We spent the major part of the day getting things ready for tonight’s show. The muslin inserts of the film stirp weren’t hanging right, so they had to be unstapled and straightened. Stage techs hung light bars to the top and bottom of the strip as Zach, BJ, Tim and Jim went up and down the ladders shooting staples through the fabric. The red steps had been warped during the truck drive from Nevada to Michigan, so they had to fix a few gaps in between the pieces.
After lunch, our focus shifted once again to future shows. Some of the guys started fixing large western posters for the Indian show. Bill and George created a large black staircase out of four pieces that came out looking like a living room sectional sofa. (Actually, they didn’t make it black. They made it wooden looking and we painted it black.)
Most of the crew has continued onward with scenery for the theme show on Wednesday night. The Jims and Paul have been cutting, framing, bolting and creating a magnificent shopping center. The painters have transformed it from a wooden image into the common stores we recognize today such as Starbucks, Panera Bread, Banana Republic, Abercrombie and Fitch, etc.
I’m still trying to get an OA logo on the lectern for tonight and make the new red wedges match the same color red as the rest of the steps. Then we are a go for the show.