First Tech

I have about 10 minutes or so until I have to go to a show, but I have time for a quick post. Today was the first partially stressful day for me, as it was the first real tech of the summer. Fortunately, we were able to think of most of the problems far enough in advance to be ready for some of the snafoos. However, the one major issue we did not plan on was the Musical Theatre Conference going on concurrently. Traditionally, the musicals did not use any sort of sound effects, reinforcement, etc but as the companies get younger, more and more tech is introduced into the process. For the most part they are on their own, we set it up and they press go. However, when we say "Don't touch anything," we really mean DON'T FRICKEN TOUCH ANYTHING! For reals. I nearly died today when I went upstairs to see the 60 or so year old stage manager poking around in the back of the mixer trying to figure out where to plug in the USB cord. There is no USB involved in this process. As I said... I nearly died and/or burned down the barn.

Things are otherwise good. People are getting sick on campus which is somewhat worrisome, but that is going to happen. I'm greatly looking forward to my day off on Monday and some possible diving in the near future.