At this show (see video) there was a guy from London, England who had delayed his return trip so that he could take his son to the show. As a performer, you don’t get to hear that if you split right after the show is over. This is just one of the many discussions that you can hear at the fireplace in the Rick Wilcox Theater. . .
I think that there are two different people who attend the Rick Wilcox show. There are those who beat it for the door trying to get out of the theater with haste so as to avoid the traffic, this is typically me at any event :). Then there’s the person who knows that the show isn’t over. It’s kind of like going to a Marvel movie. You wait for those credits to be over because there is something there for you at the end.
I have done my fair share of concerts and shows to know that when the curtain drops the performer who has given us as much energy as he or she can muster is usually in need of re-hydration and relaxation. There are a few select performers though who have a reserve tank left in them and they use this reserve for the “Meet and Greet”.
If you have never had a Meet and Greet with a performer, you are missing an experience that goes along with the show. Well let me back up a minute, most performers charge for their meet and greet and autograph sessions as a VIP package for their bottom line. There are also those that want to meet their fans, they want to shake their hands and commune with them. This is the category that Rick and Susan both fall in.
When their show is over, they let the people get into the lobby and then poof, they appear in the magic fireplace. It is here that they shake hands, take pictures and sign autographs.
Watch this week’s video to hear some of them and I’ll reach out to you next week with another Inside Story.
Chris Taylor
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