Holla from a snowy & airport closed Boston! Yep, we're snowed in! We should be in Bermuda by now where it's a nice, warm 20deg but nooooo, Boston decided to snow last night & our 0920 flight couldn't cut it through the snow & was cancelled! All a bit of a bugger when you're up @ 0600 to make the flight! Luckily we knew the flight was cancelled before we actually left the hotel but still...! So here I be, back in my hotel room, eating some room service with the horror tomorrow of flying to Bermuda, going straight to the venue & then setting up & doing the show! Had we made it today, we would have been there by midday & the presenter was putting on a 'Welcome Dinner' for us! Now I'm left with Room Service...! Doesn't seem right! I'm just hoping that we can actually fly out tomorrow, otherwise I guess the show gets cancelled...? We're heading to Bermuda as part of the Bermuda Festival where we're doing a shorter version of the show - only one hour but doing it twice in an evening.
Since leaving New York we've performed in Virginia Beach & now Boston. Virginia Beach was a weird little town. Kinda looked like a Hollywood set in the middle of, nothing really! All very 'fake' looking & plastic. The venue had only been open since November & we were the first to use their dance floor. They had a Congo Desk and, talking to the Techs, they're having a few software problems with it - "We've been Congoed" was a phrase that I heard alot. It was great to have a Congo copy of the show from North Hampton though & just insert my Memory Stick into the desk & wallah! There it was! Saves so much time not having to plot the show from scratch, even though it only takes about an hour. Just means that dinner becomes more of an option! Myself & Dan always take lunch for an hour but dinner is never guaranteed. Sometimes it's my own fault as I'll sit there and adjust cues for far too long!
I'm becoming more proficient at ETC desks too. Back @ the Arts Centre & throughout the UK, it's pretty much Strand consoles all the way. I'm far more familiar with them & alot of shortcuts & processes came back to me when using it every day in the UK. The US is pretty much ETC based. I still prefer the Strand as that's what I grew up on but I now know my way around most standard ETC deks. If we're pushed for time, I'll still get a venue tech to do the actual plotting as my speed isn't huge at the moment but it's great when I need to adjust levels, times etc.
Boston is a pretty cool town. We've done 3 shows here so we've had a little time to go & explore. Dan & I went & did the 'Cheers' thing (remember the TV show..?) There's a bar that claims to be an exact replica of the TV set - they're wrong! It resembles it, as in it's a bar where you can buy beer, but that's about it! We were both expecting to see 'Cheers' & walk in & everyone yell our name & have Woddy ask, "How's the world treating you Mr Blundell..?" Alas, was not to be! I did however, achieve fame in Boston! We had lunch there and I ordered the Norm Burger as I was starving and it did say that it was a large serve.... About halfway through it, the waitress comes up & says that if I finish the burger, they'll take my picture & post it on their website under the 'Norm Burger Hall Of Fame'! There was no mention of this on the menu & I've never attempted menue items that say "eat the whole thing & you eat free" cause you just know it's going to be bad! But, as I was halfway through & had been told that fame in Boston was only a few mouthfuls away, I ploughed on! The photo should be uploaded within the next couple of weeks! Keep your eye peeled for me @ http://www.cheersboston.com/ under the Faneuil Hall Marketplace section! I also recieved a certificate which will be framed & hung on a wall once I have a home again! We also went to the bar that was the inspiration for Cheers. The entrance to it, down a flight of stairs, was used as the outside shot's in the TV show.
The snow is crazy! It's probably about a foot deep & is really light & fluffy & it's coating everything! The city is pretty organised as all the roads & footpaths are clear. Reminds me of Warsaw as that's the only other city I've ever seen that's covered in snow. Pretty frickin' cold too @ the moment!
Well, here's to hoping that we actually do get to Bermuda tomorow & that someday soon, I'll be warm again!
Catch ya!
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