Kerry, the fundraiser is November 5th - I'm VERY nervous about it, given the issues we're having getting the funding checks and because being here in NY for six weeks and not being able to deal with it, has put us in the horrible position of having to do everything in four weeks, and that includes selling 1000 tickets. If there were any way to push the show into January, I would do it, as difficult as it would be. Everything depends on the timeliness of the next funding payment which was, in fact, due on the 15th.
On top of that, the entertainment portion of the OTHER fundraiser for the LACC Foundation is completely falling apart and unfortunately it's all going to be on my shoulders to fix it. The conductor I got is now having "elbow" problems and may have surgery. I suspect that these problems would go away if he could only have as many musicians as he wants - eighty. Unfortunately, it's not possible because the most they can fit in the room is forty-five, and he's basically known this since July. They'll be playing a musical tribute to Jerry Goldsmith, but NOW we're finding out that the charts won't necessarily work for forty-five players, because they're designed for symphony orchestras. So, I'm not sure where this is leading, but since I arranged for all this, they're looking to me to fix it. And I don't know how to fix it and do the benefit we're doing in November and it's just driving me crazy, which is why I'm up three hours after having gone to bed.
