Showtime...

....so I'm involved with a school music production and last night was the first of a three-night show. It went off without too many hitches so we were very pleased. We had a good crowd too, but it was kinda funny cause they were obsessed with clapping. Usually the crowd claps when the singer/musicians starting clapping at a part of their song...not last night...the chronic clappers were out in full force and clapped during every song. It was quite funny...even in the middle of a slow song, their hands felt the need to snap together and we had a clap-fest...really odd. Oh and clappers always start off with the best of intentions but end up off beat by the fourth clap. I was sitting there hoping they'd stop...clap....clap...clapclap.........clap.....clap........clapclap....no rhyme or reason to the clapping...again, really odd behavior for an audience...but I'm glad they were enjoying the show.

In one song the lead singer was supposed to play guitar and when he strummed his first chord he realized that there was no sound coming out of the instrument. He kept a straight face and basically used his guitar as an arm rest. I was sitting with the sound man and he looks at me and says that the guitar isn't plugged in...there was nothing he could do. I used my headset to tell the backstage crew of the problem and to send one of the guitarists on stage to fix it. All of a sudden the 6 ft, biggest guy there, guitarist walks on stage to fix the problem. He tip toes on but really it was rather obvious that this large human being walked on stage to plug in the guitar. I was laughing hysterically...I could just hear the music a TV producer would edit in had this been a TV show...bado bado bado...while he walks on....hehehe....had to be there. Anyways, once it was plugged in the lead singer strummed a chord and it blasted through the sound system...the audience laughed and it was great.

Now it's on to night number two....let's cross our fingers :)

"Ohhhhhh Listen to the music..." - Doobie Brothers