Rosemary's final thoughts about WEGS 10/30/10
Hello, I tried putting all my pictures below my final entry, but am getting very irritated with the process, so you will see some images before, and some after... I will be putting more pictures on the blog soon.
The Alltech Arena, where reigning and vaulting took place.
Brian was Tech Manager at this venue
Melissa driving the 13 passenger cart that I called the farm wagon
You had to remember to swing wide when you turned
Nathan driving a golf cart - one of the few that had "roofs"
Hello all! David, and others, have been pushing me to write a final entry.... I'd like to just put "Been there, done that and have the jacket and hat!" but I will add more. My last entry was October 5th. Most days in between then and the end are kind of a blur by now, which David was afraid off. I recall days starting at 6:30am... I do recall one day starting 7..that was a real treat! I did go to a few vaulting events which were interesting. I will say that during the last week, it didn't feel like I'd been there almost 3 weeks which was kind of odd. Also, although I worked long hours, some of those hours were spent sitting in the catering tent, waiting to hear what our next job was. Sometimes I was by myself, sometimes there were other runners I could chat with. One time, I waited for 1 1/2 hrs for someone to bring a van back for me to do some errand, only to find out the person with the van had been told I'd left awhile ago, so that's why he never sought me out! Oh well. I did have a lot of fun at times and met some wonderful people! I wanted to see some of the Driving Marathon in person but I needed to be working when it started. However, there was a tv in the Catering tent, so I got to watch some of it, along with other events on other days, on it. On Sunday, 10/10, the last day of the event, I went in to work at 6:15am. Did the usual shuttling, etc. Went to the finale of the vaulting - USA won team event! Back to work till 4, when I went to the closing ceremony. I had been given a ticket for a great seat, but it was out in the sun and it was hot, so I sat up in the media section which had a cover. The event was very boring. My ticket said it cost $80 - I would have been pretty mad to have paid $80 for such a boring event. Now, Lyle Lovett was performing at the end, so if you were a fan, then the price of the ticket would have been worthwhile as he was going to perform for an hour and a half. Alot of people left when he started, though, which surprised me. I did leave when he started as I felt I should go back to work. Crews left at different times during the evening. Some runners, including myself, stayed and shuttled till midnight. There were only about 6 crew members left and David thought they'd be done soon, so I suggested the other runners leave and I'd stay for the last run. I waited till 12:30am and was told it would be another hour! I told David I couldn't responsibly drive anymore so he sent me "home" and said he'd shuttle the people who were left. Brian ended up doing the run to the parking lot. He and David got "home" at 2am. Jack called me at 6:30am Monday to ask when I was coming in. I told him that Jackie said I could sleep in some and what time I'd gotten home, so he said to come in whenever. He said everyone would be working till they dropped.. great! David & Brian went in at 8am and I went in at 10. Everyone was packing up everything and cleaning out the trailers. I started cleaning out the Edit trailer but people were still working in there so I couldn't do much. They kept the edit trailer warm, and it was warm out so I felt I was going to "drop" after just an hour, but then I got to work in the production trailer (where Jackie and David and had offices) that was much cooler so that was good and I perked up. (oh, back to the day before -The college students were back that day which was great. Rachel & Kristin, who are in the photo with me that David posted, gave me that photo, printed out and with a very touching message written on the back. I will treasure it. ) Back to Monday, we were done at 4 or 5pm which was great! It meant that David and I could leave the next day, instead of Wednesday! We met up with one of David & Brian's bosses and some others for dinner. Beautiful place but we were all tired. We started packing when we got back and finished up Tuesday morning. We put almost all of our things in to Brian's trailer as we were coming back in the Porsche. On Tuesday we headed North. While on the way, I rec'd a call from Jackie, who has already been offered to work at Rolex, the annual 3 day horse event they have at the park and she wanted to know if I was interested in working it. I said I would have to wait and see. I am pretty sure I won't want to work it but didn't want to say no yet. When we got to Maryland, we stopped at a Holiday Inn, in Cumberland, MD (hmmm, I think it was Cumberland) - it was in a sketchy area and had a train running right behind it. Was $135 a night for that "lovely" and noisey (due to train running every hour!) place so we decided to push on. Not too far up the road, we stopped at the Rocky Gap Resort in Flintstone, MD. It was $150/night. It was gorgeous place, however, unfortunately, we had an unhappy time in the restaurant...our complaints resulted in the manager tearing up our whole bill! Beautiful looking breakfast buffet the next day, but not so tasty. Oh well. I was actually longing for the food in the catering tent! Then we were off to Atlantic City. We stayed at the Trump Plaza for 2 nights (great prices for week days). Good food. David hated A.C. though. :-( He left early Friday, went home and then went to the Manchester airport to head to St. Louis to work a football game. I stayed in A. C. and moved to The Chelsea Pub and Inn. Caryl (David's sister) arrived around 6pm and we started our adventure which mostly consisted of shopping and eating. Saturday night we went to the Boardwalk Hall and saw the "So You Think You Can Dance Tour" which was great. We left Sunday at 5:30am in hopes of getting to Carlos Bakery in Hoboken, NJ, before it got too busy there. The show "Cake Boss" is filmed there and is about the family run bakery. I had heard stories of people waiting in line for 4 hours to get in to this bakery! Caryl and I decided that if there was a line, we'd only wait an hour. We got there at 7:30am, parked right in front and walked right in! It was really fun and we got some yummy pastries and cakes. I got home that afternoon and was so glad to be back after being gone almost a month! So, dear family and friends... I say "adieu" and leave you with some photographs I took. Take care and thanks for tuning in! Rosemary
First night there, when I was happy, excited
and nieve! This is David's Gator.
