Just Another *Super* Day

One section of the more than a gazillion miles of electronic cable installed
in Lucas Oil Stadium to telecast the Super Bowl. This is just inside the SW tunnel.

All this week about five hundred other people and myself 

have been rehearsing our slick moves as stagehands

for Madonna's half-time show during the 2012 Super Bowl.

Of course, it goes without saying I could not have afforded  the price

of a ticket for the game, so decided early on I'd volunteer where

I could in order to take part in the festivities.

And so, I'm a member of the crew.

Just inside the Stadium at the Gate Three entrance,
where each day we checked in for rehearsal.

We were assigned our tasks by the way the numbers were drawn;

some people were assigned to various segments of the stage, while like me, others ended up pulling the huge electrical cables used to power

the stage and it's special effects. The first night it took us about 

a half hour to get the thing together, learning where the segments went

and where the power cords needed to be placed. Over the following

evenings, we brought our times down to the point we are 

waiting what seems forever before the show begins. 

One of the many thousands of visitors to Indianapolis. At
least, I hope he's visiting. Obviously, a championship
football game is just another reason for men to
don stupid hats.

Knowing that we have learned to do our tasks smoothly 

and safely makes me feel proud. I think, once you all view 

the half-time show, either in the stadium or on TV,

you will feel the same; Madonna is using a lot of local

people in her act and they are doing a marvelous job.