Brandy

What a day!  I think this was my day for walking.  I walked back and forth between the gates and coliseum probably 5 times tonight.  So before the show even started I was drained.  You know how everyone says communication is key?  Well tonight it certainly was...it showed that without communication the ball is DROPPED.  We were running on all cylinders just trying to get information from the band.  Fortunately it all started trickling in bit by bit last night as to when we would be picking folks up from the airport, for the day of the show and lastly as they were leaving tonight what time they needed to go to the airport in the morning.  The day didn't start until later at the fair but I took some time to have lunch with another client.  Once the band started coming in we picked up speed.  Then once the sound check was complete, along with Brandy (yes, the R&B, Moesha Brandy) they went back to the hotel for a bit giving us some down time and me time to prepare their dressing rooms.  Tea setup, drinks, chips and candy in her dressing room.  Chips, candy and sodas for the boys in theirs.

The band made it back on site 45 mins before show time.  Brandy however didn't roll up until 15mins before showtime.  Which is fine because her fans were stragglers as well.  We held the show 5mins because there was a large group of people trying to enter right at show time.  Go figure!  Three songs into her show she calls the entire crowd on the floor (about 900 people) to move down closer to the stage.  They filled in a large gap in front of the stage that the fire marshals require.  Fortunately, we didn't have one in the house or we could have quite frankly been shut down.  People were on chairs, standing on the rails of the second floor and having a really great time.  Security did a phenomenal job at just keep everyone as safe as possible and not letting anyone jump on the stage.  Unfortunately, the heat and close quarters typically brings fights.  And that it did.  Security was booting out those that were cat fights as well as guys with scratches across their face.  I'm still trying to figure out if it wasn't just one big brawl.  You could tell that Brandy was loving it.  Especially when she played one extra song.  As soon as she walked off the stand and into her dressing room, she was back out to her car just as fast.  She jumped in the car and sat waiting for the rest of her entourage as the fans just stood back away snapping pictures.

The cleaning crew is going to have a great time tonight...the house was an absolute mess with all of the spilled drinks and trash left on the floor.  Keep it trashy Lubbock!

Brandy's bedazzled mic

Collage of the show