Behind the Broadcast compound
WEG Final-David
I have thought a lot about doing this final entry of World Equestrian Games. So many thoughts and emotions surround the last 4 years of the planning and implementation of this event. I was asked to do this back in Torino by Jim Carr of Carr-Hughes. Jim and I hadn't seen each other in years and it was by fate that we did run in to each other and he did ask if I was interested. From there led a lot of meetings, a lot of phone calls, a lot of emails that spanned over the 4 years. And having lived in Lexington for the last two months, certainly has made me a part of this history.
In a word, I hated it.
Hate may be a strong word but I didn't enjoy this as I thought I would. The long hours I was use to. The stupidity of the Organizing Committee I can deal with. The lack of professionalism by some of the key players I could deal with. The fact that there was issues within the Logistics that directly effected how we did work I could cope with. What was not enjoyable was dealing with all of this together. If I was 10 years younger, I would have enjoyed the challenge and looked to each day as yet another opportunity. Not this time which has really surprised me. I like challenges and I like running a crew but to have 160 people looking for direction was very taxing and I did have two good tech managers working for me, so I was covered with that. AND with 16 broadcast days with multi-venues going on, I heard very little complaining from the crews. And these people can be very very good at complaining. They could have complained about the hotels and they didn't. They could have complained about the transportation and they didn't. They could have complained about the long hours and we never heard a word. The crew was very patient with us and did okay. Some didn't shine and would never be hired by Carr-Hughes ever again. But we did have a pretty good time with them.
The one thing that I will say was good was having most of my family with me (it would have been really cool to have Diane there but a little spooky as well). Brian has learned so much dealing with crews and multi-venue, long days. He did very well on the 28 camera cross country event but he did well dealing with the production team and getting shows to air. I was glad he did it and glad he was there. Having Rosemary with me working was something very new. I thought she would be doing 8-10 hour days and getting a chance to see the inner workings of what Brian and I really do. That was not to be. She worked like a trooper to the hours and duties they threw at her. She did her assignments very well but the long hours were a real killer. There would be days when I saw her a total of 15-20 minutes. I thought we could eat together, talk, be together during the entire time. We would sleep in the same bed and every once in a while we could eat together but not like I imagined. She would go to work before me and sometimes not come home after I got there. That was truly a change of what we are use to. If I had known what type of schedule they had for her, I would never have suggested it. I think she is glad she did it and she did keep up with people a lot younger than her. I am proud she did it and didn't quit.
I know that you all have heard this before but I can safely say that this is it for me. I always enjoyed doing shows as a tech manager. I am afraid that having done this has finished me from ever wanting to do this again. I am glad it was successful but I can safely say I don't ever want to tech manage again.
Rosemary and I leaving the compound for the last time.
