Last night I performed at Monday Live on STVS and worked with what must be the most fun tv crew of Suriname. At 5 pm the band and I arrived at the studio. The editor in chief, Ms. Lucille Deetman, welcomed us with open arms and showed us the studio. After that we did a souncheck, which was interesting, because during our set up it started raining. Pouring rain! I'm telling you this, because the studio wasn't isolated well and so the sound of the rain was loud. At a certain point I even saw rain drops coming from the ceiling. So we were wondering what was going to happen if it was going to rain during the live broadcast, because that would affect the sound. One of the crew members told us it can happen but because it rained during the set up, we should be fine during the live broadcast.
In the hours leading up to the broadcast time, 9 pm, it was all fun, jokes, laughter and more fun. The crew felt like a big happy family, all the crew members worked together with love and respect to make sure the viewers at home and the people on set had a good time.
The set consisted of several corners: a lifestyle corner, a make over corner, a business corner, a kitchen corner, a music corner (where we were performing) and a panel discussion corner. The host of the show was Thea Valk, a wonderful authentic personality who really knows how to entertain her guests and the viewers.
At 9 pm we went live, everyone was all set and the excitement was in the air. At 9.10 pm Thea walked over to the music corner and introduced me and the band. We started playing Armed & Sexy and out of the corner of my eye I could see all the people on set bobbing their heads to the beat. At 10 pm we closed off the show with Aim High and that's a wrap!
After the show I was asked to sign their wall of fame, a canvas with messages and autographs of people who performed on Monday Live. We took some more pictures of the studio and that was it. It was so much fun! The crew and the other guests really made my first tv performance in Suriname an unforgettable experience!