{"id":114,"date":"2020-11-01T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derekjoneslighting.com\/djlights\/?p=114"},"modified":"2021-02-09T17:26:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:26:23","slug":"our-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derekjoneslighting.com\/djlights\/2020\/11\/01\/our-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Future&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/derekjoneslighting.com\/djlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wemakeevents.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derekjoneslighting.com\/djlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wemakeevents.jpg 788w, https:\/\/derekjoneslighting.com\/djlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wemakeevents-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derekjoneslighting.com\/djlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wemakeevents-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/derekjoneslighting.com\/djlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wemakeevents-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">March 2020 was shutdown month, the lights were turned off and the sound muted. 8 months on and nothing has changed. What does our future hold? When do we think the dock doors will be opened and that familiar sound of road boxes running down the truck ramp be heard again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of great guys and gals are out of a job with no clue or indication of when they will be back, if at all. Tragic. Check out the PLASA <em><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wemakeevents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">We Make Events<\/a><\/strong><\/em> initiative and get the government to support this 10 billion pound industry. <strong>RESTART LIVE!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 2020 was shutdown month, the lights were turned off and the sound muted. 8 months on and nothing has changed. What does our future hold? When do we think the dock doors will be opened and that familiar sound of road boxes running down the truck ramp be heard again? 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