Jan. CCMer, GFX guru, still photographer and excellent bus-bunkmate John Manalo
As noted before, one of the keys to being successful in the media world is the flexibility to adapt to a new plan. On a very similar note, I posted from Hamilton in October that the hallmark of the media lifestyle was a willingness to do whatever was needed, since "the show must go on."
You put the two together, and you quickly realize that there's a skill that comes in very handy.
Some people have it, some people don't.
Media folk need it.
It's called multitasking.
In addition to running this blog, along with my lovely editrix and friend Anna Crowley (a co-blogger so awesome she even brought me a cookie last night), yours truly has been, at various times, a lighting grip (running "sun gun" for Walk-n-Talk shots -- see more on that from a Hamilton post -- or a stageside prayer from Ron Luce during last night's altar call) and a GFX assist (as noted in previous posts, working on the opener video). Plus, I'm credited as a writer, since I worked on the creative team for this year's tour, and I supervised re-writes of the drama for the NY venue (though most got changed back). And, on top of that, I produced the latest event-specific promo and appeared in some of the drama videos. So I'm pretty much all over.
But it's not just me. It's almost everybody.
John Manalo, my bus-bunkmate and January GFX guy, estimates he's had five separate jobs this weekend. Graduate Alex Clark, editor and all-around fix-it-man, has been on standby for anything and everything that might need his attention. His job, he would say, is to "save the day."
Both Clark and John, in fact, were called in to help set up the Honor Academy breakout, currently in progress. The breakout space simply wasn't big enough after the Global Expeditions moment, so, for the afternoon, it was moved outside -- to a space that looked more like a wedding setup than an informational meeting (or, at least, it would have given that impression had it not been set up under a bridge to the racetrack).
John is actually the third person this weekend to be assigned to the one-man post of CCM's official still photographer, after Amber Boehler and Michael Mistretta, pictured below.
This picture is for Michael's mom, who pretty much told us we needed to put up another picture of him.
The beauty of this arrangement: A single weekend is giving lots of us the chance to gain loads of varied experience, in things we may already know and in things we've never done before, as well as showing off how well CCM works with the rest of the event as a whole.
And for those who have managed to stick with one job… well, the view's not bad for them, either.
Caleb, running grip for Jigga on Live Cam 3, watches Unhindered's acoustic set
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