Last night, I had the pleasure of having dinner with Jan (Exec. Director of the Morrison Center) and Jennifer (a former Miss Idaho and friend of mine). Â Downtown Boise is very hip and the restaurant in which we ate was awesome. Â I enjoyed the fish tacos!
Today, we were off to the Morrison Center to begin setting up for our performance on Friday night. Â We arrived a little before noon and found the stage crew ready to get started. Â We have been looking forward to this performance for a long time. Â We were here in 2005, worked with a great crew, and had a wonderful audience. Â I know the economy is going to hit us a bit on ticket sales but I’m still excited that it will be a terrific audience!
The entire stage crew here is so professional, easy-to-work-with, pays attention to detail, and makes the day pretty fun. Â With the bulk of the show set at this point, tomorrow we will deal with the intelligent lights, tweak the lighting cues, check/set the sound, etc. Â It’s a HUGE stage with tons of space but they were able to make it intimate enough for our show.
It’s also a huge venue with about 2000 seats. Â I know these guys have done everything they can to get the word out about the show – radio, television, banners, posters, etc. Â I’m trusting that, in the end, all their efforts will result in a great audience.
I left mid-day to head over to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital to work with some of the kids there with our Healing of Magic program. Â Fox 12 was there and they plan to do a nice story on the Sunday 9pm news. Â I’m hoping to get a copy of it. Â The kids were great and their determination to learn combined with their enthusiasm when they get the trick never makes for a dull moment! Â This is always a very special time for me and I’m thankful for the opportunity to share a little of my magic with these guys.
We’re going to relax a bit tonight. Â Tomorrow morning will come early. Â Matt is picking me up around 5:45am to head over to Fox 12 to make an appearance on the FOX MORNING SHOW.