Hi all,
I can only echo everything which was said about the
crew. John and I Emceed both sessions of the chorus contest yesterday.
The crew went above and beyond to do everything to make us feel comfortable.
They are terrific.
More later when I have time to write my reactions to yesterday.
I'm going back to the convention a bit later today to see the Harmony
Foundation show, and the quartet finals.
I hope the east coast will join us after they take their naps.
Larry Gassman
At 09:07 AM 7-4-2009, Ken Hatton wrote:


>Thanks for noticing, Bruce!
>
>Dave Duncan, Doug Maddox and Jim McClellan head up the stage crew.
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>Bruce
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>I would like to take a moment to sing the praises for the stage and tech
>crews at International, working hard behind the scenes to do everything they
>can to bring us this contest. Yes, it's a hockey arena. We all know that.
>But having Realtime go through six songs mic testing while they made every
>effort to minimize the air handling noise - wow, I'm sure they were under
>some pressure then.
>
>And there's a lot more subtler things going on. During the quarter finals,
>all the nations flags were at the front edge of the stage, dark. When the
>semis started, we noticed they had moved them back to the curtain line and
>added lighting. Maybe unnoticed by many, but appreciated by those of us who
>did.
>
>And the CAMERA work is *really* getting good! For example, when we have
>comedy quartets, they are mostly holding the full-on shot instead of zooming
>in on two faces and we miss the action. And when they do zoom in, it's to
>the correct place calling for focus. And so many other places during the
>contest where the camera is in the *right* place at the *right* time.
>
>I'm familiar with what it takes to coordinate these efforts. This is no
>small task. Thanks again to these crews working hard to make things even
>better every year.
>Bruce Sellnow
>bsellnow@vihchorus. <mailto:bsellnow%40vihchorus.org> org
>VIH Show Production Team Leader
>Voices In Harmony - Lead
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