Catherine Jonas, CMC, LMFT PRINCIPAL
Geriatric Care Management & Counseling Services We Specialize in:
A gorgeous wall created by Smoke and Mirrors takes center stage at a music festival
mances without a live audience is still in its infancy, but many TV shows like “America’s Got Talent” are making it work. Even baseball has come back without fans in the stadium, so the model is gaining in popularity. “We can have fundraisers, concerts – we’ll have theater later this month. We still follow all the guidelines: everyone’s wearing masks, there’s under 10 people. The whole warehouse is quite large, so the risk is really low. Everything is sanitized during the breaks so we’re doing okay,” she says. Monica remains optimistic, “I think people are trying to play it safe – us too. When this first started we said, ‘We’re not leaving the house for five years if that’s what it takes.’ But slowly, things are opening up and people are more comfortable leaving the house.” But looking too far into the future is a scary prospect for her. “We’d like to think that when a vaccine is available, everything will just go back to normal, but…” she takes a pause, “we don’t know if the companies we used to work for, be a vendor to, will be around. There is a lot of speculation and one of our biggest accounts let go of their entire staff.” With so much up in the air, the Lyons are thinking of building an even bigger livestream soundstage, because “this could be the future of events,” she says. No matter what the future holds for live performances, the company Smoke and Mirrors is not only adapting but is surprisingly aptly named for a time when everyone is trying to create the illusion of normalcy using very limited resources. Even without the large crowds, Monica says she loves her work and feeds off every new situation. “It’s about the energy of the people, and it’s always a learning experience for me.”
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