Hearse, Re-hearse, and roll out of town

As has become somewhat the norm, band rehearsals, and tech rehearsals went on in separate locations this past week.  After visiting both, I am excited about the two meeting for the first time this Friday.

 

April showers delayed this post..in review

Well, it has been some time since my last post, and I apologize for the delay. So a quick review of the last month and some pics to go along with are due.

April finished up the Rock & Worship Roadshow tour.  It was a lot of fun to be out with so many crew guys I had toured with before in different places.  And they were all on the same crew.  Granted I was relegated to the lobby, and my booths every day.  Here’s a little bit of what Connor, Atlas and myself set up every day.

This was the tour booth we set up.

This is the mercy me booth

The tour ended on the 19th, and I took off two days later for a week with my family on the Gulf Coast.   was more than ready to be back working on a stage on a regular basis though.  But it’s always good to see family and have some relaxation time.  These places were fun.

Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail

If in Orange Beach, find this place

my brother at the beach

It’s Me Again Margaret…

Vast expanses of empty parking spaces.  Even larger malls than the ones in previous towns, housing the same shop hawking identical wares.  Dining and entertaining yourself anywhere happening to be within walking distance for you and maybe two or three other willing cohorts.  Those are the basics of how days off are spent on the road.

Without going into the amazingly mundane details of plodding through hotel lobbies, and setting up little offices in the corner of a room, I digress and move on to brighter things.

For those of you I am just meeting, allow myself to introduce…. myself.

Currently I am handling the tour merchandise for the Rock and Worship Roadshow, featuring Mercy Me, Jeremy Camp, Hawk Nelson, Tenth Avenue North and Addison Road.  I have done other crew jobs over the years on different tours, but have done merchandise off and on throughout.

The Blog Nation guys, Brody and Boots on this tour got me on the kick to start my own blog and really stick with it.  So I am going to give it the old college try.  Granted, when I actually did try college, it only lasted one year.

Tata from the parking lot of another hotel.  Details on the fun of day-to-day life shall come calling tomorrow.

Did I really work today?

I know I worked Saturday night after returning home. I spent the late hours of the night stacking steel barricade, putting 75 foot drapes in hampers, and dismantling a massive fiberglass locomotive that hung from the upstage of AC/DC’s set.
Sunday was reserved for church, the Super Bowl, and a late night trip to the gym. I really needed the long workout, but I was really feeling it today.

On the question mentioned in the title. I don’t feel like I worked at all, but I did make contact with several people about gigs. It’s really getting tough to find any extra work these days. Pretty frustrating, but everyone seems to think the outlook is rosier that I feel like it is at this point.

I think it’s time to go hear some music, and spend some quality time with close friends before I leave town Friday.

Super-Schmooze Bowl in Tampa Bay

Yeah, so we load this luxury liner…Why are events that have such huge budgets so unorganized sometimes? Seems like the more people have to spend, the less they actually know about what’s supposed to happen when.

Don’t forget who loves you…

Part of Bob’s World…For your own health, NEVER get this close to his console!!

We are off to Austin next weekend, later…

Birthday Catch Up

Alright so the birthday came and went, and oddly enough I was not working this year.

So I had a nice dinner, and took in The Dark Knight at the IMAX… I know it’s been out a while, so shut up. I had just missed the IMAX version, and it impressed.

Other highlights from the birthday were a pain-filled trip to the gym, and the always fun trip to the mailbox for my grandmother’s birthday cards (a highlight for years now).

More to come from the weekend’s show

My New Year starts late

So for me, this week officially starts the new year. Having only worked one day since 2009 began, I have reserved my birthday to start off my new year. That’s also my excuse for not starting this darn thing sooner, since I’ve not been on the road at all.
Due to the encouragement of Culmer. I am going to faithfully try and keep a blog all year long. Mostly the non-serious side of the world as I encounter it. Don’t eat all the cheese puffs, cause I hate people that don’t share!!!!!!!!!!