Day 2

Yesterday the band joined the singers and the tech crew on the stage for photo shoots and filming for a TV ad. Mostly it was just a matter of sitting on a crate, slapping a big ol' cowboy hat on your head and smiling like crazy. For the band TV promo we had to act like we were getting ready to play. They filmed us tuning, and warming up. The they wanted to film me rosining my bow. Since no one had told me to bring anything other than my instrument I had left it on my music stand in my room 20 minutes away in Belfield. So at dinner I went back to spend 30 minutes waiting for them to film me and 10 minutes being filmed rosining my bow from various angles. It all felt kind of ridiculous since what the band really wanted to be doing was practicing. But I presume that this sort of thing is what gets so many people to come to the show.

I should clarify, I am living in Belfield which is about 15 miles down the highway from Medora, where the musical takes place and the restaurants we can eat for free at are located. The Majestic worm above is from right in front of my room.