It was an amazing opening night. I didn't make any huge mistakes and I just have small timing differences to adjust for tomorrow. I'll never have a perfect show, but I will come as close I can. I was so glad to know that my family and friends were able to attend. I hope to see more friends come tomorrow. Two more performances to go!! It'll be amazing!
I was in the Marriott center beginning at 1pm. I'd wanted to run through the whole shoe to test all dance lighting and sound cues but it took a while to get through all the notes and it was quite a trial to figure out how to connect the SFX program to the lightboard through the network. Thankfully, all got connected and at least I could test the dances that I worried about. It has been quite a busy day. Tomorrow will definitely go easier. but I hope I don't make any of the foolish mistakes that occurred during the dress rehearsal.
I love to see the tour team perform especially after seeing them on a huge stage with the lighting that has been designed for them. A lot of the numbers will be retired with new ones created. Some of those include the Theatre Arts number - If You Could Hie to Kolob, the Rumba number - If That Were Me, maybe even the Tango number - La Cumparsita. It will be hard to see them go, but a new adventure to see what music and choreography Lee and Linda Wakefield will come up with.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
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Stagehands have astonishing learning curves. It's not unusual for stage crews to have trucks full of unknown scenery arrive at a theatre on Monday, which we need to assemble and understand to open a show we've never seen before... on Tuesday night.
Most people, if confronted with such a task, would flatly say it was impossible.
Stagehands find ways to make it possible. We learn quickly, we draw upon years of experience, skills and training, and (all too often) we drink lots of coffee and work all night.
I've had one longstanding handicap in my career as a stagehand. I don't drink coffee.
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