three days to go

three days to go and the visual arts boards are going into the cathedral, and the pace in the office has picked up a bit. Most of our lighting rig is actually in already, thanks to the Lichfield Mysteries over the weekend, which will make bringing in all our production kit on Wednesday evening quicker than it has ever been. We are using JTV Production for the first time, but they know the cathedral intimately having produced events in there for over a decade.
In another first, a lucky selection of our volunteers are about to troop on down for some Front-of-House training at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre.

volunteer shirts have arrived

new festival shirts for our volunteers have arrived, replacing last year's black version.

since the 2005 Festival we've vastly grown our volunteer base. over the next two weeks nearly 200 people, over 25% of whom are under 25 will be working behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly, providing crucial support. these shirts subtly increase our exposure throughout the city, and help identify who is involved. the happy model is Richard, our volunteer co-ordinator...
Interested in volunteering? More information here.