Hi Rich and welcome back.
If time just doesn't allow sequencing very much, you could rig up for a color organ type of functionality for this year.
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LoginIt doesn't work well for high channel counts but for a 16 channel setup its not altogether bad. I have used the winamp --> vblink --> dmxcontrol --> dongle --> LE setup to drive lights for a few parties and the guests thought it was pretty cool.
Once again, welcome back and thank you for your service.
Greg