Another thing which is included with this system is a new switcher which we can switch through an iPad from the stage managers panel (SMD) or anywhere in the theater. This alone is a huge improvement, as now nobody has to run up to the amp room on the second floor to switch the video from the advertising during preshow and intermission to the camera for the show presentation. There’s still more to do but things are vastly improved.

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It’s about his experience of acting in the movie The Princess Bride. We had met earlier in the morning in the green room as he was prepping books with some of the other CCPA crew members. I had asked him about his publishing experience, as I’m in the process of publishing my own book. He and Tony were super friendly. 

So in the hallway, I asked if they would like to see the autographed tiles upstairs on the third floor. I also told them about our ping pong ball collection. That’s  the technical crew’s private autograph collection from performers we like. I told Cary that we would love to get him to sign one later. They were interested in seeing the autographed tiles, so Ricky and I took them upstairs and we all had a fun time looking around at the many many tiles we’ve collected at the Cerritos Center for over 30 years. Ricky being kind of new hadn’t taken the time to look at them either. 

As we browsed the autographs Cary and I traded stories about some of the performers who we both had interesting experiences with. His stories were great, and he asked me if some of the stories I had told him were in my book. A few were.

Afterward Ricky and I went back to work on solving technical problems with the projection system, while Cary went to sign books for hundreds of his fans. He’s an incredibly nice guy.

When it was time for me to project the movie I was more nervous then I have ever been at work, due to the projection software crashing multiple times during the day. I was relieved when the movie played on both computers in perfect synchronization, and enjoyed watching the movie once again.

After my job was finished at the projection station I went to watch as the moderator Kirsten Vangsness interviewed Cary on stage. He also answered questions from the audience.

After the show was done Cary took photos with the city manager and one of the council members, then with the theater’s technical crew. I also got a photo of him and I together before showing Cary and Tony our ping pong ball collection, placing his ball amongst the other famous performers our tech crew have enjoyed spending our time with. Cary showed an interest in reading my book when I published it, so Tony and I exchanged contacts in order for me to send a book later when it’s published. I will also be purchasing a copy of Cary’s book as I am sure it is packed with entertaining stories.

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Wednesday is the actual event. First the employees will visit for the corporate meeting where the big wigs of the company will go over the numbers for last year’s sales in the different departments and present new products on stage. And there are testimonials from end customers and dealers. Ducky is working as the A2 today, placing lav mics on presenters and handing out handheld mics to people going on stage- which there are a lot of.

A band of employees plays a set of cover tunes and then everyone will go to the lobby and courtyards to have dinner.

After dinner is the headline entertainer. Tonight the guest band is one sponsored by Yamaha, a performer named Avery Sunshine.

Avery was here in 2019 for another event that Yamaha presented. Back then there were other performers with her, (Sheléa, and Grace Kelly) and a big band full of horns. Tonight should be a great show as Avery is a skilled musician and performer.

Her 2019 performance was incredible. Tonight she is here with her own band to sing and play keyboards.

The show went great, however there was one mishap near the end. The band was playing, and the bass player got a bit over enthusiastic and decided to walk downstage. I was standing next to the monitor desk with Kerry when he suddenly started yelling, “DI, DI, DI!”. I immediately looked over at the bass player and saw that the DI box, which connects the bass guitar to the bass amplifier and the audio desks, had fallen off the top of the amp and was hanging in the air! If it had became unplugged the bass guitar would fail, and it also will make a huge exploding sound through every speaker, and maybe blow them up. I ran out onto stage and held the DI in my hands until the bassist noticed what was going on and came back upstage. Everyone in the band thanked me after the show. Good thing Kerry saw that so quickly! One more disaster mitigated.

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