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For the last four years Brent Heyning and his crew have worked with the team @thedolab to power an arts festival in California heralded as the most environmentally conscious music and arts event in America, Lightning in A Bottle.  The GreenGurus team working with Toyshoppe Pros and our magi have honed practices for sustainable energy technologies, less waste and more DIY opportunities that bring value to tens of thousands of people attending our events or watching TV and film appearances. 

We are taking this work to the next level in 2009 with the invocation of the Lightning Temple, a touring installation and theatrical experience that integrates the very best of our communities.

Since our 2008 festival we have been gathering a team of professionals from all disciplines to build an extraordinary stage and experience.  We see this piece as the integration point for many circles and communities, a place where theatrical performers, musicians, movement artists, teachers and participants can come together to explore how energy is created and shared.  The Lightning Temple is currently building in four locations and includes a team of nearly 100 volunteers collaborating on our wiki; you can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook for regular updates and events.

We have a great amount of work ahead of us in the next three months to build this structure and the unique audio tesla coils that create the sound experience within it.  There is a great deal of technical alchemy happening behind the scenes at weekly meetings in Los Angeles with virtual bridges thru Skype and Second Life; thanks to our friends and volunteers @amoration who continue to make fabulous design and demo meals for our temple team.

We are four months away from Lightning in a Bottle. The excitement every time we start up the coils gets a bit more palpable and we've got great momentum moving forward.  We are looking for a few more people interested in textiles, costuming and wardrobe, theatrical production and singing in the choir along with musical and theatrical groups interested in performing unique experiences with us.  We plan to tour to science and art museums, festivals and large events throughout 2009 as we work with you, our participants, to explore what energy can be when we work together to create it.

Thanks for joining us on this journey.

This year the Toyshoppe Team has worked on projects in Santa Barbara, Chicago, Beverly Hills and coming soon to Black Rock City.....if you include Transformers, DejaVu, Die Hard4 and the other films out recently from Toyshoppe pro builders then you've seen our toys in most every city in America.  We love building big dreams and wild visions with the best media professionals.

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