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<\/a>First up, we’re going to Yuri’s Night at NASA Ames (http:\/\/sf.yurisnight.net\/<\/a>) Saturday April 12th from 2pm-2am!! They’re so excited to see us that we even got nice billing on some recent invitation emails. Groovy!<\/p>\nN There’s talk about the orbs rolling to other festivals but it hasn’t been totally lined up yet so I don’t want to set the bar too too high. :-)<\/p>\n I Keep em rollin’! I know we haven’t been keeping you peeps updated nearly enough. Let me make it up to you… we’re going to (at least) THREE shindigs soon! First up, we’re going to Yuri’s Night at NASA Ames (http:\/\/sf.yurisnight.net\/) Saturday April 12th from 2pm-2am!! 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<\/a>ext… we’re performing at this little music festival thing in SoCal. You’ve probably never heard of it. It’s called Coachella. Yessire! That’s right, 6 shiny metal orbs will be bounding around at the Coachella Music Festival (http:\/\/www.coachella.com\/<\/a>) Friday April 25th-27th! And us swarm-herders get to rub elbows with a bevy of music and art greats!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.orbswarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/maker-faire.png\" "\\"maker-faire\\"")
<\/a>f SoCal is too far to go to catch orby delights, you’ll ALSO find us at Maker Faire (http:\/\/makerfaire.com\/<\/a>) Saturday May 3-4 in San Mateo.<\/p>\n
\nLee for SWARM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"