Well.
Nothing crazy interesting to post.
I got home from the shop on Thursday and had time to post and lounge around. I made it to show call at 7pm. We fixed a few cues here and there - just changing some of the levels of the lights to highlight different areas. It was pretty straight forward. The show went really smoothly. The audience was good. So after that, saved the show and shut the board down and we were good to go for the night. This rep has been really easy like that. The company keeps to themselves a lot. Scott, the stage manager is really funny and he comes and talks to us a little bit. He's fun on the headset too - you can tell he enjoys the show he's working on. He's good with his cues - so I can play Bejeweled on my phone if I get bored with the music and I know he will warn me, I can pause my game, hit go, and go back to playing. He's on his game, and I know my cues well enough to catch them if he ever messes up or has to take care of anything. It makes both of our jobs really simple.
So Friday we went out in the harbor for the day, since call wasn't until 7pm again. I am pretty burnt even though I used sunscreen like crazy. We had just enough time to get home, clean up, change to blacks and eat before we were right back in to the show. We didn't have any cues to fix, so after a really smooth circuit check we just lounged in the shop until it was time to start. I am to the point in my circuit checks where I know what Jarrod will call so I can have it read and bring it up right when he calls it, so our checks go really fast. It's nice. Better than my earlier keystroke stumbles and circuiting problems and everything. Lots of improvements on this end. So the show went well, saved everything and shut the board down at the end of the night...it's a system and it's working really smooth. Easy.
Jarrod let me pick which show I wanted to do in the next rep, so I am working Cedric Andreiux - some dance autobiography. I figured, although I would love to work east 10th street, I worked the show last time so Sean should get to do the show instead of the dance. I guess the lights are really easy for it too, which is sad, but that's okay. I don't mind. I will have a little bit of time off, so I might go work in the shop again. I had fun when I did that.
We have an easy change over in to the third rep planned. We have two shows tonight - one at 7pm and one at 10pm. Then we are striking the instruments and changing over a few of the lighting things. We should probably be done by midnight or 1am I think. Then we are coming in early on Sunday and putting in a half a day to reset the raceways, run some cable, and do some final load in things. Monday we work Middleton, which is an outdoor theater load in. Tons of sun, no shade, heat, and heavy lifting...should be great fun. So we put in a half day there and then go to Meminger to do a load in for their Circa show (it's a show based around areal circus stuff, so it should be cool) - so we finish our day there. Then, Tuesday we get right in to focus and tech for the third rep and we're almost done! It's crazy how fast this trip has gone. I wish I could have come down in early May like the others and been here longer. I could have learned so much more in those few extra weeks!
But there're always future festivals to work.
Stayed tuned for updates after tonight.
Nothing crazy interesting to post.
I got home from the shop on Thursday and had time to post and lounge around. I made it to show call at 7pm. We fixed a few cues here and there - just changing some of the levels of the lights to highlight different areas. It was pretty straight forward. The show went really smoothly. The audience was good. So after that, saved the show and shut the board down and we were good to go for the night. This rep has been really easy like that. The company keeps to themselves a lot. Scott, the stage manager is really funny and he comes and talks to us a little bit. He's fun on the headset too - you can tell he enjoys the show he's working on. He's good with his cues - so I can play Bejeweled on my phone if I get bored with the music and I know he will warn me, I can pause my game, hit go, and go back to playing. He's on his game, and I know my cues well enough to catch them if he ever messes up or has to take care of anything. It makes both of our jobs really simple.
So Friday we went out in the harbor for the day, since call wasn't until 7pm again. I am pretty burnt even though I used sunscreen like crazy. We had just enough time to get home, clean up, change to blacks and eat before we were right back in to the show. We didn't have any cues to fix, so after a really smooth circuit check we just lounged in the shop until it was time to start. I am to the point in my circuit checks where I know what Jarrod will call so I can have it read and bring it up right when he calls it, so our checks go really fast. It's nice. Better than my earlier keystroke stumbles and circuiting problems and everything. Lots of improvements on this end. So the show went well, saved everything and shut the board down at the end of the night...it's a system and it's working really smooth. Easy.
Jarrod let me pick which show I wanted to do in the next rep, so I am working Cedric Andreiux - some dance autobiography. I figured, although I would love to work east 10th street, I worked the show last time so Sean should get to do the show instead of the dance. I guess the lights are really easy for it too, which is sad, but that's okay. I don't mind. I will have a little bit of time off, so I might go work in the shop again. I had fun when I did that.
We have an easy change over in to the third rep planned. We have two shows tonight - one at 7pm and one at 10pm. Then we are striking the instruments and changing over a few of the lighting things. We should probably be done by midnight or 1am I think. Then we are coming in early on Sunday and putting in a half a day to reset the raceways, run some cable, and do some final load in things. Monday we work Middleton, which is an outdoor theater load in. Tons of sun, no shade, heat, and heavy lifting...should be great fun. So we put in a half day there and then go to Meminger to do a load in for their Circa show (it's a show based around areal circus stuff, so it should be cool) - so we finish our day there. Then, Tuesday we get right in to focus and tech for the third rep and we're almost done! It's crazy how fast this trip has gone. I wish I could have come down in early May like the others and been here longer. I could have learned so much more in those few extra weeks!
But there're always future festivals to work.
Stayed tuned for updates after tonight.
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