November Events. . .

Obviously the business slows WAY down in the winter months.  There isn't a lot of demand for outdoor concerts when it gets cold.  So all things considered, November wasn't too bad of a month as far as events go.  We had 4 "big" events (as in bigger than a speaker rental) in 4 different venues.  I was kind of lazy about taking pictures of the first two so the only visuals I have are from my Blackberry. . . .
The first set of pictures is from the Mark Masri concert at Boise High School.  You can read more about him by clicking this link.   He was easy to work with and the sound check went well. . .

We had a little bit of time between the sound check and the show so Rob and Kurt did a little bit of tweaking on the school's sound system in hopes that it could sound a little bit better.  Rob and I went upstairs where the amps were and Kurt stayed down below to listen to the speakers as they were adjusted. . .

My job was to relay information by leaning over the balcony and listening to what each of them said and repeating it to the other one.  It was a little bit creepy up there and, I'm sure you had to be there, but this "old man" caught my eye and made me jump at least once.  I know.  Whatever. . .

I didn't end up staying for the entire concert but I heard he was really good. . .

This is obviously not the Boise High concert but it will have to do. . .


The second concert was at The Egyptian. . .
This is the promotional video that was taken last year:


This was our second year on this second annual event.  It was a busy day- we couldn't start setting up until 10 a.m. and then sound checks for the four (big) groups started at 2:00 and went right up until the doors opened at 6:00.  We had 5 minutes between bands while a magician entertained the crowd and then the next group would be up and playing for the next 25 minutes before it was time to get them off the stage and prepare for the next one.  Even if I would have remembered to bring the camera, I wouldn't have had much time to take pictures.  This is pretty much the only one I have:

Good thing there's Youtube. . .

Chad Marvin. . .


Reckless Abandon. . .


Scott Riggan



Our next big show was less than a week later and was much, much different. . .

We had a late night set up due to the fact that the first concert with the Doo Wah Riders was a school show at 10:00 in the morning.  We showed up around 7:30 a.m. after setting everything the night before and when the band showed up around 8, we were more than ready.  They were a little surprised at how prepared we were as though it doesn't happen very often. . .

The school show went well and we had the afternoon to set lights and get ready for the evening concert.  The Doo Wah Riders were probably one of the easiest groups we've ever worked with.  They were talented, too.  It was a great concert. . .

The fiddle player was amazing (although I think he preferred the term violinist since he was classically trained).  He played his instrument behind his back! It was amazing. . .

Kurt took this video from back stage:

And last but certainly not least was the concert out in Kuna.  There is so much I could say but so much that I won't.  It was a nice show.  How's that?

The first performer. . .

Jaime Theitten:


The second performer. . .

Jeff Bates. . .


The Emcees. . .

Dee Sarton and Cory Mikhals

The third performer. . .

Bryan White. . .


And, finally, the Star of the show. . .

M. Hunter. . .


Needless to say, we worked with some talented musicians this month. 

And that's all I have to say about that . .