Challenges! There's a big ol' truss that extends the length of the stage. This truss is hung on two line sets. During "Telephone," we bring the truss in, then rotate it up and down. It's pretty cool to watch because there's an LED bar that goes all the way across the truss too. Until yesterday, it was just a truss. Then they started hanging our "telephone cord" drop on it. That created a couple issues, the first being that there's not enough fly space for a truss that's hanging low so you can bring it all the way in without seeing a batten AND a drop hanging off of said truss. The second issue is that in an attempt to fix this problem, all we knew and had practiced about flying the truss changed. However, I expect that we will work out the details of that problem today and all will be fine.
Our other challenge of the day was the traffic lights. During the second-to-last run (we did four over the course of the day) one of the lights hit something wrong on the way in and twisted ninety degrees. We collectively forgot to fix it before the next run, and the next time they were flown in, the light hit the bumper wrong and stood on it. Turns out the traffic lights are hung on stiff lines - painted conduit, I think - and one standing on a bumper while the rest come in is a bad thing. The collar twisted and broke. Fortunately, there's a safety on all the lights up there, and that's exactly why. Nothing fell and no one was hurt. The light needs some serious repair, though.
We open on Saturday! I'm not working so I think I'm going to go watch it.
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