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Howdy! Opening night was great! Full house(I estimated around 2,500 or so seats), great crowd. That was opening night. Since then, the show has been fine, but the crowds have been less than big. They've been very responsive, supportive, and seem to love the show, but, it's a big hall to be 1/4-1/3 full. The cheap seats are a mile away and right at (and above) eye level, so there is no rest for the wicked(i.e. those of us on the band bridge).
Have I mentioned already that Taejon is kind of a hell hole? I have? Well, that's because it is. The one redeeming fact is, or was, that right next to the hotel is a bar/lounge called The Bedrock. A whole bunch of us went there opening night to have a few cocktails, and there was this awesome cover band from the Philippines who have been playing there regularly for about a year. They had this male singer who has a falsetto that blew us away. He did a rendition of "Endless Love", singing both the Lionel Richie and the Diana Ross parts at the same time. It was indescribably brilliant. We were all saying how we had found our new hangout in Taejon- that is until the next night when some folks went back(I stayed in- it was a long day) and told us how some Korean guy got dragged out and beaten up pretty good. I guess the bar is run by some "connected" people, and the incident had something to do with that. No one from our group was involved or in any danger, and the band, who we have all befriended, told some folks that this was only the second time this year something like that had happened. I suppose I've seen worse in Worcester, but this is the kind of town where the police aren't called in these situations. I'm not too worried about it, as it was an isolated incident and, considering the amount of business we brought them the past few days, the club staff will probably go out of their way to assure us of our safety.
That aside, it's been pretty uneventful here. Hotel to theatre, theatre back to hotel. Life on the road, I suppose. We have two shows again tomorrow, and then Monday off. I have no idea what I'm going to do with a whole day off in Taejon, but I guess I'll try and finish the book "Wicked", which I picked up just before leaving Seoul. If you haven't read it, it's excellent(so far), although it is much saucier and grittier than I had anticipated.
Well, a 1:15 bus call tomorrow for a 3PM show can only mean one thing- B.T. McNichol is back in town and has notes for us. B.T.(our director) was only here for a day or two at the beginning of rehearsals, and just got back in today. He watched both shows today or what he could stay awake for, anyway. So, I sign off looking forward to hearing from you all, as there's a void of normalcy here in Taejon.... An-nyong-ee Keyseo! - Gags
Have I mentioned already that Taejon is kind of a hell hole? I have? Well, that's because it is. The one redeeming fact is, or was, that right next to the hotel is a bar/lounge called The Bedrock. A whole bunch of us went there opening night to have a few cocktails, and there was this awesome cover band from the Philippines who have been playing there regularly for about a year. They had this male singer who has a falsetto that blew us away. He did a rendition of "Endless Love", singing both the Lionel Richie and the Diana Ross parts at the same time. It was indescribably brilliant. We were all saying how we had found our new hangout in Taejon- that is until the next night when some folks went back(I stayed in- it was a long day) and told us how some Korean guy got dragged out and beaten up pretty good. I guess the bar is run by some "connected" people, and the incident had something to do with that. No one from our group was involved or in any danger, and the band, who we have all befriended, told some folks that this was only the second time this year something like that had happened. I suppose I've seen worse in Worcester, but this is the kind of town where the police aren't called in these situations. I'm not too worried about it, as it was an isolated incident and, considering the amount of business we brought them the past few days, the club staff will probably go out of their way to assure us of our safety.
That aside, it's been pretty uneventful here. Hotel to theatre, theatre back to hotel. Life on the road, I suppose. We have two shows again tomorrow, and then Monday off. I have no idea what I'm going to do with a whole day off in Taejon, but I guess I'll try and finish the book "Wicked", which I picked up just before leaving Seoul. If you haven't read it, it's excellent(so far), although it is much saucier and grittier than I had anticipated.
Well, a 1:15 bus call tomorrow for a 3PM show can only mean one thing- B.T. McNichol is back in town and has notes for us. B.T.(our director) was only here for a day or two at the beginning of rehearsals, and just got back in today. He watched both shows today or what he could stay awake for, anyway. So, I sign off looking forward to hearing from you all, as there's a void of normalcy here in Taejon.... An-nyong-ee Keyseo! - Gags
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