Showday Aarhus

Today was always going to be tough, a rough show day. The first one without Bella. Since we sent her home, everyone picked up extra tasks, including me. Originally, I was only supposed to handle merchandise on this tour, with the occasional chance to step in as a tenth warrior, like I did on the last show day in Oslo. But now, I had to take on her role as well.

To make things even harder, today was also the first time we had to run the merch booth entirely on our own. That meant setting everything up, selling throughout the day, breaking it down afterward, and counting everything ourselves. And as if that wasn’t enough, we didn’t have our truck in Norway. Instead, our stock was delivered in a complete mess, leftovers from previous shows all jumbled together.

With only until 13:00 to prepare the whole stand, I did my absolute best. I didn’t quite finish, but I had no choice but to drop everything and rush to warrior training, which always starts at 1. Without Bella, one of our key figures both on and off stage, we had to reshuffle everything—who would take which spots, who would lead what. Thankfully, we’re a tight group, and we pulled it together smoothly. We moved Edward and Nadia into different positions, while I had to learn new transitions and adapt to the new seidth song, which we were performing live for the first time tonight.

With all these extra responsibilities and the stress that came with them, we somehow made it work. It was an exhausting day. The only moment I had to sit was during dinner and even then, we were still figuring out transitions and movements on stage. By the end of it, I was completely drained.

I ran to the shower right after the show and run back to the merch role. Fortunately, we had a local girl step in at the merch booth, so Yuri and Gerty didn’t have to handle it alone. Now, we’ll have to figure things out for the next shows because, for at least this leg of the tour, I’ll be balancing both roles. After that… we’ll see what happens.Read more