My colleagues and I return from our summer break tomorrow night to a new chamber.

I liked the old one a lot — I was used to it:

…but the new one is beautifully put together and looks great.  This is my photo of it from a few weeks ago:

A tremendous amount of thought, care, and planning went into this transition.  Kudos to Rockville public information chief Marylou Berg and her staff for getting this done so well and so quickly!

UPDATE:  Here’s the new chamber on Opening Night:

And the view from my seat:

Lovely.