The Man on the Move
The Man on the Move
Late 80s Pageants & Palaver
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Late 80s Pageants & Palaver

ballerinas in the dark - nervous livestock - who killed the thunder - what went wrong - and why - Nashville gotta be better

In the late-80s I worked in Abilene Texas for Forte Lighting & Sound while attending ACU. I loved every second of it. I ran sound for most every live event in Abilene of any merit, and then I worked as a stagehand for shows with Stevie Ray Vaughn, KISS, Ratt, Reba, Barbara Mandrell, George Strait, The Amazing Kreskin, Phantom of the Opera, and the list goes on. With every name I type a hilarious story comes to mind.

In this podcast I revisit 3 calamities - 1987 Abilene Ballet’s Nutcracker, 1988 First Baptist Church of Abilene’s Christmas Pageant, and 1989 First Baptist Church of Dallas’ Easter Pageant. All 3 went wrong. Bad wrong. Three years, three debacles that crack me up to this day…

As my late mother-in-law, the ever so eloquent Joan Healey would say in her thick East-Midlands English accent, “what’s with all the palaver...”

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The Man on the Move
The Man on the Move
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Todd Robbins