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10 FA L L 2 0 2 4 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y Events Wrap-Up On Sunday, June 30, 2024, the Cinema Audio Society held its Summer Family Picnic 2024. The event held at Juan Bautista de Anza Park in Agoura Hills, CA, featured incredible food from BBQ beef to quinoa and sweet potato salad to popcorn and snow cones! Activities were varied, and regular picnic events such as sack races and volleyball were alongside additional fun, including mini-golf and a bounce house. Raffle prizes went to many attendees, including former MPSE President Mark CAS Summer Family Picnic 2024! Lanza and this year's CAS Career Achievement honoree Joe Earle CAS. The big prize of the day, two tickets to the 61st CAS Awards, went to Dorothea Sargent. We look forward to seeing you at the CAS Summer Family Picnic 2025! Karol Urban CAS MPSE, discussed the technical and creative challenges of working underwater with production mixers, CAS Treasurer Lee Orloff CAS and CAS President Peter Kurland CAS, along with cableman (now boom op) Knox White. Additionally, the challenges and triumphs of the post-production process and combining the musical elements with On Sunday May 26, the CAS offered members and guests an opportunity to gather at the Dolby Vine Screening Room for a screening of the 2023 Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos remastered version of the 1989 James Cameron film, The Abyss. Attendees enjoyed a lively hour of drinks, appetizers, and networking followed by a panel discussion featuring many members of the original crew prior to the screening. The panel, moderated by former CAS President and current Board member, the water sounds were discussed with supervising sound editor Dody Dorn ACE (now film editor) and additional FX editor Blake Leah (now composer). Following the panel, attendees were able to see and hear how those challenges were seamlessly overcome by experiencing the beautifully remastered film. Digging Into the Depths of The Abyss – Screening and Panel,