It's that time of year when jazz bands from all over the country and even from some foreign countries come to Sacramento to showcase their talent, sell a few CDs and maybe even have some fun. Although the event seems to have gotten smaller every year since we've been participating they still expect some 60,000 attendees over the next three days. I think there's some custom that says we're now in the "festival" classification whereas with 100,000 attendance we were in the "jubilee" class. As you can see from my badge above, they're trying to soften the blow by calling it both a jubilee and festival this year.
As you can also see by the badge above, they're trying to save money by making paper badges for plastic "hang around your neck" badge holders rather than the metal pin-on type. Other cost saving measures include not providing a theme t-shirt for all the volunteers. The silly thing about that is that most if not all volunteers would be glad to pay for their own shirts if the jubilee organizers would just arrange for them.
We worked our first shift this afternoon. I sort of supervised our shift crew in setting up the venue with appropriate signage then handed it over to Carolyn to supervise the crew in their usual duties during the first two bands. Usual duties include entrance control at the doors, ushering, counting attendance, evaluating the bands, and cleaning up after the crowds between bands. Today our shift ran from 3:30 to 8:00. Tomorrow we work from 7:30 to 11:00 and Sunday from 2:00 to 6:30. This year we don't work on Monday, Memorial Day.
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