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The 4th of July is always a fun time for everyone. What other day can you eat hot dogs, swim, and blow things up? Our show today was the big July 4th fireworks festival, presented by the City of Easley, South Carolina.
The day began with a TV appearance on "Your Carolina with Jack and Megan". We were invited to be a special guest on the show. Now, television airtime is precious, so they don't waste one second- and yet we got TWO live segments!
Silas is a true professional- here he is in the greenroom before we went on air:
The 4th of July is always a fun time for everyone. What other day can you eat hot dogs, swim, and blow things up? Our show today was the big July 4th fireworks festival, presented by the City of Easley, South Carolina.
The day began with a TV appearance on "Your Carolina with Jack and Megan". We were invited to be a special guest on the show. Now, television airtime is precious, so they don't waste one second- and yet we got TWO live segments!
Silas is a true professional- here he is in the greenroom before we went on air:
Here are the links to the segments:
http://wspa.com/2017/07/05/illusionist-phil-dalton-performs-on-your-carolina-part-1/
http://wspa.com/2017/07/05/illusionist-phil-dalton-performs-on-your-carolina-part-2/
Thanks again Megan and Jamarcus, and WSPA TV- we had a great time!
http://wspa.com/2017/07/05/illusionist-phil-dalton-performs-on-your-carolina-part-1/
http://wspa.com/2017/07/05/illusionist-phil-dalton-performs-on-your-carolina-part-2/
Thanks again Megan and Jamarcus, and WSPA TV- we had a great time!
We headed on to our show in Easley. Along the way, we stopped for lunch- and as we ate, we watched the skies quickly turn ugly. Not a good thing for the 4th of July! A sudden rain moved in and within about 3 seconds, it began to rain harder than I've seen in a very long time. Today's show was to be in an outdoor amphitheatre, so ???
We went on over to the venue. Thankfully, the rain did subside. We were able to get the trailer unloaded and get everything set up. This was a huge place with a great stage:
We went on over to the venue. Thankfully, the rain did subside. We were able to get the trailer unloaded and get everything set up. This was a huge place with a great stage:
There was a packed crowd as well! Here are some of the folks waiting for the show:
We were introduced, the show began, and everything was going perfect. Then, 3 illusions in, we felt a single drop of rain... and again, within a few seconds, the entire place was getting absolutely HAMMERED with a serious thunderstorm! We had to stop the show and quickly move everything under the awning, as the massive crowd scattered and ran for cover. Everything we have was getting drenched- props, giant cloth drapes, our sound system (yikes!), and us! Apparently, in South Carolina, the thunder storms don't give much warning and when they hit, they hit hard!
Fortunately, they also don't seem to last very long. The storm passed with 20 minutes. We were able to dry everything off as much as possible, then they made another announcement and we went back on stage to finish the show. In all these years, I don't remember the last time we've had to literally divide a show in half due to rain. But, that's the nature of outdoor shows. We were fairly certain with a tour this long, that we would run into this at some point. We've had hard rain during several of our load-ins, but never during an outdoor show. No matter though- we had fun, the show went very well, and the crowd was great!
The city of Easley does a huge fireworks display every July 4th. We spoke with some of the locals who told us that main street is the best viewing spot. They were right!
Fortunately, they also don't seem to last very long. The storm passed with 20 minutes. We were able to dry everything off as much as possible, then they made another announcement and we went back on stage to finish the show. In all these years, I don't remember the last time we've had to literally divide a show in half due to rain. But, that's the nature of outdoor shows. We were fairly certain with a tour this long, that we would run into this at some point. We've had hard rain during several of our load-ins, but never during an outdoor show. No matter though- we had fun, the show went very well, and the crowd was great!
The city of Easley does a huge fireworks display every July 4th. We spoke with some of the locals who told us that main street is the best viewing spot. They were right!
We did find it humorous that there's a train track that runs right alongside main street, and right in the middle of the fieworks show, a train came down the tracks (and probably made the view a bit difficult for some of the folks who were right there). It passed well before the grand finale, though. Overall, it was a great display. Thanks Easley for everything!
So, tonight we're using quite a few quarters in the hotel's dryers to get our big drapes ready for tomorrow's show. Macon, Georgia is our destination, and while we're hoping for a big crowd, it's an indoor venue, so at the very least, we'll be dry! Should be fun!
So, tonight we're using quite a few quarters in the hotel's dryers to get our big drapes ready for tomorrow's show. Macon, Georgia is our destination, and while we're hoping for a big crowd, it's an indoor venue, so at the very least, we'll be dry! Should be fun!
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