These were taken Friday, October 23rd, 2009. The photo of Richard Herd and Gregg Oppenheimer cracks me up…while they were just talking on the other side of the room, the photo makes it look like Richard is threatening Gregg with bodily harm or something. As someone who’s worked with Richard before, I can tell you he’s a guy you want in your cast; he’s not only versatile, but he’s always listening to the rest of the cast, and has one eye on the director all the time. (Besides, he’s just a really nice guy.)

It’s also always a treat to hear Michael C. Gwynne work. Those who read his posts on the Internet OTR Digest are missing out hearing that well-trained voice of his. Depending on the need, it can be smooth as silk or tough as nails. He’s just got one of those voices that cannot be ignored.

And Christina Britton Conroy…well, c’mon…the woman clearly has a painting in her attic aging for her. I’ve seen her turn the heads of 20-somethings, not to mention those of us of more advanced years.

	Fred Berney Before the Friday technical panel
	Gary Yoggy During his panel on OTR in the Movies.
	Dragnet Sketch Rehearsal Richard Herd and Gregg Oppenheimer
	Dragnet Sketch Rehearsal Richard Herd and Michael C. Gwynne
	The Great Gildersleeve Rehearsal Chuck McCann and Christina Britton Conroy at the microphones, with Larry Conroy and Michael C. Gwynne
	The Great Gildersleeve Rehearsal Cliff Carpenter
	The Great Gildersleeve Rehearsal The cast rehearses for the evening performance.

These pics were all taken last Thursday, October 22, 2009. When I’m not helping out with something else, I spend time in the rehearsal room with Bill and Bart, taking pics of the rehearsals. It’s a whole lot easier to get cast pics during rehearsal, when I can move about relatively freely, than during the performances when I’m kinda stuck in one place.

I have to publicly thank my great friend Mike Bortner for loaning me literally thousands of dollars worth of equipment…the Canon High-Def camcorder is an amazing piece of equipment (although now that I’m back home I’m fighting a little bit with the AVCHD disc burner…), and allowed me to take still photographs while recording the performances in high-definition. For anyone who was there, imagine Chuck McCann on a 54″ high-def screen…!

Almost every still photo you’ll see here was taken with that camcorder; in still mode it’s better than almost any camera I’ve used. It seems to be crazy for light…some of the pics I took were in low-light areas, and I’ve had to do very little post-photo to brighten them up. And even on the ones I did increase brightness and contrast, the camera supplied enough information that it’s tough to tell I mucked with them at all.

An amazing piece of hardware, one I greatly appreciate using for this convention! Thanks, Mike!

	Burnt Rehearsal Bobb Lynes and Craig Wichman
	Burnt Rehearsal Bobb Lynes and Craig Wichman
	Ken Stockinger and Alice Anderson Before his panel, Ken talks to Alice Anderson, Arthur's wife and a great friend to the convention.
	Young Mr. Lincoln Rehearsal Larry Conroy and Will Hutchins, with sound man Bart Curtis waiting for his next cue.
	Young Mr. Lincoln Rehearsal The cast of Young Mr. Lincoln; from left, Arthur Anderson (obscured), Bill Owen, leslie Shreve, Elaine Hyman, Craig Wichman, Larry Conroy, Will Hutchins, Cliff Carpenter (obscured)
	Young Mr. Lincoln Rehearsal Craig Wichman, Larry Conroy, and Will Hutchins
	Young Mr. Lincoln Rehearsal Elaine Hyman and Craig Wichman
	Young Mr. Lincoln Performance Director Jay Stern, Bill Owen, Arthur Anderson, leslie Shreve (obscured), Elaine Hyman (obscured), Larry Conroy, Craig Wichman, Will Hutchins (obscured), and Cliff Carpenter.
	Young Mr. Lincoln Performance leslie Shreve and Bill Owen