07-14-23 VIMF Night one following a full day
I am so tired that I will apologize right now for terrible grammar and spelling. I was awake at a reasonable time and got myself ready before running the first payroll of the day. It went smoothly so off I went to meet crew and start stocking the stages with gear and supplies. There were definitely challenges in the day but none compared to taking a half hour break to run two more pay and finding issues with the hours of both and their misunderstanding of the Stat and pay so that when I get home I will have to adjust the previous payroll. It ended up taking two hours, argh. The saving grace was that I was listening to Sarah McLachlan do her sound check while I was working and she is a lovely human being. After two trips to first aid for Doug’s son, Devon, who was taking apart a shelf and it let go, hitting him in the voice box causing him to lose his voice and Sound Tech Mike who walked backwards off the stage edge and sprained his ankle, I was ready for some good music and fun. It was so great to get bear hugs from my friends from Salt Spring who are here, Wendy and Kate and Daryl Chonka who is performing tomorrow. I was happy to see Tennyson King arrive and he asked me to get a selfie with him when I see him tomorrow. Nikki D and The Sisters of Thunder brought the house down and even dragged Ashlée on stage for a selfie! I was sorry I missed it as I was covering for her so she could take some pictures. They also brought up a young violinist who is the niece of our security team and she was delightful and brave
There is really no good way to explain how important this is except to say that my cup is overflowing.
triumphgal 