Snowing inside the MALL · 279 days ago by Raise Plow
We’re performing in a mall. in a mall in the tallest building in Japan. And on our very first day we all had to rush out to make sure we got to see them make it snow inside the mall for Christmas. Yes, Christmas. The culture here seems to be really into Christmas. xmas music everywhere, bad American xmas music orchestrations combined with nasal sounding Japanese children’s voices.
ANYWAY… we got to the mall and the 5 or 6 levels of glass balconies and marble staircases surrounding the glittery chandelier-like, Very tall Chrirstmas ‘tree’ were FULL. can i say swarmed? packed. overflowing with people waiting to see the snow inside the mall. That alone was a little surreal, but we found some spots to see and all the audience were very kind and well-behaved so as to leave a good aisle up the staircase in case anyone needed to walk up it.
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Started with a light show and some fog. Those expensive mechanical lights that shoot all over in swoops. and it went on and the huge gobo outlines of snowflakes on the ceiling created by the lights swooped over and back and forth and around. And the Orchestra music piped through a bounty of speakers as we, the audience gazed on and awaited with anticipation for the snow. and on. and on. And ON. then finally, when you thought, this has GOT to be the last Christmas tune in this medley… it snowed. They turned on the machines and the blowers and it rained down snow through these streamer like circular hangings that don’t look much like snow, but maybe represent it? and the tree changed colors and we were all happy.
so of course, Basil started to clap along with the joyful music and we all prepared to whoop and holler a bit while we partook in a holiday dance, cha cha cha. but we received stony glances from other patrons very focused on the show at center. and we were made to realize… we were very American.
The End.