From St. Louis (don't ask, you wouldn't believe me)
david
WEG Final Day
I want to fill you in on our last days before we end this Blog with our final thoughts. Brian has done his and Rosemary and I will do ours in the next few days. Probably by the weekend and we can give these to you but for now, this is what happened over our last days;
The last day started with a final driving competition and a final vaulting. The driving compettion was of driving teams thru obstacles with cones and tennis balls. It was timed events and it was going very quickly until our timing and scoring crashed. We have had problems with these people of timing and scoring for both weeks and the judges had had it with them and stopped the competition completely. For an hour! They finally decided to run it with stop watches the old fashion way. We finally got thru but then there was the awards ceremony that went on for over an hour. We needed to move this crew down to Closing Ceremonies and get to rehearse for them. So, instead of 2 hours of rehearsing, they got about 10 minutes.
Brian's venue was a little bit luckier as they finished, had lunch, then took their cameras down. They then went up to driving and removed all of those cameras as well. They also removed all of the cabling there. Brian had a real good crew and never really complained. More on this in my closing remarks later.
We finally suffered thru Closing and got thru the Lyle Lovett concert we couldn't broadcast due to rights but had to stay for feeding the large screens. Finally brought everyone in for supper and to shut down the compound. The race was on. We wanted people out by 9:00p but that didn't work and then tried for 10:00p. Still no joy as we had a lot of equipment and cable out. Finally we started getting people away and most were gone by midnight. Except Brian and I.
One of the trucks had problems closing their doors. And they played and fixed and played and fixed until 1:00a. Finally the last truck drove away at 1:45a and Brian and I got back to the campground at 2:00a.
Needless to say, Brian and I were exhausted. We got up 5 hours later to go in to work. We had to pack what was left of cable and equipment that were not going on the trucks and all of the rental gear to boot. It was and always is a letdown at the end of these large events as we were there to "turn out the lights and shut the door". Our crews are gone, the trucks have left, and after racing around and running for a month, we were very, very tired and now had to de-compress. We did do a small dinner that night at a restaurant and went to bed early. Brian did stay up to build a fire in his campsite (first and last) and kicked back to enjoy his Kentucky Cocktail and write in the Blog. Rosemary and I headed east to Atlantic City where I am finally able to write this edition. I will need another day to gather my thoughts on closing out this adventure. Brian has already written his and Rosemary will probably follow me.
So, Dear Readers, stand by for closing out this adventure.
From Trump Plaza
david
WEG - Day "Who cares! We're done!"
As I sit here on Day 35 of MY time here, I'd like to reflect on my time at the World Equestrian Games. I'm sipping on a Kentucky Cocktail, which has become my local favorite, as a celebration to the end of the games. I'm sure once I get home, it'll fall to the way side, but for now...it's what I've got. It's made of Bourbon {Woodford Reserve} and an Ale-8-1 {pronounced "A Late One", which tastes like ginger ale, but not quite}. To add to the mood, which one must achieve to finalize their thoughts on the last several weeks, I've finally added a bonfire to my camping experience in Lexington.
When we were invited to come to the Saratoga area in New York, four years ago, I was overwhelmed by the fount of information our boss was giving us. It's hard to try and grasp 16 days in a few hours. There were so many unanswered questions from this meeting, and it wasn't because he didn't know, it was a matter that the organizing committee had yet to determine what they wanted to do.
Over the last several years, I'd hear tidbits here and there about what was coming, but never the full picture. Again, not because we didn't know, but because the organizing committee hadn't decided. But, showing up several weeks ago, it was clear: decisions had been made, actions were required, and I was one of those people that needed to make sure it happened.
The quick answers are here:
Did I enjoy doing it? Yes!
Was it worth it? Yes!
Would you do it again? Yes!
Best moment: Getting all 28 cameras up in three hours for Eventing: Cross County
Worst moment: Getting yelled at as to why we couldn't see all 28 cameras the day before. Oops!
Here are the long answers:
Did I enjoy doing it?
I did. It was certainly a challenge. It was the largest event that required a lot of patience and focus based upon the fact there was so much going on at the same time that affected eachother (ie one event needed to end, so another could start) that I had ever done. It was stressful and rewarding, all at the same time. I may have disliked certain times, WHILE I was enduring them, but overall I enjoyed my time here.
Was it worth it?
Yes! This is one of those many events in my life that I can look back and say, "I learned something from that!" And either I'll say: "I'm NEVER going to....." or "You know, back in Lexington we did ...... And it worked!" These will help us grow to be better at our job, so we may grow professionally and technically for the next one.
Would you do it again?
Yes! I would do this again because this is the early/middle-time for my career. My father's done 6 Olympics, so he's good with that. I'm ready for more!
