Pranksters in Portland

Rumor has it that the White Eagle is haunted. TapWater had the pleasure of finding out first-hand. I set up the lighting rig with some help from Ravi early in the afternoon the day of the show. Each channel was tested and it was found that one was faulty. Resident mechanic and handy man Wes looked into it and found a wire had come loose from its solder. He checked the rest of the system and found this to be the only problem. After nearly electrocuting himself, he finally reaffixed it and viola! Working lights!

That night during the show, all was going great. The band was having one of their best performances, the bar was doing good business, and the lighting was fantastic. About half way through the first set, I decided I wanted to dance, so I set a stage look and took off for the dance floor. Half way through the first song I was boogying down to, the lights started flashing and flickering. “Oh no, the board is wigging out,” I thought. I go over and test the different channels. “Odd, but good…none of the channels are not working. Everything is responding the way it should.” I set a new look and wait. One song, two songs, it looks like its doing fine. I again walk away to dance.

This time, the lights don’t simply flash and flicker. They black out, they come up in a new look, colors are changing, in short, the lights are behaving as if there is someone running them (though not very well). Now I am quite sure it is not power surges or some other logical excuse: it must be GHOSTS!

For the rest of the night, when I was not running the lights, someone else was!