Crew Call for Ringing in the Season rehearsal and concert at St. Joe’s and SS Peter & Paul

This blog entry is the call for volunteers to help move and set up our lovely, dependable risers and sound system from their storage location (63 Basset Drive, Williamsville)  for our upcoming rehearsal and concerts at St. Joseph’s Cathedral and SS Peter & Paul Church in Hamburg.  I’ve included all the details below.

Will you please help?  Sign up at: https://doodle.com/poll/zhif47sat66dy4fr

Thank you!

Cheers,

     Rick “Roadie” Lesniak

Sunday, Dec 3: pre-performance (requires 6 people) (Ganschow, ? ? ? ?)
11:00 am:  get truck from UHaul (Ganschow)
11:45 am: meet up at 63 Bassett Dr Williamsville  and carefully load risers  and equipment onto truck
12:00 pm:  Proceed to St. Joseph Cathedral (15 miles, approx 25 minutes)Sunday Dec 3:  performance (requires 8 People) (Lesniak,….????)
12:30 pm:  meet truck at St Joseph Cathedral; unload risers and equipment
12:45 pm:  configure, setup risers, podium, etc. in cathedral
1:00 pm:  warmup/rehearsal
3:00 pm: performance
4:30 pm (approx):  break down risers and equipment; Store in the wings at the Cathedral

Tuesday, Dec 5 (requires 6 people) (Lesniak, Ganschow, ? ? ?)
4:00 pm:  Fetch Rental truck from UHaul (Ganschow)
5:15 pm:  Meet at St. Joseph’s Cathedral to load risers, sound system, etc.
5:30 pm:  drive to SS P&P church in Hamburg; unload risers move into church (13 miles, approx 25 minutes)

Tuesday, Dec 5 (dress rehearsal): SS P&P Church (requires 8 people)  (Lesniak, ?, ? ? ? ? ? ?)
6:00 pm:  move risers into church, configure and setup;  arrange mics, podium, etc. tape down wires, extension cords
7:00 pm: rehearsal
9:30 pm (approx):  break down risers, carefully return them to storage location near the Gym,  ditto for podium, wires, extension cords, etc.  (30 minutes max)
10:00 pm (aprox): return Truck to UHaul Ganschow)

Saturday, Dec 9: performance (requires 8 people) (Lesniak,  ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?)

4:00 pm: Fetch Rental truck from Uhaul (Lesniak)

5:30 pm:  move risers into church from storage location in hallway configured exactly as Tuesday .
7:30 pm:  performance
9:15 pm (approx) after performance:  break down risers, load them into the truck and proceed to the storage location.

Saturday, Dec 9: 63 Basset Dr., Williamsville  (requires 6 people) (Lesniak, ? ? ? ?)

9:45 pm (approx) unload the risers at the Library

10:00 pm (approx) return the truck to Uhaul.