Whew... the past week has been a whirlwind. I, along with many others, moved my church into the new building, and prepared for the first weekend of services in the new main room.
I figured it up, and I worked around 80 or 85 hours this week (Sunday - Sunday). Many people commented on seeing me there so much, asked me where my bed was, and if I was spending the night on the catwalks or in the booth, or if I slept at all. It was actually a lot of hard work. I remember coming home most nights, sitting down on my couch, turning on the TV, and the next thing I knew - waking up in the morning.
The first weekend services were awesome. The new sound system is incredible - installed by FORD A/V. The video system which was designed/installed by Mankin Media, was a treat for the eyes. Not only were these guys awesome intallers, but they are great people to be around and hang with. In Lighting World... our upgrades consisted of an Emphasis Control Server by ETC, and 6 Martin MAC 500's (intelligent/moving lights), which we only had four of for the first weekend.
For the actual services themselves, I had the time of my life. The music was awesome. There was a huge choir with a full band including brass and string instruments which sounded incredible. I could totally cut loose with the lights. There was a decent drama, and a great message. There was a video that got me all choked up. And we had four cameras for iMag (image magnification) two in the house, and two onstage cameras (one roaming).
The end product was worth all the restless and sleepless nights; all the stress and worry; and all the time and energy.
It was an awesome experience to be a part of something really huge and impacting like that.
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Also, I was a lot of fun to be around. You forgot that part.
Oh yeah.. somehow that part was left out....
Actually it was good to speak with you face to face for once in a great while.
... and you work one mean roaming stage cam.
You should see me when people don't know I'm there.
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