Well, the first show (last night in Redding, CA) is checked off the list and we have something like 75 left (although right now it appears more like 800). To those of you from Redding reading this: thanks for helping us have a great time kicking off our tour in your hometown (and for the great weather)!
Don, our newest member, did a fantastic job remembering his parts and blocking. Great pre-show quote from him: "If any of you see me looking like a lost child onstage, please tell me where to go so I don't look like an idiot." Fortunately, he didn't need any help from us and held his own. Good work, Don! Now go get me a bottled water.
Speaking of Redding and Don, he's SNC's current indoor go-kart champion, soundly defeating Randy, myself, Walt, Mike, Tyler, Jerome, Charlie, and K-Merch (our merch guy Kyle) yesterday. Big props to Julie from Need 2 Speed Indoor Racing in Redding for letting us have some fun on our first day out on the road (and Jerome for saying hi to her in the parking lot and asking her what she did around town). Seriously, there was a medal ceremony (Charlie was 2nd place, K-Merch somehow came in 3rd). Don wore it onto the bus this morning, making no mention of it, and got some good laughs out of the guys as we headed out of town and up to Oregon.
I got some extra shut-eye in my bunk en route to Jacksonville, OR, but the guys who were in the front lounge of the bus for the ride said the scenery was awesome. Seggie's picture on the front page is a testament to the natural beauty out here in the Pacific Northwest, making it one of our favorite places to visit while we're on tour. (Remember the pic from Crater Lake last year?) Plus, everyone's friendly out here and make us feel at home (or at least as "at home" as we can feel while we're living out of suitcases on a bus).
Earlier today at our sound check, we sang for about 50 high school choir kids from Jacksonville and had a fun Q & A session with them afterwards. Turns out there's a big football game in town tonight that we're competing with, but a good handful of them will be at the show. Hopefully this rain will blow over (it's an outdoor venue) and everyone will be dry for the concert. As Seggie reminded us, the same thing happened at our show in Kettering, OH earlier this year and all was well.
So far I've heard the words meatloaf, strawberry, and shortcake. That means one thing: dinner is served. Note to self: don't nullify the great P90X workout from early with DR, Jerome, Walt, and Don with dessert ;)
Thanks for stopping by. We're looking forward to seeing you all on the road soon!
Ryan
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