Back from the charity event, which, as these things go, went fine but could have gone better (not our end of it - that was fine, save for our rather inept drummer, about which more later). All the pre-show stuff outside - games, drinks, appetizers, were great. Then the program started about twenty minutes late, and there was then about fifty minutes of talking at the audience, interrupted by a ten-minute film. So, the actual musical entertainment came at the very end and by that time literally half the audience had bailed. We're having a post mortem meeting Wednesday night, and that will be what I talk about. I don't ever understand how people don't understand STRUCTURE. What you do is give introductory remarks - you TEASE the upcoming Wicked performers and songs. Then you show the film. Then you TEASE the performers and Wicked again. Then you give out the first of your three awards. THEN you DO the entertainment. The audience isn't tired from all the yakking, and they're now happy and excited. THEN you give out the final two awards and do the raffle LAST. Voila, you have a show.
