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Elf on Tour: Greensboro part 1
A travel day. I had barely slept because drunks in the hallway again, but felt all right.
We got to the airport in the rain, unloaded, checked in, etc etc.
The first flight was bumpy enough that they couldn't give us refreshments, and I didn't handle it well because it was that horrible dropping sensation-type of turbulence which makes me nauseous very quickly and throws me directly into fight-or-flight mode. Still, it was a short flight and it wasn't THAT bad, mostly I just panicked and worked myself up. The second flight was better, and I was better, too.
At the Greensboro airport I shared my duplicate Delta trading cards with the two kid actors on our tour. They were super excited about them! And just at that moment, two pilots came through the terminal. I egged them: "Go ask for some cards!" They struggled nervously with their nerves for a moment, then got up the courage to ask and were rewarded with some cards. I've created new Delta fans :)
At the hotel, dropped the luggage and off to Whole Paycheck for groceries.
Upon returning to the hotel I pulled the fridge out a bit to adjust the temperature...AND ROACHES SCATTERED EVERYWHERE. OH MY GOD. And it wasn't adult roaches either, it was one adult and LOTS of baby roaches. NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE.
Evidence (TRIGGER WARNING: BUGS Here is video of a tiny juvenile German cockroach in my room, one of several. If you're only seeing adult cockroaches they probably just came in from outside. But if you're seeing the babies it's BAD, that's an infestation.)
I let the front desk know immediately and packed up my things because they WOULD be moving me to a new room. They did, and I checked it very carefully and did not find any cockroaches or signs of cockroaches. Now hopefully those babies didn't hitch a ride on my stuff to the new room -_-
Unpacking AGAIN was annoying, but whatever. This is a thing that can happen on tour.
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Tuesday, up early to finish the typing part of transcription. I will now be a Bad Person and wait to submit the job so that I can enjoy at least one transcription-free day FFS. I still have to review it for errors but will do that on Wednesday.
I also did laundry and spent a lot of time on hold with UPS trying to have a package forwarded from the hotel in NOLA (it arrived the day we checked out, AFTER we checked out) to the hotel upcoming in Indianapolis. Having packages forwarded remotely is the worst: do not recommend.
The hotel is far from the theatre so we have rental cars to get back and forth.
Greensboro's Tanger Center for the Performing Arts is another familiar one for me; I was just here earlier in the year with My Fair Lady. My phone automatically connected to the wifi :)
Before the show started I found the My Fair Lady wall tag, and my signature on it!
Nearby was the 2023 Grinch wall tag, and I found my friend Kyle's name there and sent him a pic.
I was once again given my own dressing room here. So fancy! I really do feel special for the privilege.
(Also, I tell the guys that they can come use it for a bit of privacy. I rarely use dressing rooms except to eat between shows.)
We can't see much from the pit in this theatre, but I remember it well because the ceiling looks like a UFO getting ready to beam up the audience.
Our show went just fine and was well attended. Afterward the pit was ringed by lots of people who stayed to hear us play the exit music, then applauded us! That was a really nice surprise :)
We had a random party tonight as well; some local donors had set aside money for it for some unknown reason. Whatever, I'll take free snacks and drinks! The finger food was very nice, meatballs and potstickers and zucchini fries, little mini cheesecakes and lemon bars, stuff like that. We each got two drink tickets to spend as well. I used just one of mine on a glass of wine and then spent pretty much the whole night talking with Todd, our trumpet 2 who is into astronomy and other nerdy stuff. I don't know much about it but it's way more interesting than trying to scream over a group of 20 actors about the latest backstage social dramas. We had a really good and engaging convo, and left around midnight. Overall a fun opening night!
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Wednesday, I was up late not surprisingly.
Jameson has been to the hand doctor today and will be going forward with hand surgery :( I am very worried for him, and am also very much hoping that I'll be there to help him recover post-surgery. I think it'll happen as I expect to be around from January on, and with the holidays coming up I'd think they wouldn't schedule it for this month.
My aunt texted to say she's gotten us reservations at a chicken & waffle place near the theatre for Saturday. Awesome! I'm very much looking forward to seeing her, and wish that we could have several days together instead of just several hours.
Anyway, spent a good chunk of the morning typing this post up and texting back and forth with Jameson and my aunt, then did my audio review of transcription which took about two hours. I had forgotten my practice mute so only played a little. It was pouring outside for most of the afternoon, so it turned into a Hot Tea And Movie Day, which was relaxing and rather needed.
The evening show was all right except Notion crashed partway through "Nobody Cares About Santa Claus," so it sounded wimpy.
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Thursday: Practicing Disney stuff, lunch at the China Buffet with some of the band guys, hopefully a thrift store. One evening show.
Friday: Turning in my transcription job and probably getting another. Hoping to go downtown for a bit before the show.
