Casino time

Last night was our opening at the Casino Helsinki where we will be performing for five weeks, 4 nights a week. The opening went fine but the hours before the opening, or lets say even the minutes before entering the stage, were pretty hectic. I´ll give you a small glimpse of what was happening backstage:

This is in the morning. Tobias is programming lights and Kasper and Greg are trying to figure out how to get the tvs working. And to their own surprise they succeeded!
After this we had soundcheck which went fine except that we have this new song with lots, I mean lots of words to learn by heart to sing all together at the same time with the right words in the right key. Gregory looked really concerned during soundcheck and also the rest of us didn´t feel too comfortable but let me tell you, it is amazing how these old brains still, at times, work! Not a single word went wrong in front of the audience. Tonight we are going to find out if our long-term memory still works.

Yesterday we also got new stage clothes which we were all looking very much forward to. Actually they were supposed to come already on Tuesday so there would be time to, well, at least try them on once before entering the stage. But they came one hour before the show so the following pictures are a bit unsharp since the atmosphere was quite tense.

Yes it fits! Now we just need to get the zipper up.

Yes, great, except a shirt is missing. This is our own little Slash.

I am ironing Annas dress on a chair. Of course with a glass of champagne. Wait, why am I ironing Annas dress?

Oh yes, because Anna is trying to get her shoes on.

Jonte and his new jewellery.

Seconds before entering the stage. The smiles are a bit tense I admit. Especially Annas and mine since we weren´t totally sure if the dresses were going to stay up or not.

And then we have Linda. Who no matter how busy we are always have the time to strike a pose.