After 3 days in Birmingham, we made our way south to Selma, AL. This was our first time working here. There has been a sense of excitement about the show since September when the first newspaper article ran. And then, a couple of weeks before the show, the Selma News Journal ran another article: ANOTHER SELMA FIRST: MAGIC SHOW COMES TO TOWN.
We arrived and found an eager and willing group of volunteers ready to help us load in the show. The day moved along quickly as all of us had our jobs to do. Keith and I spent a little extra time working on the theatre lighting system and, in the end, it was time well spent.
The audience was fantastic – enthusiastic and ready to participate. The response to each magical effect was awesome and the audience encouraged us on the stage. In the end, they gave us a standing ovation…and we made the front page of the newspaper the following day.
We received the nicest email from Randy Smith, the manager of the Selma Concert Association:
“I wish to congratulate you on a job well done! The show was a big hit with so many people Saturday night. I am still getting great comments from people all around town. The professionalism that your performance displayed was totally amazing. The work that ALL of you put into it would exhaust normal people but you just took it in stride. I still can’t believe how you transformed the stage of our old auditorium into a professional showplace! The people who were there Saturday night were the REAL winners. They were treated to a performance that they will remember for a long time! Our door will always be open if you ever want to come again…thank you for WANTING to come to Selma, AL!”
It was a great night for all of us!