Operation Has-Been
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Rehearsal
(roughly 10am-1pm, in the Mezzanine Lounge)
Greg and company prepare to rehearse "The Straitjacket Song".
Only a truly great group can stay on pitch during a thermonuclear explosion occuring just outside the window.
Waiting for a flight.
Rehearsing "Flower in the Rain".
More "Flower in the Rain"
Bryan gasps in horror at the sight of a camera, and Greg looooves his straitjacket.
"Listen to Our Hearts", with some actual non-alum Cross Products.
More "Listen to Our Hearts".
Brian performs "Listen for Our Pulse", while Sandy waves to her schmoopy.
Sandy snaps a picture of her schmoopy.
Lunch
(roughly 1-1:30pm, in 10-250)
The stage is set for mayhem. But, first, some lunch.
Connie waves at Becky (I think)
Becky reacts positively (I think)
More random lunch.
More random lunch.
The Fearless Leader leads.
Sound check
(roughly 2:00-4:15pm, in 10-250)
Cross Products sound check on "Joy".
"Listen to Our Hearts" again?
Fear not, we eventually did remember the "R" (I think).
Alums sound check on "Flower in the Rain": Jenn does the hokey-pokey.
Prayer & preparation
(roughly 4:15-5pm, in 4-145)
God is listening and Titi is watching (so shape up!).
Some last-minute hanging out (very important).
More of same. Someone should warn Greg that we had to drop "The Straitjacket Song" from tonight's set.
And more hanging out. Dan has such a pretty smile.
Almost done with the hanging out.
The restless masses (slowly) start to accumulate.
This shot of Lobby 10 is totally irrelevant.
The concert
(5pm in 10-250)
Daniel kicks it off.
The Baby Skit.
"More to Life" (blurry)
More "More to Life"
Larry the Cucumber and Brian the Narrator introduce the alums.
The view from "Wonderful Invention".
Don't worry, we hadn't actually started singing yet.
Looks like it's going to be The Vector Skit.
Yep, it's...
... The Vector Skit.
Russell solos on "Before the Throne of God".
Joshua steps up to the mike ("Before the Throne of God").
Micah on "Meant to Live" (which rocked).
Monica on "Strong Enough".
Derek shares a testimony before "Testify to Love".
David & Ben on "Listen to Our Hearts".
Daniel gets dumped, despite his big, manly voice (The Faithfulness Skit).
"Untitled Hymn".
You have to see the video for this one to get the full impact.
More "Untitled Hymn".
"Flower in the Rain" (about to start).
More "Flower in the Rain".
PeepCam #1.
Another Peep bites the dust.
"Since I Met You".
"Sustained".
"Joy" (blurry, because they were jiggling all over the place).
Daniel gets a little over-excited about "Joy" (staying on pitch the whole time, mind you).
Wow, an actual non-blurry (but red) picture of "Joy".
Blurry post-finale picture #1 (immediately after "The Lord Bless You And Keep You").
Blurry post-finale picture #2.
Blurry post-finale picture #3.
Blurry post-finale picture #4.
Blurry post-finale picture #5.
Blurry post-finale picture #6.
Blurry post-finale picture #7. See, we remembered the "R"; never doubt us again.
Post-concert
(all over the place)
Another completely irrelevant (but nice) picture, this one of Killian Court. Note the stands going up for commencement.
Making new alums: Lawrie eulogizes Micah
Making new alums: Brian eulogizes Russell
MISSING: Making new alums: Nimi eulogizes Monica
Making new alums: Erisa eulogizes Brittany
Making new alums: Joshua considers whether to hug Sam... hmmm...
A song for Daniel: "we sing okay..."
Big smiles.
More hanging out. We were all feeling pretty blurry by this point...
...and we occasionally lost all muscle control...
...and Becky started doing her "I am a Tony-hugging robot" bit.
Susan pulled out a picture of The Vector Skit, version 1.0.
Man, we should just buy stock in Bertucci's or something.
Yep, Bryan can still do The Fraternity Slouch (TM).
Brittany does not approve of The Fraternity Slouch (TM), while Joyce waits for Calgon to take her away.
Joyce: "Hey, stop it with the Calgon thing".
No, Joyce, you can't deny the power of the Calgon.
Inspired by Joyce, Susan hams it up for the camera. Bryan, still horrified by the presence of a camera, desparately fumbles for something.
Susan
really
hams it up for the camera, to the point of becoming blurry. Bryan gleefully finds his strychnine-laced water, with which he can finally end the pain of being photographed.
Watching a video of the first Cross Products concert. Wow, did they actually
have
video cameras back then? Well, they definitely had hair... man.
The younger generation is more easily entertained (by various bright, shiny objects).
For posterity: the concert order.
And the pocket version.
For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding. - Psalm 47:7