The Ranch, Corporate event 10/17/16

Hello friends,

The KRB played a couple of corporate events at The Ranch recently. This is the first one. Even though The Ranch is usually closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, it can be rented out as an event venue. This evening was an event for Radians Inc, a safety gear company out of Tennessee. I guess they were in Southern California all week for a trade show, or promotional purposes, or just to party.

Here we are at sound check, 5:30pm.

We had to load in and sound check before the event started even though our first set wasn't until 9:45pm. That was a lot of down time. I wandered around a bit before the guests arrived to see what I could see.

It was a casino night with lots of AMEX cards being given away as the grand prizes. Here's a poker table and a craps table.

Here's a view of the stage from one of the blackjack tables in front of the bar.

I'm not sure what the guests were dining on, but they were going to get quite a buffet.

We had some excellent roasted half chickens on a bed of roasted vegetables and a garden salad.

Finally we got to play our first set after waiting around for four hours. Tough gig, I tell ya. When we took our break, these dancing girls got on stage to entertain the out-of-towners.

They were cute but not that entertaining. But the crowd didn't seem to mind them texting on their phone while they "danced".

I took this picture just as we took the stage for our second, and last, set of the night at 11pm. These folks were partying pretty late for a school night. But they didn't have to go to work tomorrow, right?

We played our last set, had quite a few dancers on the floor. They loved it when we closed with "Sweet Home Alabama". Then while we were packing up our gear, the girls came back to keep the crowd entertained.  The menfolk seemed to enjoy practicing their photography.

I thought it was a bit unusual for a corporate event. I don't think I've ever played one with dancing girls. Usually these events end early but they were still going strong after midnight as we were headed out the door.

I have one more corporate event at The Ranch before I'm caught up to date with my gigs. This one was on a Monday. The next one was the following Friday. I'm sure it will be a more civilized event. Thanks for looking!


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff