The big Spring Concert is tonight!  Yours portly busted his butt yesterday in his planning periods and after school to get everything looking good.

Here was the stage in our gym at around 7:15 AM yesterday (leave a comment if you notice the unusual detail in this picture):

And here it is around 5:30 PM, shortly before I left work:

Granted, I didn’t work on it continuously during that time, as I had classes, but in total, it was probably four hours of setup.  I had help from some colleagues moving the big stuff and the drums, and some Middle School students setup the lighting (not pictured, but you can see the light controller on the bottom right in front of the stage).  Overall, the setup yesterday—including leaving copies of students’ music on their music stands and pianos—should make today a bit less stressful.

Rock on!

—TPP