Pig Infestation in Arizona -by Marc Savard
I performed at Planet Hollywood Hotel in Las Vegas on Thursday night. Friday morning, Ty and I loaded up the truck with audio and lighting gear and headed to Tucson, AZ for a corporate show. Friday nights are my "dark" night in Las Vegas. For the non-Vegas savvy people, "dark" night is what is called your regular night of the week that you do not perform. For example:
Marc Savard's MESMERIZED performs nightly at 10pm, Dark on Fridays.
This is common practice that all shows use in their entertainment listings. So, off we go to Arizona. Now to reference back to my title of this blog. I know this is politically incorrect, but I have quite a few friends that are police officers, and of course I say it tongue in cheek. Some are city cops, some are state troopers, and some are even Canadian Mounties. One of my friend's precincts just received their first helicopter, so now I refer to them "Pigs in Space" from the Classic Muppets TV show. :-) They LOVE that. Haha.
Anyways, in my travels on the road, there are times when we see a lot of police officers, but this particular trip to Arizona was crazy! Ty and I feel that we have very accurately guessed that in an 16 hour round trip from Las Vegas to Arizona and back we had encountered between 70-80 police cars, and speed traps. It was so many that we started counting to be sure. We might be off by 4-5 cops. I have never seen so many. Maybe the economy is bad for the state of Arizona, so they are trying some unique fndraising tactics, I dont know. For the record, we did not speed, nor get stopped.
So the corporate show was a huge success. Approximately 300 people i the audience and I had 9 people hypnotized in the show. Funny moments in the show as unusual, and all those in attendance enjoyed the performance very much.
Saturday morning came around and we hit the road to return to Vegas. On the way back, I began to develop flu like symtoms and went in to perform my show last night. We had a great turnout (a few tickets away from a sellout) and despite feeling under the weather, the performance was a lot of fun. As my sickness moved through its stages, I found that my ears began building up pressure. I walked out on stage last night and could not hear myself through the stage monitors. I could not hear the music, and the audience seemed very quiet. It was like I had lost 70% of my hearing. Ugh. I must have really taken for granted how much I listen and need to hear myself in a stage show. Wow. I felt like it was affecting my pacing, my joke timing, and my normal banter and patter.
I modified the show slightly by adding a few more routines than normal, and less "Marc" time, meaning less time telling jokes to the audience and filling in with my witty comebacks. Okay, at least I think they are witty. So, it was nice to lean on the volunteers a bit more than normal and the result was fantastic.
I have since worsened in my condition, and am enjoying some hot green tea with honey as I type this. We have cancelled the show for tonight, and I expect to be back performing tomorrow evening. It is VERY rare for me to cancel shows, but since this "flu" is in my ears and it made performing very difficult for me, I decided it was best to just rest and sleep this one off.
Marc
Marc Savard's MESMERIZED performs nightly at 10pm, Dark on Fridays.
This is common practice that all shows use in their entertainment listings. So, off we go to Arizona. Now to reference back to my title of this blog. I know this is politically incorrect, but I have quite a few friends that are police officers, and of course I say it tongue in cheek. Some are city cops, some are state troopers, and some are even Canadian Mounties. One of my friend's precincts just received their first helicopter, so now I refer to them "Pigs in Space" from the Classic Muppets TV show. :-) They LOVE that. Haha.
Anyways, in my travels on the road, there are times when we see a lot of police officers, but this particular trip to Arizona was crazy! Ty and I feel that we have very accurately guessed that in an 16 hour round trip from Las Vegas to Arizona and back we had encountered between 70-80 police cars, and speed traps. It was so many that we started counting to be sure. We might be off by 4-5 cops. I have never seen so many. Maybe the economy is bad for the state of Arizona, so they are trying some unique fndraising tactics, I dont know. For the record, we did not speed, nor get stopped.
So the corporate show was a huge success. Approximately 300 people i the audience and I had 9 people hypnotized in the show. Funny moments in the show as unusual, and all those in attendance enjoyed the performance very much.
Saturday morning came around and we hit the road to return to Vegas. On the way back, I began to develop flu like symtoms and went in to perform my show last night. We had a great turnout (a few tickets away from a sellout) and despite feeling under the weather, the performance was a lot of fun. As my sickness moved through its stages, I found that my ears began building up pressure. I walked out on stage last night and could not hear myself through the stage monitors. I could not hear the music, and the audience seemed very quiet. It was like I had lost 70% of my hearing. Ugh. I must have really taken for granted how much I listen and need to hear myself in a stage show. Wow. I felt like it was affecting my pacing, my joke timing, and my normal banter and patter.
I modified the show slightly by adding a few more routines than normal, and less "Marc" time, meaning less time telling jokes to the audience and filling in with my witty comebacks. Okay, at least I think they are witty. So, it was nice to lean on the volunteers a bit more than normal and the result was fantastic.
I have since worsened in my condition, and am enjoying some hot green tea with honey as I type this. We have cancelled the show for tonight, and I expect to be back performing tomorrow evening. It is VERY rare for me to cancel shows, but since this "flu" is in my ears and it made performing very difficult for me, I decided it was best to just rest and sleep this one off.
Marc
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