Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - Performance Day

Finished our setup with the help of Berto and Noe, great guys very willing to help in any way they could, but so busy, with so many things going on. A ballet company came in to do some Master Classes and to perform later in the week, so they were taking up a lot of the techies time. Hubby managed to get a nap in, while I did some work on the computer, which, for some inexplicable reason, decided to crash in the middle of the afternoon. Second hard drive in 4 months, this time it might be something more. Thank goodness for Carbonite! I'm not panicking because I did a full backup when we were in DC last week, I only hope it absorbed everything I need!
The performance went quite well, with a pretty good audience, though many of the younger ones had a hard time turning off their gadgets, I saw a lot of glowing lights in the audience, but mostly from those who came in late and didn't hear the instructions about turning them off. Amazing how many grownups don't know how to behave in a theatre environment, though. One guy came in, walked right up to the stage, and took a flash photo! Fortunately the host immediately went over him and stopped that nonsense. Then some woman in loud cloppy heels got up and walked all the way up on aisle and down another, sounding like a Clydesdale every step of the way! Incredible! But then, I'm a theatre snob, so I expect people to know better. But do you have to be a snob to know you don't talk during a movie, either?
Anyway, we loaded out that evening, had a celebratory cocktail, took the dogs for a walk, then headed for bed (in the loading dock where we were parked :-).