1/25, Ben Folds Show

Key Vocab: "The Pit"- Floor directly in front of the stage
Patron Survey-Survey I ask the concert goers to fill out for me

The Ben Folds show was the first show I had ever been to as an intern, so it was quite the learning experience for me. My night began with my arrival at the NE lot in Assembly Hall. I then went through the entrance called "Press Pass Only", where they already had my name on the list. From this point I continued to the marketing office where me, Anna (intern-senior, markting major) and Anne (intern-senior, marketing) began our surveys. This involved going into the crowd before the show started and politely asking patrons to fill out surveys. I found this job to be slightly embarrasing, as many attendees had no interest in me or my survey. However it was a good chance to learn what my first objective would be at shows. Soon enough Anne went backstage to run the ice cream booth while me and Anna took on our next job-photographs. Anna and I walked down to the floor and asked if we could take pictures of patrons for the Assembly Hall website. Interesting enough, we ended up seeing Nick Lund, Luke Bial, Sean Grady, Gabe Foote, and Ben Thompson all at the concert for an available picture. I thoroughly enjoyed this part of the night because it felt like we were getting the concert goers excited.
Lastly, me and Anna met up with two photographers in the marketing office. From here we proceeded to escort them to the floor and capture photos of the first three Ben Folds Songs. After the songs we guided them off of the floor. After I was told I had no further obligations, I simply grabbed an open seat (as close as possible of course) and enjoyed the remainder of the show.
This show was a great experience for me because it was not only fun to see the show and behind the scenes work, but I am now fully prepared for the next show I attend.