That's a wonderful description, Morricone. I can only imagine what a thrill it was to be there.
This is one of the very few times I regret cutting the cable cord (no satellite either).
I did find a couple FSMers there. Eugene Iemola was with his daughter who is an AFI alumni. And then of course Richard Kraft, who represents everyone but John Williams. My favorite thing is Nancy connecting with Marilee Bradford as she was posting from the dinner floor and waving to her and Jon Burlingame from directly above.
I see AFI also took pictures. Here Nancy and I are, and original STAR TREK primo writer D. C. Fontana, who was also in the balcony with us. She teaches at AFI.