Wolftrap

[Mik]

For those not familiar, this is where The Princess is managing productions this summer.

Link to video

[George K]

@Mik cool stuff! Good on The Princess!

What, exactly, is her role there?

[89th]

Very cool! I've gone to many performances there. I hope she has a good time at that job.

Side note, what a selfish evil rich person...to donate all this land to preserve the nature (and arts) in the middle of the sprawling Northern Virginia suburbs!

[Mik]

@George-K said in Wolftrap:

@Mik cool stuff! Good on The Princess!

What, exactly, is her role there?

She's a Production Coordinator. She handles contract issues with the artists, (makes sure there's no brown M&Ms) sets the staff schedule and tasks, oversees the union issues, coordinates the caterers, the load-in, and manages the sound check and dark stage times. It's interesting because every touring company staff member must be matched with a Wolftrap union staff member of the same skill set. Lights, sound, instruments, everything. She'll be doing one of the Bonnie Raitt shows this weekend.

[Copper]

There are a lot of rich people in that neighborhood.

[Mik]

There are. She's living in an AirBnB in Alexandria

[Ivorythumper]

I saw Yanni at Wolftrap circa 1997 -- good show.

Remember him?

[Mik]

She did the Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams show last night. said both were very nice and good shows. Pretty good job, considering she gets two to three catered meals on days where she works shows.

[Mik]

@Ivorythumper said in Wolftrap:

I saw Yanni at Wolftrap circa 1997 -- good show.

Remember him?

Yawni? Sure. I remember him. How could I forget Inigo Montoya's doppelganger?

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Wolftrap:

For those not familiar, this is where The Princess is managing productions this summer.

Link to video

Pikers... Give us 12 years and we will drive those idiots out of business.

Don't worry! We'll give The Princess a job.

I actually was very disappointed in the concert I went to on Memorial Day Weekend. The Park Rangers running the bag check and metal detectors were abysmally slow. I arrived at 6:15 for an 8:00 show and got in at 8:20. The worst part? Other lines did not have as much of a problem and were moving quickly, but they wouldn't let you switch lines. It was all based on which parking lot you came in. We arrived at 6:15, among the earliest arrivals, but there was not a single inch of lawn space left by time we got past security and taking a 2-year-old into the Filene Center and sitting in the actual seats? That isn't going to happen...

Leaving was worse. They don't have parking lots, just fields. Now pulling in, they had probably a dozen parking attendants per field directing cars and creating lanes for cars and the pedestrians. Leaving? 1 person at the end of each field trying to create opportunities for cars to join the mayhem in the next field. It was like Mad Max. I saw 2 fights break out from a fender bender and somebody almost hitting a pedestrian. I will remind you, this was 2 fights in one field leaving a frigging Marine Corps Concert Band performance. This wasn't people leaving Slayer... Thank goodness it hadn't rained.