rain, rain go away!

I made cookies for the band and crew.

We had a show in Avon, Ohio at the ball park. Everything was two hours behind schedule because the company that supplied the decking for the stage and the road for vehicles to drive on the field. They measured wrong and didn't bring enough decking so they had to go and get more and threw the whole event off.

Our set was cut short to try and makeup time for the headliner which was a KISS tribute band.

It was sprinkling and we couldn't get our equipment on stage until after the headliner did their sound check so we had to use some of the merch tent for staging equipment to keep it as dry as possible. The wind was blowing so they guys hung tarps to protect things. What a mess.

The weather was miserable and the crowd was small.

I did get a hot dog for free. It was good!

Once Michael was done we needed to pack up because the rain was going to be heavier. We put up a third tent to stage the equipment that was packed into their cases so it was ready to load. Michael's girlfriend and I got the merch packed up quickly since we did a minimum set up - no lights, no displays, minimum signage. Then the rain really came down. Everyone pitched in and we got the trailer loaded and the tents tore down quickly.

I had drove to the show since the band was coming back from two shows, one in Wisconsin and one in Illinois. A man that is now helping with the band rode with me. It was about a two hour drive. We did make a wrong turn and had to double back which was a 15 minute time killer. It was just hard to drive in the dark and in the rain so I had to go slower.  I finally go to bed at 1 a.m.