The Big Event. . . Day 5, Friday, The Concert

Once again I was surprised on Friday at how calm everything was, how well everyone was working together, and how un-stressful this potentially stressful event turned out to be. Kurt and Rob spent the afternoon at the theater although there wasn't much to do considering everything was still in place from the evening before. When the kids and I arrived around 6:00, the guys were sitting back in their chairs as if nothing major was about to happen!! In fact, everyone who was a part of the production seemed completely at ease. . .

Kurt introduced Hailey to the monkey . . .

I think Kurt may have gotten a little too attached . . .

We got the kids settled in their seats up in the balcony so they could enjoy the show. . .

Even though they were almost in the back of the theater, the seats were still pretty good. . .

Everyone was in place and ready to go right at 7:30 and the concert began. . .

Even though I had heard all of the songs the night before, I just sat back and thoroughly enjoyed the performance. . .

The theme of this concert was Onomatopoeia in 3D and everyone in the audience was given 3D glasses to wear during two of the songs. There was really no rhyme or reason behind it, Kevin just always wanted to do it this way! We moved the kids closer during intermission so they could really enjoy the show. . .

Just like in Thursday's performance, Rob stayed perfectly cool at the mixer. He received many, many, many great comments about how amazing the sound was. . .

I was actually disappointed when the last song was over! Of course, they received a standing ovation. . .

When the concert ended, it was time to take everything down. . . It took us 3 1/2 days to set it all up and it would all come down in about 3 1/2 hours. . .

We had a great crew so that helped speed things up. . .

I was too busy wrapping cables and pulling mics to take too many pictures but Hailey, Gloria and Zach helped a great deal and by the time we had most of it wrapped up and ready for Saturday's load out, we were all pretty wiped out. . .

Five (amazing!) days down, one to go. . .