All good things come to an end

The last few rehearsals we had we jam packed with hard core decisions to be made and tech throughs to be done. I worked sound for both shows, Bible Boot camp with the Revelations and So Fresh and So Clean's two man show, Dirty. There was a lot of work done on each of the show's all week long in order to get them to a performance level for the weekend, and I gave a lot of serious input into both, however, my work as the sound board op was done very late in the game. For Bible Boot camp scenes were being switched around in order up until performance day. For Dirty, the show's script was still being revised, revamped, and rewritten, so I had very little time to make sure I had these cues down pat. For me, this made things more exciting. I have no problem working on my feet like that.

As far as the sound cues went, each show's director took a very different approach to giving me my cues. For Bible Boot camp, I basically had a cue and a tentative volume. The rest was kind of up to me to feel out and decide as the show ran. For Dirty however, the director gave me the in and out line for the cue, volume percentages to make sure I hit, and counts for fade ins and outs... VERY precise! It was cool to be working on two shows simultaneously that were so different in that sense.

The final products went over smashingly, particularly Friday night's performance of Dirty. None of us knew what happened, but we all agreed it was probably some of the most brilliant live performance that we had ever seen. Everything just came together and was spot on. We all had such a rush and performance high. I have seen very little in my life that was comparable to that. The director was really happy with my work and conveyed this to me over and over again, and I was glad to have been able to give him what he wanted.

This was my last week of work at my internship, and I was heading out to the airport right after the show, so it was very sad and emotional. I had a nice send off and everyone was so great. I cannot wait to work with them when I come back again in T minus 8 months and counting!