Beautiful and talented people are coming together in small and large ways to lay the foundation for Audience of One. They are praying, providing funds, organizing, rearranging their schedules, making phone calls, hosting, sending videos, offering to bake, learning music, providing rehearsal space and technical services, and honing their talents in the direction of one ultimate goal—to help us tell a story on stage.
They are saying yes to an idea, an opportunity, a relationship, a nudge from God. They are saying yes to faith. And they are saying yes to its natural and beautiful by-product, community.
On Saturday, February 24th, we will come together to workshop the first full draft of this musical. And by "workshop," I mean exactly that. Since I actually wrote a huge chunk of this show last summer while workers were renovating our basement right underneath my desk chair, it's not a stretch in my mind to ask you to picture HGTV's Ben Napier in his Scotsman workshop in Laurel, Mississippi, as he describes an idea to his brother about an original table or cabinet he wants to build for the new owners of Home Town's latest renovation.
Like him, at our workshop we'll take all the tools we have in the room to shape our own innovative piece, and assess how it will look in the open air and against the walls where it will someday be set. We'll learn where the show needs more time on the lathe, more sanding, stronger joint reinforcement, and just what kind of stain will suit it best.
So perfectly explained for all of us. Thank you! I'm praying fervently. And "woodshed" as a musical term ... YES. I love this term in relation to what you'll be doing. It also makes me grin as I think back to junior high and high school band, when we heard this word so frequently from Mr. Burns. I wish I could be a mouse in the corner on Feb. 24th to see the chips fly. I'm believing it's going to be a great day for AoO and all involved.