We’re still buzzed about our performance at The House of Blues here in Chicago! (houseofblues.com/Chicago) We do a phenomenal Show which we call The Chicago Music Revue, incorporating our musicians doing selections from the band Chicago (as good as the original band, if I do say so myself), numbers by the Blues sensation Pistol Pete & the Mystique Dancers performing costumed numbers from the musical Chicago. It’s done in vignette form, in this case for an international company’s awards program. We then follow with the whole Band doing Dance music! It’s pretty incredible.
There were approximately four hundred guests at this event & so were upstairs in the Mainstage area. What a fabulous stage to play, first of all. The multilevel, wraparound viewing areas make every seat in the house great. The décor is the coolest. The food is wonderful. However, what is stand up & apart is the staff there. For example, the technical staff: we always bring our own gear & sound specialists, because most of the time, “in house” technicians don’t have the experience of a huge group (26 on stage!) like us. Looking good is not enough: we have to sound great. Imagine our surprise & pleasure when we found the in house technical staff not only knowledgeable, accommodating, but they cared! They WANTED to do a great job & they did. We made use of their state of the art sound & lights with delight.
The Catering & Sales staff could not have been more helpful or friendly, not only for our Client, but for us as well. We are always friendly & easy to work with, but unfortunately it’s not always reciprocal. Our Client had never done anything this ambitious before & they came into our on site production meeting nervously. I’m proud to say, they walked out very excited & confident that between us & The House of Blues, everything was going to be great. & it went better than they ever dreamed!
At the end of the evening, our Clients (drenched in sweat from non-stop dancing) shook their heads & one said “How are we EVER going to top this?!?” I’m confident, that it’s going to be REAL hard!
