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Question: Aaron Spychalla - Craig-Hallum Holdings LLC - Analyst
: Yeah, good morning, Brad and Howard. Thanks for taking the questions. Maybe first for me on live events. Good to see the pickup in order activity
there. Can you maybe just talk about the pipeline and what that looks like for order growth the rest of the year? And then any thoughts on just
cadence of kind of revenue? You mentioned some potentially in FY '27 just given scheduling.
But can that segment get to that high watermark we saw a couple of years ago given activity levels?
Question: Aaron Spychalla - Craig-Hallum Holdings LLC - Analyst
: All right. And then maybe second, good strong gross margin performance. Just curious if you kind of highlighted the mix. Was there any other any
onetime items? It sounds like not.
But just curious on we have some seasonality, obviously, in the business later this year, but just how sustainable those gross margin trends are as
we kind of move forward?
Question: Aaron Spychalla - Craig-Hallum Holdings LLC - Analyst
: Understood. And then maybe last for me. Just given the balance sheet, can you just maybe talk a little bit about thoughts on M&A, what you're
seeing in the market, any areas of interest, valuations? Just some color there would be helpful.
Question: Aaron Spychalla - Craig-Hallum Holdings LLC - Analyst
: I'll turn it over.
Question: Eric Larger - Halfmoon Capital LLC - Analyst
: Last couple of quarters, you've had some consulting and other associated costs related to the transformation plan. Were there any of those costs
that have residually been borne in Q1 here that maybe are onetime in nature we should consider adding back?
Question: Eric Larger - Halfmoon Capital LLC - Analyst
: Understood thank you.
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