From the Horse Park
brian
WEG Day #54
Next to the last day of competition. We have had our excitement today as the director decided to change camera names yesterday and forgot to tell anyone so there was confusion as cameras came alive. Long story but we finally figured it out. Then we had a small POV (point of view) camera not work after working and being checked several times. 3 hours later, we fixed the problem.
Today is Driving Marathon. Carriages and horses going like crazy thru mazes. Unfortunately, when I took pictures, I didn't have the settings correct. No pictures. They were fascinating to watch and it went well.
Things are winding down here and tomorrow will be the last day and with closing ceremonies. I will try to get both Brian and Rosemary to write something of their final thoughts and I will give you mine. I know this has probably been a little boring this time but I am glad that we did write our thoughts and let you all know that we are alive and well but just tired.
We have jumping finals tonight and that will be it for Jumping. Not sorry to see that go as it was always a late night activity.
From the Horse Park
david
WEG Day #53
We tend to forget sometimes you don't get a chance to see some of the camera people and some of the work they do behind the scenes. I will give you some behind the scenes shots;
Jib camera in action
Wireless camera so he can move around anywhere in the arena without cables
One of our wired camera people shooting a jump
One of our cameras on a scissors lift. One day he went a little too high and the phone rang off the hook to have him lower it.
Yes, it was cold one day
This is one of the lower camera positions
This camera position is called the "bird's nest" for the obvious reasons.
From the Horse Park
david
WEG Day #53
FERNS!!!!!
At the Indoor Arena, where my events occur, we have a jib. Which is a crane with a camera on the end of it. This gives the large swooping look that you've seen at sporting events before.
Very early on, during rehearsals our director asked for a set of 4 ferns and a World Equestrian Games sign. The jib operator set them up so the sign was sitting on the ferns, and the opening shot was of the jib swinging over the sign. It was wonderful!
We set that up very early on (September 24th, I believe) and then Wednesday (October 6th!!!!) they went missing!!!! Where did the ferns go?
It seems our production manager found them from the Main Stadium florist, which is different than the Indoor Arena florist. It took over two weeks for the Main Stadium florist to realize their ferns were in the Indoor Arena. Instead of them calling us and say, "Hey, you need to find some new ferns" they just TOOK them. It was a huge mystery while our production manager scurried to find some new ferns. We only have a few days left, WHY are we changing things?!?!?!
From the Horse Park
brian
WEG Day #51
I wrote the header and am now very tired. 51 days and I am still here. I have 7 more days and then going home. Rosemary is exhausted and Brian is beat. We did have dinner with my cousin's friend, Erica, last night so it was nice getting away. I am getting her a credential and she will come visit tonight.
One issue that we have had all along was infinity passes and lack of them. Infinity means you have access everywhere. So we finally were issued ours and I have one along with Brian. This picture was taken which just shows you that nothing is ever correct.
The last picture is from Rosemary and her other runner buddies.
Rosemary, Rachel and Kristen, trying to keep warm on a golf cart at 4:00AM
from the Horse Park
david
From Rosemary Oct 5th
Hello again. Worked 7 - 7 yesterday. The shuttling of people to their parking lot at the end of the day was alot of fun as everyone was excited to get out early and wanted to get to wherever they were staying. I was driving the 12 seater, which if I haven't told you already, I call the farm vehicle as it reminds me of a hay ride. I'm on a golf cart but looks like a small lawn tractor with a seat for 2... I pull a trailer with 4 seats, each seat can hold 3 people. The guys and gals were hooping and hollering on the way to the parking lot. I keep trying to get the to sing camp songs, but that hasn't gone over. The last part of the trip is through a field. I have to go slowly most of the way - the cart can't go fast loaded with people anyways, and because there are so many people, carts, trucks, etc in the road. But, when I got the first load of exuberant people to the field, I went as fast as I could (not fast) over the bumps and they loved it. They asked me to stomp on the break - I did a little and we slid a little to our stop and they loved it. Sometimes when I bring that cart back in to the compound to pick more people up, I scrape the end of the fence a little bit because I didn't swing wide enough - sometimes I can't or think I can't - besides trying to get through the opening in the fence I'm also trying to avoid running over the security people's feet. I find it interesting that when people see that cart and trailer coming, that they either don't move at all or move just a little. I'm always worried I'm going to run over their feet - hasn't happened yet! Brian, David and I ate at the trailer last night. Got to catch Dancing With the Stars. I haven't seen much TV since I've been here.
