We finally pulled into Thomaston, GA in the late hours of Saturday afternoon. We had the chance to meet up with the director and see the R.E. Lee Auditorium before load in on Sunday morning. This was very helpful and allowed Cindy to start planning the show before we arrived. The venue is a bit limited, compared to where we normally perform and they were unable to get our light plot hung…that alerted us to the fact that Sunday was going to be a very busy day.
We arrived Sunday morning to find Jaye and the guys waiting for us at the loading dock. After moving a few things around, we started getting the equipment into the theatre. Cindy and Nolan worked miracles and were able to get everything into this show with the exception of two illusions. We made the decision to do a show without an intermission because it would allow for a better flow for the audience and allow us to get on the road faster to Key West. Rescheduling the show from Friday night to Sunday afternoon put a serious dent in the amount of travel time we had between performances.
The audience arrived and filled up the auditorium at a great pace. We had some really fun volunteers – including two guys named Cody! And the responses to the illusions were very good. I’m not a huge fan of matinee performances because audiences have a very different mentally and state-of-mind in the middle of the afternoon. In spite of it all, we still had a great crowd.
Nolan did a great job, even with his smashed toe! He had the illusions packed up fairly quickly while the rest of us took care of sound, lights, magic, etc. We were on the road by 5pm.
We drove about 4 hours on Sunday and spent the night in Lake City, FL – it was nice to make it that far! It was a good day, all around.
We were up early this morning and on the road by 7am. After another 12 hours on the road, we arrived in Key West around 6pm. We checked into the hotel and then went and found food. We had the unexpected pleasant experience of eating in this great little “deli” that turned out to be INCREDIBLE!
I’m exhausted – getting some sleep before the show on Tuesday. BTW, it’s about 80 degrees in February.