After a heartwarming and inspiring day in the Pittsburg Elementary Schools, it was the day for the performance – Friday the 13th. When I made my way downstairs to have breakfast at the hotel, I found two articles in the area papers. The first was in the JOPLIN GLOBE talking about tonight’s show. The second article was in the MORNING SUN, the local paper. It talked about the show as well but it also featured yesterday’s activities with the Hocus Focus Project. It was a great article and included some fun pictures of the students.
We arrived at Memorial Auditorium promptly at our scheduled time to find Jason and the guys ready to load everything in…from the truck, down the ramp, onto the lift, and up to the stage.
Before everything was lift to the stage, I got this cool shot from the stage looking down into the pit…that’s where all the cases were. This is what several tons of magic equipment looks like from the top! Unfortunately, I couldn’t get all the cases in the picture.
The day went very well. After load in, KOKE12 News from Joplin arrived to do a quick interview, get some “behind the scenes” footage, and put a story together for the 5pm news.
Doors opened at 7pm and the gathering crowd in the lobby made their way into the auditorium. It was exciting to see so many families at the show. We have performed here in the past but, without a doubt, this was our largest crowd in Pittsburg. There were literally hundreds of tickets sold today keeping the box office people busy!
The audience was GREAT – excited, enthusiastic, and energetic. We had wonderful volunteers throughout the show and I was especially pleased with how beautiful the stage looked. All of us enjoyed working with Jeff, Jason, and the entire team at Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium. I’m already looking forward to coming back!
