I have the following code for the "Items" of my Gallery.

"Stage" is a choice field that has an optional value of Active, Planned, Hold, Backlog, Cancelled, Completed. I am unable to get around the Delegation issue here.
Additionally I am not able to see how to filter to Omit the two values that I do not wish to render in the Gallery.
CODE:
Filter ( 'Programs and Projects',
(StartsWith(Title,Search.Text)) &&
('IT Business Service'.Value = ITBS_DropDown.Selected.Value || ITBS_DropDown.Selected.Value = Blank())
&& Stage <> "Complete", Stage <> "Cancelled"))
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.