Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday saw us in Waco, Texas. Monday evening saw most of us in the hotel bar for a small feast along with an obligatory footbal break. Tuesday was a quiet day off for the most part. I got to do some walking (my favorite road pastime) around downtown Waco and I was able to visit the theatre a day early. Joe hand snuck off to visit the Branch Davidian site.
Tuesday evening we went to Mass at the Catholic Student Center at Baylor University then went out for some great chinese food with a bunch of students and staff.
The Waco Hippodrome is a great, if worn, old theatre originally built in 1914. The concert Wednesday was great. The band played well and had to work extra hard to keep their vocals tight as we had no choir. There was a group of unsupervised teens in the balcony stirring things up a bit. But I think even they got into the concert after a while. My advice to all you potential promoters out there: avoid reserved seating like the plague and never open the balcony until you’ve filled the orchestra.
Sadly, our San Antonio show has been cancelled. These things happen some times. I will say that if you’re planning on attending a concert do buy your tickets in advance. If everyone waits to buy them at the door it really puts a lot of strain on the sponsor & parish.
See ya’ll in Houston.
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