Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 27, 2013

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

The following table sets forth certain financial information for each of our five operating segments for the periods indicated:



	Year Ended
	April 27, 2013			April 28, 2012			April 30, 2011
Net sales:
Commercial	$	144,596		$	148,585		$	112,515
Live Events	158,562			160,933			161,572
Schools & Theatres	66,128			59,662			62,310
Transportation	73,270			48,284			45,215
International	75,766			72,062			60,064
	518,322			489,526			441,676

Contribution margin:
Commercial	24,241			24,011			12,925
Live Events	19,071			13,579			18,889
Schools & Theatres	8,150			4,716			7,247
Transportation	21,330			11,009			12,149
International	8,343			7,889			10,719
	81,135			61,204			61,929

Non-allocated operating expenses:
General and administrative	27,404			27,422			23,453
Product design and development	23,131			23,507			18,949
Operating income	30,600			10,275			19,527

Nonoperating income (expense):
Interest income	1,523			1,747			1,921
Interest expense	(355		)	(335		)	(184		)
Other (expense) income, net	(839		)	(110		)	877

Income before income taxes	30,929			11,577			22,141
Income tax expense	8,150			3,088			7,897
Net income	$	22,779		$	8,489		$	14,244

Depreciation and amortization:
Commercial	$	4,940		$	6,103		$	6,790
Live Events	4,473			5,055			6,224
Schools & Theatres	2,233			2,361			2,621
Transportation	1,375			1,386			1,524
International	717			650			692
Unallocated corporate depreciation	1,869			1,963			1,790
	$	15,607		$	17,518		$	19,641

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas

The following table presents information about net sales and long-lived assets in the United States and elsewhere:



	Year Ended
	April 27, 2013		April 28, 2012		April 30, 2011
Net sales:
United States	$	430,242	$	405,479	$	368,979
Outside U.S.	88,080		84,047		72,697
	$	518,322	$	489,526	$	441,676
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	60,060	$	66,350	$	68,034
Outside U.S.	1,565		2,046		1,832
	$	61,625	$	68,396	$	69,866

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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