In at 6:30am this morning. Nice weather today. Good news is that my original new hat and gloves were found! Yeah! I put those on and people have been asking where my hat with the ear flaps are. :-) More later = OH, if you get a chance, watch the show on this week's events next Sunday on NBC from 4-6. Some neat stuff coming up - Driving marathon, driving obstacles and vaulting (vaulting is described as gymnastics on a horse). The opening voice over will be done by William Shatner.. he's coming back on Friday to do it. I watched last Sunday's show and really liked it. Ok, really off now. Rosemary
From Rosemary Oct 4th
Hello again - let's see = left off with my good news and bad news msgs. Went to that Freestyle dressage, - had a great seat. Watched the first one....thought, how do people watch this for 4 hours?! Horse people were very excited so that was good! I watched the first 5, then left to go back to the trailer. In Bed at 9pm, up at 3am on Friday. Did ok. 2 other runners, who are 20 yr old college students who are studying media and are BFFs and I got 3 golf carts and headed to the wooden bridge, where we pick up the Broadcasters. There were 2 other runners and our boss, Jack, on the other side of the bridge, which is closer to where people park. It was SO cold. So, just about everyone opted to take the vans, naturally. I think in the first 2 hours, we only took 2 people total. The girls had blankets on their legs. I stopped at the trailer and got a sleeping bag. The 3 of us huddled on one seat and one of the girls read to us. So sweet. We were sent back around 6ish I think to get warmed up a bit. Back out - Later, the other 2 girls were sent to take cameramen to their posts on the cross country field. I called Jack at 7:30AM and he said we had to be out there till at least 8:15am. After a few mins, I started to tear up from being so cold so I called him and he traded with me, so I could warm up. Awww. He laughed because I was wearing a turtleneck, 2 sweatshirts and 2 jackets (spring/fall weight)..and of course a hat and gloves. I'm sure once he was driving the cart for awhile he realized why I was so layered. As it gets later in the days, I take off layers and have to transfers those things to different vehicles or David's office. Unfortunatlely, during this process, I sometimes loose things...such as my hat and gloves....sigh.... The rest of the morning was crazy and frustrating. Can't remember what time I went home. Back in for 7am on Sunday - left at 11. Watched the show on this event on NBC, which I really liked. Didn't have to come back in. David, Brian and I went out to dinner. Saw alot of people from here, there. Always nice to see people you work with, outside of the "office". Brian has a sty in one eye - we stopped and picked up some creme for it. Went to Walmart to buy a new knit hat and gloves. The knit hats must have been for kids and way too small for me. Got what Brian called a "TOOK" (SP?) = hat with flaps to go over the ears. In at 7am today. Was dressed for driving a cart but luckily got put in a van, so took off several layers of clothing but kept on my new hat. LOVE it. David stopped me after I was done and said it's the ugliest thing I've ever worn. Meant to say as was leaving for the morning shuttle, Brian said he needed me to take him to the ER when I was done. I suggested he go to the medical tent in the park - David took him there. He needs to see an eye Dr - he has an appt at 1:30 so I'll take him to that. Guess that's it for now. 6 days and counting! At least till the end of the games. I will probably work 1 or 2 days after to help strike. Take care! Rosemary
WEG Day #48
It is cold today. Very, very cold. 47 degrees cold. It is warmer in NH than it is here. And it is a damp cold so people are not having fun. Any excuse to stay inside has plagued our crew. Can't blame them but it is cold compared to 95 degrees last week.
Fall is here.
We are now changing up to jumping and vaulting. And today is the big NBC show so everyone is nervous. We are on top of this and we are covering all issues. Our crew is a little frazzled and today will be actually a short day. This will give some needed rest after this afternoon's session of only jumping and the NBC show. Should be good.
I have 9 days left and I am already dealing with load out issues. Shipping equipment is now being discussed and what schedule we have after Oct. 10 which is closing ceremonies. I know Rosemary is not having fun dealing with the cold and cranky people and Brian was exhausted after dealing with 28 camera show. He did a great job and had it well in hand. Other than the issues we weren't involved with, it was a very good day.
From the Horse Park
david
WEG Day 47A
Just my two cents for today;
No Competition Information Service which is needed by the press.
