so, last night was a success. saturday, we set the whole thing up in my living room and practiced a bit. Then we had to load it all up into a truck thing and take it over and set it all up again. i think it went nicely. many thanks to the people who helped with this, who are mercy of course for singing, Steve for his amp and making of some speaker stands, his girlfriend Paige just cuz, my dad and step-mom for loaning a vehicle, and especially my new friend Emily for coming and supporting me 😉