Iron and Wine Set Up and Sound Check

Our upcoming show at The Egyptian requires a piano so we decided to rent them ours. It's really not as difficult to move as one would think. It's just a matter of having plenty of muscle and a handy dandy case to put it in. Dale offered his muscles and between the three of us, we were able to pack it up and load it in the truck in about 30 minutes on Wednesday.

Rob spent the day setting up our sound system at the theater and was close to being finished when the kids and I showed up after church.

We spent a couple of hours double checking everything so we would be ready for a 1:00 p.m. sound check with the group Iron and Wine on Thursday. It's so nice to have a full day of preparation before a show like this. Although I had not heard of this group, they have a huge following and the show was sold out. This kind of pressure always weighs heavily on my mind but Rob is good at what he does and we were ready to go when the band arrived. Rob enjoyed having his piano on the stage.

Once all of the band's equipment was in place, we had to mic everything up according to the stage plot.

When a group like this comes to town, they almost always have a front-of-house technician and you never know how easy or difficult they will be until they arrive and approve or disapprove of the sound gear and set-up. Everyone in this group was easy to work with and had very few demands.

I took a bunch of pictures during sound check and really enjoyed listening to this man sing. He has an incredible voice.

The sound check went well and we're looking forward to a good show.