EventCalendar ec3_get_events(-1) not showing all future events

Running WP2.0.10, EventCalendar3.1.0, Custom Query String 2.7

I hope that the fact that I have not yet upgraded to WP2.1 will not stop people from answering my query.

The calendar showing two months is on the right sidebar of the page. It appears to be working correctly. To show a list of upcoming events, I have the following coding on a leftsidebar

<?php ec3_get_events(-1,' <a href="%LINK%" title="%DATE% - %TITLE%"><b>%DATE%</b><span style="display:none">:</span> %TITLE%</a>',''); ?>

But the resulting list only shows 5 events instead of continuing to include all upcoming scheduled events.

I have asked about this on the Event Calendar forum and have been referred back here as it may be due to something in the global blog settings – options-reading.

With Custom Query String 2.7, I have put -1 into the
events category. All of the future events are showing when the sidebar link to the events category is chosen. However, the list generated by

<?php  ec3_get_events(-1,' <a href="%LINK%" title="%DATE% -
%TITLE%"><b>%DATE%</b><span style="display:none">:</span>
%TITLE%</a>',''); ?>

is STILL showing only 5 future events instead of all of them. Any idea how I override the global setting so that all future events will show with ec3_get_events(-1)?

Thank you for shedding light on this.

-ejm (peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/)

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