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Article: LIGHTS, SOUND FOOD, SECURITY, ACTION BEFORE THE FIRST NOTE WAS STRUCK AT LAST TUESDAY NIGHT'S CONCERT AT THE VIRGINIA BEACH AMPHITHEATER, AN ARMY OF BEHIND-THE-SCENES WORKERS AND TECHNICIANS HAD BEEN SWARMING OVER THE STAGE FOR 12 HOURS - THEN THEY HAD TO GO AND UNDO IT ALL.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 11, 1996
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Byline: BILL REED, STAFF WRITER
PUTTING ON A SHOW featuring one of the nation's top rock bands is a piece of cake, right?
Not really, Rob Manley, production manager for Cellar Door Entertainment, will tell you.
It takes the organizational skills of a SeaBee battalion and the patience of a kindergarten teacher to get things rolling, mainly because so many things have to come together - mesh like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
Before the first note was struck last Tuesday night by the warm-up band for Hootie & the Blowfish at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater, an army of behind-the-scenes workers and technicians had been swarming over the ...