Moving Projects, Clips, etc

I'm still organising my projects and clips after a recent upgrade to FCPx 10.1.4.  Many of my projects were put into a "Updated Project" event, so I am moving them individually into their own events. 
My question is,when I click on the 'Update Projects' event, I see the list of Projects at the top, then following is a list of Clips.  When I move a Project to its Event, do i also need to move the related Clips?  I'm confused in what to do with these Clips.
thanks,
Geoff

gmrsamson wrote:
My question is,when I click on the 'Update Projects' event, I see the list of Projects at the top, then following is a list of Clips. When I move a Project to its Event, do i also need to move the related Clips?  I'm confused in what to do with these Clips.
thanks,
Geoff
Can you post a screen shot please?
Usually clips are in an Event and should reflect the same structure once updated in a Library.
Al

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