCrea
<campbellm101 at gmail.com>."

Rose City Astronomers: http://www.rca-omsi.org/index.htm

Newsletter: http://www.rca-omsi.org/news/gazette_09/2009_05.pdf


-Brad
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