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Saberproject at Movie Park – 2011
10 September 2011 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, Sep 10, 2011 * Early arrival – Big crowds – Familiar helpers
After a rather short night, we set off on Saturday morning at around 5:00 for Movie Park Germany near Bottrop-Kirchhellen. After driving our cars into the Western village, we set up our booth in the spacious and atmospheric Warsteiner Saloon. As of recently, it also comes with screens especially for news and show times.
When, after a few delays, we were done setting up shortly after 9:00 and each of our sabers was in its place, we went to the Van Helsing Club to check out the stage for our performances and rehearse one last run-through on site.
Since the park would open at 10:00, we only had time for one complete run of our program before going back to the booth to greet the first visitors. Gradually more and more people found their way to our booth, and soon we had our hands full handing sabers to excited kids, young and old, for photos or just to try out, answering questions about mods and custom sabers, or swapping experiences.
Since the 501st Legion kept us company with their booth in the Warsteiner Saloon, we also ran into a few familiar faces. When star guest Richard LeParmentier held his autograph session, the crowd thinned out a bit, so we had the chance to explore the park in small groups and didn't miss out on a ride or two.
After a rather hectic lunch, we went to the changing room at around 14:00 to change for our performance at half past two. We used the remaining time to go back to the booth and make sure we had enough sabers for our show, so that replacements would be on hand quickly in case of failures or broken blades.
In a Van Helsing Club filled to the last seat, we finally presented our video „Battle on Hoth“ and then our stage show „Spinning Lights“, which thrilled the audience. Happy with our largely flawless performance, we returned to the booth, which we had left in the trusted hands of some helpers. At this point we especially want to thank Daggi, Luca and Hendrik, who have often kept us company in the chat. We spent the next few hours there, advising interested visitors or trying to keep track of our sabers, which by now were in use all over the room.
When our second performance of the day began at 17:15, the audience was already much smaller, which was surely partly due to the late hour. Nevertheless, we fought our way across the stage with motivation and lots of fun, so that not only we and the visitors but also the event organizers were happy with us.
After the park closed its gates at 19:00, we started tearing down our booth, loaded everything into the cars and drove home after a long, exhausting, but very successful and entertaining day.
