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Re: When to call it?I had to be the fall guy for two consecutive weekends this summer. After setting and sound checking both of these events we had rain storms that blew water onto equipment and one instance soaked a carpeted stage that was provided by the event planners. The hard about the second event with the carpet stage was I did a meticulous walk through with the venue and told then what we needed as far as a stage size and tent size to rent for us. The decided to get s slightly smaller tent and left parts of the stage uncovered and in the same breath demanded the stage be carpeted because they didn't like the look of the "silver lines" (we call that rigidity), It rained 30 minutes prior to the event start and I had to call it. My guys would have been working on a wet stage with questionable damp water in places that we couldn't see.I had venue personnel unhappy with my decision but I was able to come up with a solution that ended up working out in the end. I guess that's part two of the equation- it never hurts to have a plan b in your head so that when you have to call it you can offer up a suggestion as to how to keep the show going.PS- Never hire Active Productions out of Atlanta to manage your event. They pressured me to do the gig anyways with disregard to the safety of the guys on and around the stage. I wasn't about to give in so that wouldn't be the fall guys for the event being called.
Re: When to call it?
I had to be the fall guy for two consecutive weekends this summer. After setting and sound checking both of these events we had rain storms that blew water onto equipment and one instance soaked a carpeted stage that was provided by the event planners. The hard about the second event with the carpet stage was I did a meticulous walk through with the venue and told then what we needed as far as a stage size and tent size to rent for us. The decided to get s slightly smaller tent and left parts of the stage uncovered and in the same breath demanded the stage be carpeted because they didn't like the look of the "silver lines" (we call that rigidity), It rained 30 minutes prior to the event start and I had to call it. My guys would have been working on a wet stage with questionable damp water in places that we couldn't see.
I had venue personnel unhappy with my decision but I was able to come up with a solution that ended up working out in the end. I guess that's part two of the equation- it never hurts to have a plan b in your head so that when you have to call it you can offer up a suggestion as to how to keep the show going.
PS- Never hire Active Productions out of Atlanta to manage your event. They pressured me to do the gig anyways with disregard to the safety of the guys on and around the stage. I wasn't about to give in so that wouldn't be the fall guys for the event being called.
