The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #104519   Message #2141902
Posted By: Bev and Jerry
05-Sep-07 - 06:16 PM
Thread Name: earthquake morris dance
Subject: RE: earthquake morris dance
Having actually experienced an earthquake while we were performing we can say that's right up near the top of the list. It happened while we were singing "The Titanic" and came to the line, "...the good Lord's mighty hand..." We've also had three fire alarms including one actual fire causing an evacuation of the entire premises.

Um, let's see - several power failures and in one case when the power came back on the computers in the theater went crazy and started a video presentation while we were playing.

And, oh yes, someone's cell phone conversation being picked up and broadcast through our sound system treating the audience to a detailed description of surgery on a cat. And another time our sound system picked up a local country western station.

And then there was the time Bev knocked the mike stand clean off the stage in the middle of a song.

And let's not forget the time ashes were falling out of the sky during our outdoor concert from a nearby forest fire which burned the venue to the ground three days later.

Another thing near the top of the list is having someone actually come on the stage and stand between us to take pictures of the audience. Yes, that actually happened.

And once when we were playing outside, the sprinklers came on drenching the audience. Fortunately, we were out of range and kept right on playing.

Maybe at the top of the list is having Kris Kristoferson in the audience.

There's much more and, yes, we are writing a book about it!!!

Bev and Jerry