Saturday: Two shows and dinner with my aunt and uncle :)
Sunday: Two shows and peacing out. Next stop is Indianapolis.
We got to the airport in the rain, unloaded, checked in, etc etc.
The first flight was bumpy enough that they couldn't give us refreshments, and I didn't handle it well because it was that horrible dropping sensation-type of turbulence which makes me nauseous very quickly and throws me directly into fight-or-flight mode. Still, it was a short flight and it wasn't THAT bad, mostly I just panicked and worked myself up. The second flight was better, and I was better, too.
At the Greensboro airport I shared my duplicate Delta trading cards with the two kid actors on our tour. They were super excited about them! And just at that moment, two pilots came through the terminal. I egged them: "Go ask for some cards!" They struggled nervously with their nerves for a moment, then got up the courage to ask and were rewarded with some cards. I've created new Delta fans :)
At the hotel, dropped the luggage and off to Whole Paycheck for groceries.
Upon returning to the hotel I pulled the fridge out a bit to adjust the temperature...AND ROACHES SCATTERED EVERYWHERE. OH MY GOD. And it wasn't adult roaches either, it was one adult and LOTS of baby roaches. NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE.
Evidence (TRIGGER WARNING: BUGS Here is video of a tiny juvenile German cockroach in my room, one of several. If you're only seeing adult cockroaches they probably just came in from outside. But if you're seeing the babies it's BAD, that's an infestation.)
I let the front desk know immediately and packed up my things because they WOULD be moving me to a new room. They did, and I checked it very carefully and did not find any cockroaches or signs of cockroaches. Now hopefully those babies didn't hitch a ride on my stuff to the new room -_-
Unpacking AGAIN was annoying, but whatever. This is a thing that can happen on tour.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, up early to finish the typing part of transcription. I will now be a Bad Person and wait to submit the job so that I can enjoy at least one transcription-free day FFS. I still have to review it for errors but will do that on Wednesday.
I also did laundry and spent a lot of time on hold with UPS trying to have a package forwarded from the hotel in NOLA (it arrived the day we checked out, AFTER we checked out) to the hotel upcoming in Indianapolis. Having packages forwarded remotely is the worst: do not recommend.
The hotel is far from the theatre so we have rental cars to get back and forth.
Greensboro's Tanger Center for the Performing Arts is another familiar one for me; I was just here earlier in the year with My Fair Lady. My phone automatically connected to the wifi :)
Before the show started I found the My Fair Lady wall tag, and my signature on it!
Nearby was the 2023 Grinch wall tag, and I found my friend Kyle's name there and sent him a pic.
I was once again given my own dressing room here. So fancy! I really do feel special for the privilege.
(Also, I tell the guys that they can come use it for a bit of privacy. I rarely use dressing rooms except to eat between shows.)
We can't see much from the pit in this theatre, but I remember it well because the ceiling looks like a UFO getting ready to beam up the audience.
Our show went just fine and was well attended. Afterward the pit was ringed by lots of people who stayed to hear us play the exit music, then applauded us! That was a really nice surprise :)
We had a random party tonight as well; some local donors had set aside money for it for some unknown reason. Whatever, I'll take free snacks and drinks! The finger food was very nice, meatballs and potstickers and zucchini fries, little mini cheesecakes and lemon bars, stuff like that. We each got two drink tickets to spend as well. I used just one of mine on a glass of wine and then spent pretty much the whole night talking with Todd, our trumpet 2 who is into astronomy and other nerdy stuff. I don't know much about it but it's way more interesting than trying to scream over a group of 20 actors about the latest backstage social dramas. We had a really good and engaging convo, and left around midnight. Overall a fun opening night!
---------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, I was up late not surprisingly.
Jameson has been to the hand doctor today and will be going forward with hand surgery :( I am very worried for him, and am also very much hoping that I'll be there to help him recover post-surgery. I think it'll happen as I expect to be around from January on, and with the holidays coming up I'd think they wouldn't schedule it for this month.
My aunt texted to say she's gotten us reservations at a chicken & waffle place near the theatre for Saturday. Awesome! I'm very much looking forward to seeing her, and wish that we could have several days together instead of just several hours.
Anyway, spent a good chunk of the morning typing this post up and texting back and forth with Jameson and my aunt, then did my audio review of transcription which took about two hours. I had forgotten my practice mute so only played a little. It was pouring outside for most of the afternoon, so it turned into a Hot Tea And Movie Day, which was relaxing and rather needed.
The evening show was all right except Notion crashed partway through "Nobody Cares About Santa Claus," so it sounded wimpy.
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Thursday: Practicing Disney stuff, lunch at the China Buffet with some of the band guys, hopefully a thrift store. One evening show.
Friday: Turning in my transcription job and probably getting another. Hoping to go downtown for a bit before the show.
Saturday: Two shows and dinner with my aunt and uncle :)
Sunday: Two shows and peacing out. Next stop is Indianapolis.