Every once in a while I get a call to sub into a load in or a show. Often it’s for a fellow LD that I know well. Sometimes it’s just a random meeting in a convention hall or ballroom.

Early in March I was called into that situation. The LD who was going to run the show couldn’t make the load in because the client moved the date up and he was on another show.
No Problem.

The kind folks who booked me for the show sent me a gear list from the production company. The console was a HOG4 so it was easy to get a patch up. The gear was a mix of moving Wash and Spot fixtures. I asked a few questions of the Production Manager and was off to the races.

We quickly laid out the truss and got it hung and floated.

Laid out the couple dozen strip lights for the drape.

Easy peasy.