what a weekend

Anne was a "sound booth widow" this weekend. I spent most of the weekend associated with sound duties to support the church on Good Friday and Easter.
The auditorium was full on Friday night for the Good Friday service. We staged the orchestra, choir, soloists, and two narrators in the balcony of the church. This meant I had to run an audio snake to the balcony for sound and by-pass the normal patch bay. It was also tricky to put a dozen microphones in front of the house speakers – a challenge to avoid feedback. However, the results were really good. The performers had worked hard to prepare and the 80 page script went off without a hitch. It was really rewarding to be part of the performance. After the performance, many of the performers helped carry sound gear (microphones, stands, cables) back downstairs which saved me hours of time. Saturday I was back at the church to reset the soundboard back to "normal," pulling out the snake and re-patching the back of the system. I then had to set-up for Easter – soloists, orchestra, choir – back in their normal positions. Easter morning I was in the auditorium at 6:30 a.m. to light the fires. We added a third service and it was a good thing we did. All three services were busy. The middle service had so many attendees, that we had to send 120 people to our video overflow room. The services were great – excellent singing and preaching all around – and no feedback! The only negative aspect of the weekend: I didn’t get to work with my sound buddy, Mike. Mike was down with 101+ fever for several days last week, so I didn’t get to spend Easter with him.