Real-life examples 265 patience, help and understanding, which enabled me to get the show together. Rock `n' Roll festival This was a festival in a large sports hall involving many bands for over three days so we had some discussion leading up to it while doing other gigs on the tour. There's often time in hotels and at venues to have small meetings, so I had a few meetings with band and crew to make sure that I knew everything that was going on and could pass the information on where necessary. On the day before the gig we had a quick crew meeting and decided that we would go to the venue fairly early in order to assess the show and talk to the on-site crew. Our showtime was 9 p.m. but we arrived at 2.30 p.m. and the first thing I did was to find the loading area and park in it ready to get our gear in. Next we got our passes from the event manager and I asked where we could store our gear until showtime; an area was available at