Warren Miller Film Tour: Corvallis, OR

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Warren Miller Film Tour: Corvallis, OR

Posted By: Tats on October 23, 2008 in All New Posts, Updates - Comments: No Comments »

About to go on stage...

Well…our second show went off quite successfully. The film was showing on the OSU campus in the Austin Auditorium with over 350 ski fans filling the room.

Evan, our sponsor liaison, felt good about the lobby displays, though the Jeep models that are supposed to come in and shoot pictures of attendees didn’t show up. Oh well…we’ll see more than our fair share of models throughout the tour. Our projectionist, Kyle, had a pretty easy job of it last night, spending most of his time peeping college co-eds as they found their seats in the auditorium. Lot’s of ‘bogeys’ as he calls them out on the radio…

And I found myself falling into the swing of things up on stage as my script dials in even more. It was fun to be amongst so many skiing fans in one room, and to be able to toss out prizes to them only makes it that much better. Last night, Peak Sports, one of the local retailer sponsors brought a Dakine Team Bag and a Dakine High Roller Bag to carry skis/snowboards. With such sweet prizes, it’s really easy to get the crowd going.

We even had our first athlete appearance last night, with Mt. Bachelor local ripper Ben Watts showing up to the delight of all the young girls in the audience. At only 15 years old, this soft-spoken snowboarder has the world wrapped around his finger and I expect nothing but great things from him. Not to mention, he got to shoot his segment while ripping around Mt. Bachelor with surfing legend Gerry Lopez.

We are heading to Eugene, OR tonight for our third show. I’ve heard Eugene knows how to party, so let’s hope they can bring some noise for me up on stage tonight!

- Tats