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Festival Program Note
An early love letter to stagehands written by someone who apparently believed every load-in came with sunsets, soaring dreams, and complimentary dental work. The gratitude is sincere; the sugar content is medically significant. Somewhere inside all that “we make you shine / we make you fly” optimism is the idea that would eventually grow up, get steel toes, acquire some bruises, and become Steel & Stitches. Any stagehand currently rolling their eyes is entitled to do so.<br>The 2018 Archives: Old masters, questionable masters, and several ideas that somehow survived both. Archival criticism is permitted; dancing remains mandatory.
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Fictional Behind-the-Scenes Note
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Track Dedication
Lyrics – “Behind the Rig”
Official lyrics are provided below for reference. For a synced or formatted version, you can also visit Musixmatch.
We roll in before dawn Mud on our boots, radios on Case by case and line by line We wake the field with sound and light Hands on steel, eyes on cue You see the star, we see it through Glow tape down, one more sign By the first shout, it's all online Count it down, hold the frame Every cue knows where to aim One deep breath, then we're gone And the whole night lifts from what we've done We make it shine, we make it fly Behind the truss, beneath the sky We hold the dream, we hold the line You take the roar, we keep the time We make it shine, we make it fly We build the dawn behind the lights We make it shine We make it shine We make it fly Walkie crackles, "Ready now" Fresh black tape on the ground Water break and quick backpack Show blacks on and hard hats stacked We keep the hush before the drop One last check before it pops When your arms rise toward the flame We're the heartbeat under every name Count it down, hold the frame Every cue knows where to aim One more safe, then we're gone And the whole night lifts from what we've done We make it shine, we make it fly Behind the truss, beneath the sky We hold the dream, we hold the line You take the roar, we keep the time We make it shine, we make it fly We build the dawn behind the lights We make it shine We make it shine We make it fly When the bassline breaks the dark We're still moving spark to spark No front row and no gold view Just a thousand little things pulled through When the crowd sings someone else's name We know who fed the flame From the first truck to the final bow This whole dream is standing now We make it shine, we make it fly Behind the truss, beneath the sky We hold the dream, we hold the line You take the roar, we keep the time We make it shine, we make it fly We build the dawn behind the lights We make it shine We make it shine We make it fly We make it shine We make it shine Tonight is ours Tonight is ours