Here is the students’ account of the pre-opening activities over at reverb.
So finally we had almost everything in; now we just had to straighten it all out and make it presentable. We also had an entire computer system to figure out and yet more painting to do and the CDs from the supplier that we were waiting to come in so we could put them into the system. In addition, we had to plan the opening, which had been delayed earlier due to construction of the building; still, we had a lot of work to do and not much time to do it in.
We contacted the theatre department?s scene workshop about building a countertop and listening station. The deal turned out better than we thought. In exchange for promoting the theater?s performances in our store and purchasing materials, Paul (who oversaw the construction of scenery for all performances) agreed to build both pieces at no charge. Of course, this made the cost of the pieces quite a bit less than what we had budgeted for them. A fraction of the E-Club got together of the course three days to gather materials, haul them down to the store, prep them, and secure the pieces into a workable business instrument. Joe Drake and Dan Logan carried the pieces from the theatre and loaded them onto the truck, while I played supervisor and made sure their path was clear. A day or two later, after the racks had been put together in the store, Joe, Heather, Dan, finished sanding and prepping the countertop. Dr. Cornwall stopped by and helped sand the table. Geoff was putting up the wall mounts for the speakers that came with the equipment, while I finished some last minute trimming on paint and cleaned the racks and DVD bins. To celebrate our hard work we bought pizza and sodas and listened to our ?soundtrack? which consisted of Joe?s Pat Green and Chris Cagle records.
Jessica Phillips
To see the entire reverb “off the wall” story, click here.