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In all my presentations, I’ve added ZoomIt as a display tool.

After every session, inevitably I get people who ask about the tool.

It’s amazingly simple, and it’s free.

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Note to presenters (ReadMe.txt) ….

I’ve been using ZoomIt for about 6 months now, and I think I’m just getting to the point where I’m really good at using the utility, and not more confusing my audience with the zooming and drawing.

You can get zoom and draw happy to a point where I think it might actually take away from the effect.

I think "Less is More" wins here. If you have a really important presentation I wouldn’t use ZoomIt unless you have had ample time to practice with it - maybe a few dry runs with the tool on your presentation.

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Kneeling Archer, Qin Dynasty (221-201 B.C.), clay with pigment.

The is giving folks a few more days to check out its landmark exhibition, “Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor.”

The closing date has been extended from Sunday, Oct. 12 to Thursday, Oct. 16. Plus, the museum will extend its hours to 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays starting Sept. 27. (Current hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m.) The museum will remain closed on Mondays.

The largest loan of terra cotta figures ever to travel from China to the U.S. has apparently done well, with about 137,000 tickets sold.

“Mummies” attracted 250,000, but that was on view for more than two years. “Forbidden City” sold about 100,000 tickets over six months.

Prices for “Terra Cotta” are a tad steep: $27 for adults on weekends, $21 for for students and seniors, $25 for adults on weekdays, $19 for students and seniors.

But if you go on Friday evenings, admission is free for the first 100 visitors at 4, 5, 6 and 7 p.m.

For more information, you can go to the .

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New preview dates have been announced for the debut production of Dolly Parton’s . The opening of the eagerly anticipated show was delayed due to unanticipated technical challenges, according to Ahmanson reps.

Here’s the Ahmanson’s announcement, including info on how ticket-holders for the cancelled previews will be accommodated:

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 Season tickets are now on sale for Orange County’s newest theater company, the Tustin Light Opera. The season consists of “Grease” (Oct. 17-26), “A Big Band Christmas” (Dec. 19-21) and “Peter Pan” (July 17-26).

Who would be foolish and/or smart enough to start such a venture? Limon Carr Productions, of course. The O.C. company runs several seasons in different parts of SoCal, but cofounder Joshua Carr said they always wanted to create a musical-theater season in their home town of .

“My partner Ray and I have been looking for a facility here in Tustin for many years,” Limon said. ”There just haven’t been the venues.”

Limon Carr is presenting Broadway seasons in Poway and Lake Havasu, but decided to take on the Tustin project when a space became available.

“This school theater became a possibility about six months ago. It’s practically in our back yard, which is perfect. We’ve lived here in Tustin for almost 25 years.”

There are no Equity (professional) performers in this season’s shows, but that could change, Carr said. “Next year we’re hoping the success of this season will allow us to have one or two Equity artists per production.”

So who’s going to show up in a county that’s already well served by musical theater?

“I think there’s enough of a demand right around here,” Limon said.  He said that Limon Carr’s Broadway in the Park series in Tustin regularly drew between 500 and 1000 people. “We’re finding with our (other shows) that we’re getting a lot of people from the Tustin-Santa Ana-Irvine area. I think they’ll like driving here rather than going all the way up to L.A. or Fullerton or over to Costa Mesa.”

Here’s more information if you’re interested in buying tickets to TLO’s first season:

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 The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization might be selling its vast musical library, which includes not only the songs of the famous musical-theater duo but some of the work of Irving Berlin and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber as well. The collection is estimated to be worth $150-$200 million.

Varietythat potential buyers include music giants Sony, Warner and Vivendi, although the R & H organization has not commented publicly on the possibility of a sale and Variety doesn’t name its sources.

The trust that controls the R & H organization is controlled largely by two of their offspring: Mary Rodgers Guettel and Alice Hammerstein Mathias.

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I told you, and I guess some of you listened. I’m just off the phone with the Chantel at the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and she says that there is one ticket left, in the choral terrace, for on Nov. 23 in Segerstrom Concert Hall. Call 949-553-2422 now!

There is a sliver of hope for the rest of you. The Society has a limited amount of tickets on “hold” that may go on sale closer to the concert date. But I wouldn’t hold your breath.

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