I'll continue for right now not really knowing what I want to do when I grow up. I am a photography studio owner and I would consider that my career right now, but I have a part time job as a IATSE stagehand and continue to get jobs designing audio for musicals and then mixing them. I guess that keeps things interesting, but I do have battles with myself about where to spend my time when it all gets too busy.
It looks like my time mixing with Coeur d'alene Summer Theatre might be done or postponed for a while. After coming off a fantastic experience like designing and mixing Mary Poppins, it was a shock to hear that they were shutting down, or at least taking a break to restructure. The good news is there will be a christmas show at the Couer d'Alene Resort. I'll get the opportunity to work with Mark Cotter, Jack Bannon, and Ellen Travolta again, but not under the CST umbrella. I am glad that we will be able to continue this new tradition. A Christmas Cabaret opens Nov 29th!
Happening about the same time, Lewis and Clark High School's Tiger Drama will be running 8 shows of a newer tap classic called "Thoroughly Modern Millie. I just finished doing some work as a local on the stop of "Anything Goes", so I have some inspiration after hearing the silky smooth tap and great vocals (P.J. was mixing I think) of that classic.
On a technical note, I might get an opportunity to use some EAW 650's for mains. It should be a step up from the powered EV's and JBL speakers I have hacked together into a A/B system on the previous high school's musicals. The problem I face in this venue is there is no pit and the orchestra sits right in front of the 1st row of audience. Maybe the 650's will give vocals the punch and intelligibility without getting harsh like the smaller speakers I've used in the past. The rooms is great to listen to it's built in organ, but a challenge to say the least to do musicals in.
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