This weekend's schedule is a bit different than usual. We have three different shows in two nights; Jon and Juliet (two SF company members) performing their own 'Cirque de Loon' as an opening act for The Abe Lincoln Story on Friday night, then Saturday, Michael, the adult magician performs.
Since Wednesday was devoted to Michael and his act, Thursday was spent working with the band (The Abe Lincoln Story) and Jon and Juliet. I was very glad to get to work with Jon and Juliet once again. I have learned a lot from them about performing just by watching how they work and getting to talk to them afterwards. I spent the rehearsal memorizing all the directions in addition to the cues that we had since the producer was not there nor was the technical director. I was taught how to "ride the mics", which basically means to stay on top of each of the channels being used to make sure they don't spike or create any sort of feedback, and adjust them as seems fit to while they play. For the Jon and Juliet's act, what they call a "progressive clown piece", I am in charge of running sound, so I got all the cues in there and did a run through. They said to pay extra attention because depending on if they need to stall the show a little extra longer for a member of the next act to show up (who was going to be running late) they would add in a part they initially took out and we (meaning me) would add some impromptu music to coincide accordingly. I also explained to Danny the ins and outs of working/running the lights for a show.
Tonight was the first two performances. Everyone staggered in at designated times, early enough to practice or at least walk through their pieces so that was good. It gave Danny adn I a chance to work on the set-up of equipment we put together for the band. I also went over more of the ins and outs of lighting with him tonight before we opened house. Since he was in the booth right next to me it was very easy to answer any questions he had, while still running the sound board so that was good. Things ran very smoothly tonight. There were no problems with any cues and the disc player did not freeze. Needless to say I was happy about that. Now, I am looking forward to tomorrow's show, which should be a lot of fun.
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