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Reply to "ARCADIA! Opening Night Gala May 30 at CBGB Gallery"

Congratulations to everyone who sent up Arcadia. The living imagery was very steep and celebratory. My only suggestions, (and suggestions for the sake of nudging the production in to even better form than it was, not for the sake of criticism) would be to get the sound for live vocals a bit better on the board. I'm not sure if the problem is with the configuration of the gallery space or the actual board mix, Jade's MC'ing was particularly clear but the stage mics weren't delivering as well as they could have. Some more thought might be given to the flow of the event. It is almost inevitable that by a third set there will be a thinner audience. I am not sure what the solution is to this but it could use some extra thought. Similarly, and I know this is very difficult with so many presentations, the trick to a very long program in part is to have it develop or build up and this means paying a lot of attention to the particular moods created by each presentation, the level of energy achieved by each -a lot of image and content and pacing type of considerations. But I have very seldom attended this type of marathon event where it all goes as smoothly as Arcadia did with very minimal technical stutters. And almost never have I been at a lengthy event where there was not great evidence of ego jockying. Arcadia really had the collectivized, cooperative vibe at the top.
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