Hi there! Definitely come to teh star party, read this
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.p...55,215,0,0,1,0 and the associated thread it links to (well, the end of the thread has the most current information). Even if you only come for 1 night, you'll get to look through various sized scopes of different designs, that will help you to decide what's right for you.
How did you hear about IceInSpace?