A real-life event...
How do we make it so everyone can enjoy it?

I know! We could exchange presents and stuff since it'll take place on Christmas!

(I'm still not sure how Christmassy we can make this event, but I'll add it to my list of ideas.)

Okay, this should be enough ideas in addition to everything I came up with yesterday!

(That just leaves...)

(A venue and staff...
I wish I could help with that somehow...)

(Airi and Haruka have pretty much been taking care of all the ideas for our streams.)

(So if we are going to put on an actual event, I need to start finding ways to contribute too!)

Yeah!

Alright, that should be enough practice for today...

Okay. Nice work, everyone.

Nice work.

Yeah, great practice!

Um, there's something I'd like to discuss with all of you. Mind if we talk while we rest?

Sure, what's up?

I'd like to know more about what we need to do and what kind of schedule we're looking at if we really do want to put on an event.

I have a vague idea of what goes on during meet and greets, mini-concerts and when CDs go on sale, but I don't really know what happens before all that.

I see.
We haven't really talked about that much, have we?

Oh, also... I may not be the best person to ask since we're looking to do a much more modest event.

Yeah. ASRUN's nationwide tours saw tens of thousands of fans gather for each event, right?

That's right! What we need to do is gonna change based on the scale of our event.

Bullseye!

We could use the mini-concert I did at the mall with QT as an example. Wanna know more about that?

Oh, that means we get to hear all about what happened behind the scenes that time.

Yes, please!

Okay, let's start with how our manager told us that we'd be a mini-concert to celebrate our CD going on sale about two months in advance.

Our agency, along with the production company that helped us plan everything, pretty much focused on the core of the event, like sales quotas for CDs and where we'd be performing.

Big or small, it's important to have a set goal in mind when preparing for an event.

Right. Lemme jot that down...

How did you practice for it?

All the QT members would usually meet after work and stuff.

Also, there was only so much we could do in a day, but we also had two months to prepare for it.

On the day of, we met with the staff, our manager, our contacts from the mall...

Oh, the lead from the production company, some of their event staff and the MC too... So like seven or eight people in total.

Th-That sounds like so few!

Actually, we didn't even need that many. I mean, they even found an MC who could set the stage for us.

They're usually very good at drawing everybody in, especially the people at the front, and warming up the crowd by doing light introductions for everyone.

Yeah, they can make a huge difference.

Come to think of it, Cheerful * Days usually had an MC do that for us at the start of our shows when we were just debuting.

It sounds like both of your groups' agencies really wanted you to succeed. I mean, it's pretty rare to have an MC for a mini-concert like that.

Yes, I see...

Oh, I have a question about setting everything up at a venue. Does the staff take care of all of that?

Yeah, they do.
But that's not all.

On top of having to move everybody around in an orderly manner, they have to make sure people aren't blocking any paths.

And once a show's over, they have to help sell CDs and merch. That staff takes care of all the crowd control so we can focus on our meet and greet.

Setting up a venue, crowd control, clearing paths, selling CDs and merch... They all juggle so much at once.

Yeah, which is why we can get away with having just a few for an event.

But that's about it from me.
I wish I could tell you more about how they actually set up equipment and stuff...

Equipment setup? For the stage?

Yeah, that's right. It's always nice to be able to use a stage that's mostly set up to begin with...

But it might take a while to explain everything if we go down this rabbit hole.

I agree. I'm sure we'll still have time to explain this after we know more about what we'll be doing for our event.

Hehe. I can't wait.

Me neither!

There's so much to do, but I'm really excited about being able to put on an actual event!

Me too. We should probably start talking about what we'd like to do soon.

Hey, why don't we have a quick discussion about that before we head home?

Oh, I wanna start! I came up with lots and lots of ideas!

Way to take the initiative!
But first, we should get changed before we all end up catching a cold.

Okay!