Thursday, June 3^rd.

What a very exciting beginning to the VOICE 2010 Conference. After arriving yesterday, the buzz  in the hotel is ablaze with “great vibes”.  After configuring the way-finding  event signage yesterday afternoon, it was time to head off to the penthouse for the traditional VOICE staff & volunteer champagne toast night, photos and recognition awards to kickoff the event, followed by the “Red Carpet” party. There were about 400 attendees. There are voiceover actors here came from as far away as Japan, Turkey,  and Australia. The mood is definitely jovial.

I took a bunch of photos that I have yet to post. Thanks to John Florian, my camera is now battery-powered. Right now I’m looking for some simple photo compression software to reduce the size of my gigantic digital camera files.

I went to dinner with MCAI pals Connie Terwilliger, Brian Paige and Jeff Gelder at nearby “Pink Taco”restaurant. Upon departure, we ran into a table of about 25+ friends from the vo-bb.  Since I’d been up since about 5:45 AM and slept fitfully the night before, I was ready to wind down for the night. Upon heading back through the hotel lobby, at the bar were more pals, including Terry Daniel, Trish Basyani, Joe Cipriano, Jeff McNeal , Steve Savanyu, and many others.

Oh I could’ve danced all night but I was pooped. I said my hellos and gave hugs and went to bed.

Woke up at 7:30, read email, and downloaded some photo software and tried to understand it when I realized at 8:45, that I was due downstairs in 15 minutes to co-host with with partner Dave Courvoisier the general session with Pat Fraley.

YIKES! I threw on some clothes, makeup and without my coffee, made my way there in time.

Pat Fraley’s session on Voiceover comedy  rendered a delightful surprise guest: “Every Loves Raymond’s”  Brad Garrett. What a hit!

I finally got myself a giant coffee that  promptly spilled on my brand-new clothing, so I ran to the room, changed and made it back to introduce my first assigned breakout session; Dan Lenard’s  “Building Your Home Studio”. More to come.

Oops I forgot to eat. It’s nearly noon and my stomach’s growling.  More to come. Hopefully photos very soon.