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“Good,” Ross said “The bandstand is over there”

“We have soe speakers,” Cabrillo said, “that we’ll need so”

“Let me summon some help”

“We like to take care of our equipment ourselves,” Cabrillo said “We just need some carts”

Ross nodded and turned to one of the caterers

“This is the leader of the band,” she said “He needs to borrow a few of the carts you use to move the tables”

The ht this way”

Mark Murphy stood on the bandstand and surveyed the surroundings Three large tents were erected, forhtly elevated froround, and to the rear the back of the tent had slits that opened to provide access Electrical cables to power their speakers and lights stretched out under the tent He sat his guitar down and poked through the slit in the back Forty feet behind the rear of the tent was part of the wall that forht side of the Y portion of the tent, some thirty yards aas the rear wall of theto the kitchens and inside He began to walk the perimeter of the tent

At the front, or top, of the Y were the entrances for the guests In the opening between the legs of the Y there was a portable fountain and a small wooden platform that was currently e the way the tents were fastened to the ground There were largefarther out onto the lahere they were staked into the earth He stared up Long metal poles, two per each section of the three separate tents, poked through the tops He found a slit in the tent and walked over to one of the poles The bases sat on plastic holders

Murphy figured it wouldn’t takeit all down

Ho washis way back to the mansion when he stopped in his tracks

Several longhairedthe tent, but that didn’t concern hi Ho pivoted on his heel and walked over

“I’ “I’m your host”

“I’m Candace,” Julia Huxley said

Ho’s eyes were riveted on Huxley’s ample assets “I find this hard to believe,” Ho said, “but I don’t re you before”