A long night.
Having once again agreed to help my friend Ed move some PA gear round for a show, I have had a rather tiring, but fun weekend. He was suppling amplification to the launch party of the Folkestone Triennial Festival launch party on Friday night and then a harbour-side gig during the day on Saturday. Initial testing of the lighting took place on Wednesday night, and proved a great success, the setting up for the launch took most of Thursday and then Friday morning, before the party started at 8pm. Setting up was relatively simple, there was just an awful lot of power to supply and lighting to set up. At the peak, there was something like 100 amps being drawn accross the three phases of the supply!
After the show kicked out at 1am, there was an awful lot of gear to collect with the proviso that everyone should be off-site by 5am. Hurried coiling of wire and packing away ensued. The last load of equipment was moved to the next day's site by 4:30am, at which point I headed off for a few hours sleep to return and clear away the things not needed before the show started late morning. The Bands were great, it's been a while since I've been to a good Ska gig, but Los Albertos were upbeat and funky. After that it was another rushed case of breaking down equipment and packing it back to the workshop. (Taking the marquee away while we're trying to empty it seemed a little unecessary, and meant that someone had to guard the remaining equipment while runs were made to the workshop.
One of the perks of the weekend was that I got to experiment with a DSLR (a Nikon D40) and managed to take some pictures I'm proud of. Some of the better ones I've uploaded to my Flikr account, so go have a look. Feedback, as always gratefully appreciated.
After the show kicked out at 1am, there was an awful lot of gear to collect with the proviso that everyone should be off-site by 5am. Hurried coiling of wire and packing away ensued. The last load of equipment was moved to the next day's site by 4:30am, at which point I headed off for a few hours sleep to return and clear away the things not needed before the show started late morning. The Bands were great, it's been a while since I've been to a good Ska gig, but Los Albertos were upbeat and funky. After that it was another rushed case of breaking down equipment and packing it back to the workshop. (Taking the marquee away while we're trying to empty it seemed a little unecessary, and meant that someone had to guard the remaining equipment while runs were made to the workshop.
One of the perks of the weekend was that I got to experiment with a DSLR (a Nikon D40) and managed to take some pictures I'm proud of. Some of the better ones I've uploaded to my Flikr account, so go have a look. Feedback, as always gratefully appreciated.