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March 13 - Travelling to Caracas:
where tomorrow we'll play the last show of our LatinAmerica tour.
A short layover and change of planes in Lima, Peru. Yes, the airport we spent much of the night in just about a week ago.
Shorter time here this time, and, as groggy as the rest of us, Pat put what he thought was cream into his coffee -- it was vigegar and
salad dressing!
In spite of that shocking moment (should we claim Pat's invented a new type of drink: cafe mastelino?)
we reached Caracas safely, had a nice dinner on our free night.
March 14 - we head for the cultural center where our show is.
There's the biggest Stick Men poster ever...
And we walk through a garden show to the load in...
Often I let myself fall into thinking I've seen everything there is to see on the road, at least at venues and hotels.
But today once again I am faced with a new situation: this very nice theater is in a shape I've never encountered before;
the audience seating section is broken into two parts, in a V shape.
I'll put it a different way (since I don't have a wide angle to show the whole view from the stage)
Here is the view looking straight out from the center of the stage:
The first question that came to our minds (well, after wondering why they built it this way) was where we should face, look, and bow towards.
We didn't really resolve that until the show, where it turned out to be quite fun.
Here's a view from seats in one part of the theater:
Of course the first question our engineer, Robert Frazza thought of was; where is the sound board?
Sorry Robert, but it's in a little room at the back of one of the sections!
Well, we needn't have worried - all those elements worked fine at the show - the speakers in Roberts little room exactly matched the PA the
audience was hearing, and we adapted to audience on both sides (which must be fun and challenging for a dramatic production here), so it was
a very satisfying experience playing here.
Of course, I had twice the photos to take, to show the audience!
During our bows, we tried all combinations of cross-aiming bows at different sides. I'm sure it's been done much better!
Great show. Afterward we went out for some authentic Venezuelan food - arepas and cachapas -- wonderful, and a nice way to end up this
LatinAmerica tour that has been so special and heartwarming for us.
I felt we played well, but it's the passion of the audiences, and the sharing of musical experience that has made it so memorable.
We'll hope we can do it again next year.
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