So wednesday came around it was time to go back to the arena for the move in of the David Foster Foundation concert. It was a long day. We were in at 8am and didn't get out until six pm. There were only three trucks but there sure was a lot of gear.
Thursday and Friday I was back at work. My next call was into the arena at 5pm for a 6pm show. I was on followspot with Ron, Nicki, and Dave. We have done a lot of shows together over the years. It started off with dinner for the $1000 a plate crowd and after they were properly lubricated with champagne the auction began.
There was some really cool items. There was a trip for two to the Indianapolis 500 for the weekend which featured a ride around the track with Mario Andretti. There wer
e also some wine weekends in Napa Valley. A trip to LA to join David Foster as he gets his star on the walk of fame. A weekend for 10 on a private island in the Caribbean. And finally an autographed grand piano. The wanted $1,000,000 for the piano but that came with an original David Foster song. In the end it went for $400,000. Most of the other items went for 40 to 60k.
It was a pretty good show. I ended up being on David Foster most of the night with a couple of scenes where I opened up to hit Mohammad Ali. The show itself was okay. It was very middle of the road. After an intro by David Foster, Kenny G played a set of a few songs. Then the Canadian Tenors did their thing, followed by Rubin Studdard and Sinbad. Then Sarah McLaughlan brought it all home at the end. In the meantime there were lots of celebrity introductions, jibes and jollies. It was a star studded none offensive pop hit show. Okay but glad they were paying me to be there and I didn't pay to see it.
There was some really cool items. There was a trip for two to the Indianapolis 500 for the weekend which featured a ride around the track with Mario Andretti. There wer
e also some wine weekends in Napa Valley. A trip to LA to join David Foster as he gets his star on the walk of fame. A weekend for 10 on a private island in the Caribbean. And finally an autographed grand piano. The wanted $1,000,000 for the piano but that came with an original David Foster song. In the end it went for $400,000. Most of the other items went for 40 to 60k.It was a pretty good show. I ended up being on David Foster most of the night with a couple of scenes where I opened up to hit Mohammad Ali. The show itself was okay. It was very middle of the road. After an intro by David Foster, Kenny G played a set of a few songs. Then the Canadian Tenors did their thing, followed by Rubin Studdard and Sinbad. Then Sarah McLaughlan brought it all home at the end. In the meantime there were lots of celebrity introductions, jibes and jollies. It was a star studded none offensive pop hit show. Okay but glad they were paying me to be there and I didn't pay to see it.
The show wrapped up at 12:15am and it took us until 5:30AM to load up the trucks and get out of there. I came home with the daylight and went to bed until 10am. It felt pretty good.
Marla and I had a really good Sunday. We didn't do a lot but kept busy.
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