After a couple of years of writing and editing, my latest book has finally launched. It's a compilation of stories and anecdotes that took place during my nineteen years as an entertainment agent and special event producer.
No doubt everybody has similar stories if you are in this business. The problem is, would you tell them to your clients while you are still working? I no longer have to worry about gaining clients so here they are, all the embarrassing moments that nobody knew about until now. This is what it's all about:
Uncontrollable laughter. Overwhelming tears. Thunderous applause. These are what every performer strives to educe from an audience. In my job as the person responsible for planning private corporate entertainment shows and putting the right performers onstage at the right time, it was also my goal and a measure of my success. Unfortunately, something happened along the way.
No doubt everybody has similar stories if you are in this business. The problem is, would you tell them to your clients while you are still working? I no longer have to worry about gaining clients so here they are, all the embarrassing moments that nobody knew about until now. This is what it's all about:
Uncontrollable laughter. Overwhelming tears. Thunderous applause. These are what every performer strives to educe from an audience. In my job as the person responsible for planning private corporate entertainment shows and putting the right performers onstage at the right time, it was also my goal and a measure of my success. Unfortunately, something happened along the way.
Jungle
animals on the loose, bar fights, pyrotechnics gone awry, technical glitches,
unusual brushes with the famous, a sweltering outdoor show for UN troops in
war-torn Cambodia, and clients who committed deadly sins – these are but a
small sampling of the stories that await within Stumbling Toward Applause: Misadventures in Entertainment.
This inspiring book is a selection of stories and
anecdotes from the early 1980s to 2004, when the special events industry was in
its infancy. While there are many entertainment memoirs on the market, this is
the first book of real-life experiences within this particular industry. With
the consequences of human frailty as the overarching theme, it takes readers on
an emotional rollercoaster ride, from hilarious live, onstage mishaps to the
poignancy of an actor’s death. Under the surface, though, lurk nuggets of
wisdom and lessons about life, business, and relationships.
I hope you enjoy this lighthearted read.
congrats Doug! Looking forward to reading it :)
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