Signals of cameras missing fed to the Competition Judges tower in order to watch all of the racing
Feeds to Jumbotron missing in the Main Stadium so the overflow traffic can watch without walking
Major issues all and none of them are our problem. And the best part of today is that a Blackberry was found by one of our camera people that belonged to a person that I don't like. I thought I would call her next Thursday and tell her I had it. Better part of valor I did return it to her this morning but really had to think about it long and hard. She gave me a hug when I returned it but I was hoping for a $20 reward. It would have been better than a hug.
From the Horse Park
david
WEG Day #47
It's 4:15 AM. I've been up since 3 AM. Ugh.....
Today is the big day. We've spent the last week preparing for today - Eventing: Cross-Country. For those that don't know Eventing is an equestrian event that comprises of three different disciplines: Dressage, Cross-Country, and Jumping. This means that the same rider and horse go through each discipline and get judged on their performance for all three events. Cross-Country is when the horse is jumping over fixed jumps (not the one's that break-away if the horse misses) that could be made of anything: We have bourbon barrels, fallen trees, a chainsaw Blue Jay, and water obstacles. This can be very dangerous for both the horse and rider. The rider's wear a protective vest that inflates once the rider is dislodged from the saddle. The idea is, if the horse lands or rolls on the rider, the inflatable vest will expand and protect the rider's body. This was the event Christopher Reeves was participating in when he fell and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
The reason it's taken so long is that we have 28 cameras (26 that will be accompanied by a camera-operator, one that is a POV (Point-of-View camera that is a fixed view), and one Q-ball (which is a robotic camera). The truck I'm working with (NEP's SS-10) is only controlling 13 of the 26. NEP's Denali: Summit (the truck that is working on the shows out of the Main Stadium) is controlling the other 13. Here's the reason we're at work so early: As my mother described, last night (until about 11 PM) Summit was working on Dressage and has been busy every day. This means today, at about 7:30 AM, will be the first time we've tested all 26 cameras at once!
We've tested the cameras and the cables, but never everything at once. The good news is the engineering staff that is here has been on top of the ball since Day 1. With all the planning we've done, today's the day to see what it's gotten us.
From the Horse Park
brian
More from Rosemary on Oct 1st
back from quick nap to go to tonight's event.
Forgot to tell you something else nice that happened to me today. I think I've told you that we are only supposed to transport the broadcasters but occassionaly I'll pick someone else up. I also think I told you that the catering staff have to walk 2+miles to their parking area. As I was heading out on a cart, I saw 2 from catering leaving and I offered them a ride.. turned out they are married. I took the wife to the parking lot and the husband the opposite end of the park to where he was now, after working the morning, going to Volunteer for WEGS. He was a quiet man - I'd say something and he say "yes ma'am". When we got to his destination and he got out, he said "I'm also the president of the Beef Cattle Assn and I also do wood working. I'd like to give you a key chain I made - it has an angel on it". I was surprised and gave him a hug - he said "I'm giving you this angel because you are an angel for giving my wife and I a ride. I have a bad leg." I was really touched. This means way more to me than my free ticket to tonight's event and meeting Mr. Shatner. :-) "Do unto others as you'd have done to you".
Well, off to the event - won't stay long since I have to be up at 3am.. ugh..
Take care! Rosemary
Rosemary's good and bad news
Friday, Oct 1
first off.. worked 7am - 11:30am yesterday - went back to camper - napped, got ready to come back here.. not knowing when - they didn't call so I called at 6pm and they said I didn't have come back and that my call for today was 5:30am. David came and got me and took me to the indoor arena to see the last 4 riders in the reining exhibition... pretty neat.
Today - Up at 4:30am - in at 5:30am = they were going to send me home but I keep finding things to do and am going to an event at 7, so thought I might stay through till then. First good news - I was given a ticket to the sold out Freestyle Dressage event tonight! I hear it's very entertaining. It's from 7pm - 11 or midnight. I figured I'd stay till 10 or so and then head back as am working tomorrow.
2nd piece of good news - I got to meet William Shatner today! Yay! He came back to do another voice over. I heard that he and his wife were heading the catering tent so I stood outside and they ended up walking to the tent with David and David stopped and introduced myself and one of the interns. Had a few words. When they left, they stopped and talked with me again, asking some questions.
Now the bad news... I have to be in at 4am tomorrow as one crew as to be in at 5am and we have to be ready to cart people from parking lot to compound at 4 or a little after. Sigh. Guess I'll leave tonight's event even earlier. Oh well.
All for now... guess I'll head back and take a nap after all!
Rosemary
Melissa driving the 13 passenger cart that I called the farm wagon
