{"id":573894114,"date":"2022-03-04T20:35:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T01:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573894114"},"modified":"2022-03-06T21:07:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T02:07:47","slug":"unlike-last-year-there-is-no-lion-king-in-this-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/03\/04\/unlike-last-year-there-is-no-lion-king-in-this-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlike last year, there is no Lion King in this performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, I&#8217;m ready for this to be over, too. And, finally, here we are.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-three percent of the people came to a morning meeting I run. And then there were two morning shows to oversee in the studio. That was interrupted by a tour. Immediately after I handed off the prospective new faculty member to someone else the singing show people stepped up with the latest news. <\/p>\n<p>Two of the 18 people won&#8217;t be singing. That&#8217;s just live programming. Something will happen. But it requires a few changes to the script. So I had to go through the thing I set up yesterday and remove two people, and all the references to numbers. (The seventh contest was now the sixth, and the 11 was now the ninth and so on.) <\/p>\n<p>This also allowed us to change the conclusion of the show, which was good. It was going to be too complicated, and this made it simpler. <\/p>\n<p>And then suddenly it was time to do the show.<\/p>\n<p>The singers came from campuses across the state, at least three of them. They were all good. Some of them were really quite spectacular. Goosebumps were given twice.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=505&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FIUHillel%2Fvideos%2F1982201955295959%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=900&#038;t=0\" width=\"900\" height=\"505\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If that video isn&#8217;t working, try <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IUHillel\/videos\/1982201955295959\">this link<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the singers.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/mar22\/mar03.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/mar22\/mar04.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>She sang Puccini. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/mar22\/mar05.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/mar22\/mar06.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/mar22\/mar07.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I wish I had the chance to photograph the other 11, but, again, they were all quite talented and they gave the judges a lot to work with.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/mar22\/mar08.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The best part of the show is listening to the professional artists being so kind to the younger singers. Everything was a dose of encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>There were two technical issues, and the usual sort of adrenaline a live show brings while you&#8217;re trying to wrap it up. Most importantly, everyone seemed pleased. <\/p>\n<p>Before we&#8217;d even struck the studio they were already asking us to do it again next year.<\/p>\n<p>Second-most importantly, I left campus at 5:30 today.<\/p>\n<p>After 50.5 hours, eight shows, a field shoot, a photo shoot and meetings, editing, rewriting, meetings, tour-giving, other meetings and toner-fighting, the week was mercifully done.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to sleep until Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, I&#8217;m ready for this to be over, too. And, finally, here we are. Thirty-three percent of the people came to a morning meeting I run. And then there were two morning shows to oversee in the studio. That was interrupted by a tour. 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