Next time, I'll actually get her face in here.Today, we convened at 7.15 am on the Upper West Side, to discover that the partition separating the storage section from the passenger section of the passenger van had been removed, thus making it possible for us to inflate an air mattress in the back and take turns nesting.
This is what nesting looks like:
(Ben & Michelle)
Today was our first performance in a non-school venue. We drove up to the library in Great Neck, NY and performed in perhaps the smallest venue we have yet come across. When Leigh stood on tip-toe, she could nearly reach the bottom of a projector hanging from the (extremely) low ceiling. The thing is, we don't really mind if the venue is short (read: low ceilings) because then we don't have to build the roof on the house. However, this venue was not only short, but also skinny (read: nowhere near enough floor space). The good thing is that even after five days away, we were able to adjust accordingly, run through the things that needed to be fixed, spacing-wise, and correct them after the first show.
Oh yeah, that's the other thing, we did two shows back to back.
The first one was fine - we had high energy and I think everyone was ready to be back in the swing of things after all of our time off. The second one was more difficult, just because we hadn't had no time between shows yet. Plus, we knew that load-out and the ensuing road-trip to Pennsylvania (whence I write this) were imminent upon the ending of the second show. I think these things made it slightly more difficult for us to rise to the necessary amount of energy. The thing is, and wow I'm starting to sound like a broken record, the kids got us there.
You can't do this show for yourself - you HAVE to be doing it for them and giving every single beat, breath and box-step away. The response from the adult audience members was also incredibly friendly; nothing builds morale quite like praise =)
Anyway, I sign off in the knowledge that for the next seven hours I will sleep like a rock, before waking up in time for our 6.45 van call and drive to our venue for performance # 6.
Crazy, right? goodnight, folks.
Oh yeah, that's the other thing, we did two shows back to back.
The first one was fine - we had high energy and I think everyone was ready to be back in the swing of things after all of our time off. The second one was more difficult, just because we hadn't had no time between shows yet. Plus, we knew that load-out and the ensuing road-trip to Pennsylvania (whence I write this) were imminent upon the ending of the second show. I think these things made it slightly more difficult for us to rise to the necessary amount of energy. The thing is, and wow I'm starting to sound like a broken record, the kids got us there.
You can't do this show for yourself - you HAVE to be doing it for them and giving every single beat, breath and box-step away. The response from the adult audience members was also incredibly friendly; nothing builds morale quite like praise =)
Anyway, I sign off in the knowledge that for the next seven hours I will sleep like a rock, before waking up in time for our 6.45 van call and drive to our venue for performance # 6.
Crazy, right? goodnight, folks.
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