Hiya, all!
I just read through yesterday's posts, and see some questions from DR's George, TCB and Jose about the show this Saturday night...
I was Artistic Director of the Radost Folk Ensemble from 1999-2001 - Radost is the Northwest's premiere ethnic music and dance ensemble. I produced their 25th Anniversary CD, HEIRLOOM. Since then, I have also served as chorusmaster and tech advisor, auctioneer for 4 of their annual fundraising auctions, blahblahblah.
So they called me a couple of weeks ago, and asked if I would Stage Manage this 30th Anniversary Concert at Kane Hall on Saturday night. But there are other problems I will be dealing with - one of them: the Bulgarians' interminable costume changes. I solved this problem yesterday, during my shower...
Radost has zillions of slides from 30 years of performances, rehearsals, international tours, members' weddings in full regalia, the babies growing up to become apprentice dancers, then full company members, then soloists. So I decided to cover the big holes in the show with projections (y'all know how Penny LOVES projections!!), accompanied by live-mic voice-overs, reading some of the reminiscences from the CD booklet of HEIRLOOM.
Nothing sucks worse than 15 seconds to 3 minutes of DEAD AIR, in the dark. I'll fix it. But first I have to watch this video of the rehearsal... then tomorrow morning, off to Seattle to see if Kane Hall has ANY lighting. I have my doubts...
Oh, and tix are available at
www.radost.org