The Olympics... and beyond

Last April, prior to the Paris Olympics, I made the trip to New York City to attend the Team USA Media Summit, which was a great chance to hear from multiple athletes across multiple sports ahead of the Summer Olympics. I really enjoyed the experience and was looking forward to the possibility of Team USA doing a similar event ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Team USA announced the Winter Olympics Media Summit for yesterday and today in New York City. Originally, I was psyched to spend a few days with the Winter Olympic athletes until I realized that I was not going to be able to be there. I had committed to being the stage manager for the Village Players production of Sweeney Todd, which was in tech week last week, meaning we had rehearsal every night and being in New York for a couple of days did not fit into that schedule. I still wanted to be a part of the event, so I registered and then kept an eye on the schedule as to who would be attending. Knowing I had Tuesdays and...

Back in April of last year, I took the train to New York to attend the Team USA Media Summit, which was held to coincide with the 100-day out mark for the Paris Olympics. The Media Summit featured press conferences and chances to interact with athletes who were preparing for the Summer Olympics. You can read about my experiences in the April blog posts from last year  here .  Team USA sent out the invitation to this year's Team USA Media Summit a few months ago and after the great experience I had last April, I eagerly accepted the invitation and was excited for the chance to get to experience some of the athletes ahead of the Winter Olympics in Italy. This year's event was also scheduled to coincide with the 100-day out mark for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. After I registered, it occurred to me that I likely wouldn't be able to make it to much of this year's event, as I had volunteered to stage manage the Village Players Theater production of Sweeney Todd, which ...