Last night the crew went to the Westchester Dinner Theater on behalf of the client in hopes of a group bonding experience slash to get our minds off work. It started with an open bar that lasted exactly one hour, followed by dinner that was actually really good. We were placed in a double box on the VIP level and even given a shout out by the MC of the nights festivities. Pretty cool overall to say that least. The performance was actually pretty good and I will admit I had my doubts, but it was enjoyable all and all.
The highlight of my evening though, had nothing to do with the play, but more the conversations that were happening in and around the large dinner table. Now granted we have many different people from different areas of the world, for example. We have reps from China, Mexico, Turkey, Philippines, and the UK. Now this converastion in particular has to do with a US rep and a Turkey rep and it went something like this.
Background: There was a discussion going around the table focusing on the orchestra and how it was produced and where it was located in relation to the stage. For the purposes of this story I will disguise the names of the individuals with the US rep being PITA, the Turkey Rep being Sexy Man, and a fellow consultant from "the other team" as G-Man. I personally think it was all pre recorded but my opinion doesn't matter here....on with the dialogue.
PITA: I wonder where the orchestra is located because the music is just beautiful. I don't even see a pit in front of the stage where they could be located.
Sexy Man: I bet you that its recorded and then they just play it back. I think they are also making it look like they are speaking and the voices are pre-recorded too.
PITA: [Very aggitated] They would never do that...you see in America we have standards as they pertain to Broadway, it is considered illegal to record music or voices in a performance, they must speak or sing them live.
G-Man: Hey do you remember back in the day that band who got caught for lip syncing...
Sexy Man: [Very excited to be a part of this conversation] OH YES! Vanilla Ice..no!?
PITA: [Aggitated again] NO! Oh what was their name....
G-Man: [Excited] Melly Vanelly!
PITA: [More aggitated] NO! Milli Vanilli
G-Man: Yes that's it...the group who had other people sing for them behind the stage.
Pita: Ya that won't ever happen again....speaking of which, that Britney Spears is a mess.
[End Scene]
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This was quickly followed by
"Oh he has a man crush on Justin Timberlake"....something I don't deny, actually I embrace!
This was then rebutted by PITA:
"You Justin really is a nice man, he has done a lot of good and he's very respectable, the best thing he did for himself was get rid of that Britney Spears."
For those of you who don't know PITA is an acronym.
Now you may know why I call her Pain In The Ass.
[Queue curtain and bow]
The highlight of my evening though, had nothing to do with the play, but more the conversations that were happening in and around the large dinner table. Now granted we have many different people from different areas of the world, for example. We have reps from China, Mexico, Turkey, Philippines, and the UK. Now this converastion in particular has to do with a US rep and a Turkey rep and it went something like this.
Background: There was a discussion going around the table focusing on the orchestra and how it was produced and where it was located in relation to the stage. For the purposes of this story I will disguise the names of the individuals with the US rep being PITA, the Turkey Rep being Sexy Man, and a fellow consultant from "the other team" as G-Man. I personally think it was all pre recorded but my opinion doesn't matter here....on with the dialogue.
PITA: I wonder where the orchestra is located because the music is just beautiful. I don't even see a pit in front of the stage where they could be located.
Sexy Man: I bet you that its recorded and then they just play it back. I think they are also making it look like they are speaking and the voices are pre-recorded too.
PITA: [Very aggitated] They would never do that...you see in America we have standards as they pertain to Broadway, it is considered illegal to record music or voices in a performance, they must speak or sing them live.
G-Man: Hey do you remember back in the day that band who got caught for lip syncing...
Sexy Man: [Very excited to be a part of this conversation] OH YES! Vanilla Ice..no!?
PITA: [Aggitated again] NO! Oh what was their name....
G-Man: [Excited] Melly Vanelly!
PITA: [More aggitated] NO! Milli Vanilli
G-Man: Yes that's it...the group who had other people sing for them behind the stage.
Pita: Ya that won't ever happen again....speaking of which, that Britney Spears is a mess.
[End Scene]
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This was quickly followed by
"Oh he has a man crush on Justin Timberlake"....something I don't deny, actually I embrace!
This was then rebutted by PITA:
"You Justin really is a nice man, he has done a lot of good and he's very respectable, the best thing he did for himself was get rid of that Britney Spears."
For those of you who don't know PITA is an acronym.
Now you may know why I call her Pain In The Ass.
[Queue curtain and bow]
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