4/7/09
Door Prizes announced! At the Rise & Design Expo we will be giving away many different door prizes and various SWAG items. DOOR PRIZES – TO BE GIVEN AWAY AT 6PM You can get one raffle ticket for every hour on the hour you are at the Expo or in a class or meal between 9AM and 5PM. Every raffle ticket you collect can be used to enter for some of the following door prizes: A $2,500 travel voucher A 50 inch Plasma TV Tickets to KC & the Sunshine Band the night of the 17th @ The Orleans iPod Nano Table Lamp from Estiluz Gift Certificates And much more

4/02/09
We have updated the information on many of the website's pages as we get ever closer to the day of the Rise & Design Expo. We are all pleased to announce the teacher for the beginning level light class is Janelle B Drouet, Director of Lighting Design with Harris Consulting Engineers - Lighting Design Group. You'll now find information outlining both classes on their respective pages as well as information on Mr. Charles G. Stone's planned speech  for the Keynote Lunch on the speakers page. Visit the Directions page for a printable map of the Orleans Location and the Expo's location within the Orleans.

3/10/09
We are happy to announce two of our speakers for the Rise & Design Expo: Our Keynote Lunch speaker will be Mr. Charles G. Stone II, President of Fisher Marantz Stone Partners in Architectural Lighting Design and  Mr. Brad A. Bouch, Senior Lighting Designer of Wynn Design and Development will be teaching our Advanced Lighting class.