Rehearsal went quite well considering everything. I was there from 10 getting things together, and finished at 3:30 or 4 - a long time. The sim crashed twice and Crystal had no inventory. Salazar and Enjah couldn't come, and my m.c. and writer didn't come. We'd already started when Candide arrived so I was unfamiliar with the music thingy - and I decided that doing the music, signs, curtain, and perform in 3 acts was going a bit beyond my capabilities. I had the music controls in the wrong spot, which really was bad. I didn't have time to stop and change anything, but it was what it was. And the press didn't show up, as they said :(

I opened, and Vlad filled in for Salazar, while Theo filled in for Daaneth. That went really well. I think a very large part of it going well was due to it having been written by Frank - there was patter and it made sense. Polonsky & Keen was after that - they did a great job. A little backdrop would be good, though. Next was Vlad, maybe, eating fire - an act that needs patter but was fun. I messed up the unicycle act by not getting the curtain, but it was a start, anyway. Crystal did a great job, sans inventory. We lost Izi in a sim crash - I was sad as I'd been looking forward to seeing her belly dancing act. Shindig! was last, and the sim crashed the second time. Chuck, the (real life) harpist, was there but didn't perform today. He's still working out his music.

It's not easy, but people (me included) have to take the lumps and move on.

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