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Welcome to Mystery 2

Jul 5, 2024

Now that I’ve set up a sequence of files to work on from Rogue Swans 10th Anniversary Vaudeville – Decayed – I can go back an pick up someof the opening number images. The opening shot shows Katie entering to “Welcome to Mystery”. Rogue does like opening to choreographed chaos, during which I grabbed the next three shots, to add to the two last posting. The first below shows Alex and Caleb carrying the Mermaid across the stage to her “tank” (not real water).

During which Moxie is roller skating around the stage, interacting with other cast members…

As all this approaches an end, and James (our MC) arrives on stage – Melissa throws him a kiss…

A couple of these do show some movement, but as I mentioned, it is choreographed chaos and difficult to catch. You can be in the audience for a half dozen performances and suddenly notice dynamics of this completely missed until then – and it’s constantly being changed up. Here’s my final image before I get to the main numbers, James giving his welcome to the audience…

Now let’s see what I can do with Lilli up in the air…