Yesterday was gun show day.<\/p>\n
(I didn’t pick up anything, though I did see a couple of nice Savage Model 24s in .22 magnum\/20 gauge on one guy’s table. They seemed reasonably priced, though I still couldn’t afford them right now.)<\/p>\n
As our party was on the way out, we noticed a bunch of Austin Energy trucks off to one side of the expo center parking lot. That’s not unusual – the expo center is within sight of one of the major power plants – but there were also signs for something called “PowerUP”.<\/p>\n
What is “PowerUP”, we wondered? It turns out that “PowerUP” is…<\/p>\n
…a performance featuring the employees and machinery of Austin Energy. Performed to an original score by Graham Reynolds and accompanied by a string orchestra led by Austin Symphony Conductor Peter Bay featuring “digital violin” solist Todd Reynolds, PowerUP will showcase 50+ linemen, electrical technicians and Austin Energy employees, bucket trucks, cranes and field trucks, a set of 20 utility poles, and an audience of 6,000+ people!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So I’m still not sure exactly what it is, beyond a performance that apparently involves linemen and bucket trucks. There was a Kickstarter for this project, too<\/a>. $500 got you a reserved parking space and four reserved seats.<\/p>\n