It's been seven days on this tour, and things have been going rather well!
Our first stop was to Decorah, IA, where we played for a house of about 800 at Luther College. The reception was top-notch and it's worth noting that the pre-show announcement was one of the best ever given for us. Aside from the usual "turn stuff off", the student doing the announcement talked about the Four Principles of SJT, the places we'd done workshops, and even one of the Hawaiian desserts one of our members introduced him to. Pretty awesome.
The next concert was in Terre Haute, IN. We played at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to a smaller crowd of about 300, but it was a very appreciative crowd. The crew took care of us really well from beginning to end and that's made for two really satisfying stops on our six-city tour. We met a baseball coach in one of our workshops that had come to the concert the night before and was absolutely stoked by what he saw, noting both our choreography and our transitions.
Aside from the concerts, we've done one school show in-theater, one at a high school, and three in-theater lecture/demonstrations.
We don't have as much long-distance driving on this tour, which really helps in the long run. We had an eight-hour drive between the two venues, but that was the longest single-day drive we'll have to endure. We drive four hours tomorrow to Ashland, KY, and will have several simultaneous in-school school shows before another concert on Saturday night.
In some ways, this first leg has been pretty uneventful! In a good way, though. Will post more down the road!
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