I thought we were going to be seated further back, but were lucky to land first row seats at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Hendersonville, North Carolina, where this event was held.

I wasn't sure what focal lengths to be prepared with and chose to take my Sony A7iii with the Tamron 70-180 lens on it and my Olympus EM1iii with the Panasonic 35-100 lens on it. It would have help to have a wider lens.

The Tamron often had trouble locking focus and while the Panasonic often indicated that focus was locked, the pictures said otherwise!

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