Bree watched in awe as the roadies quickly brought in the band's equipment and got it all set up as if they’d been setting up these particular instruments for years. She imagined they had a plethora of experience from other groups. They brought in guitars, the drum set, Cat’s keyboard, as well as dozens of cords and wires, pedals, and a ton of other pieces that had to be hooked up and adjusted before they’d be ready to take the stage.

Not that much of the equipment was for Bree, though. She’d be using a microphone tonight, and that was it. In all of her years of singing on stage,...