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(00:00):
Rex in the morning on See oneon one talking to my friend Andrea Duper.
Now, do you go by Andynow? Because I keep sing yeah,
yeah, yeah, Andy's good AndyDuper Now Andy. People hearing Corpus
Christy are familiar with you because youwere in radio here for years. And
then did you guys just decide?You and your husband are like, you
(00:21):
know what, we really like Vegas. Let's move to Vegas and reinvent ourselves.
Oddly, we were only in atwo year relationship at that point,
and he says to me, hecame back from a trip from Vegas and
he's like, I'm moving to Vegas. And it was kind of like,
well, okay, do I leaveCorpus or do or what? And so
(00:43):
I took a leap of faith andthen obviously it worked out because you've been
gainfully employed for years now in LasVegas and you work with all kinds of
cool people, entertainers and whatnot,but you're also doing a lot of stuff
behind the scenes. Now, yeah, as a as a woman, was
it challenging for you to step intoa brand new city and and make yourself
(01:08):
known. This is twice in mylife that I've had to do that.
When I moved to Corpus, Imoved there for a guy who I met
and knew for about a week.I met him online and moved out to
Corpus and so I spent fifteen yearsout there and I really made a name
for myself and then moved out hereto Vegas. And Vegas is a cutthroat
(01:33):
city. They talk about New Yorkwill eat you alive. They've never lived
in Vegas because Vegas there are peoplethat live down here. Their locals don't
like fresh meat because people come inscam and then want to run away.
And so it was not only wasit challenging because I'm not I don't have
a penis and I don't have thatset, but it was I'm a female
(01:57):
and I have to push through andI work in male dominated industries, So
it was it was challenging for sure. Did you feel push back in the
very start or was it just goingand interviewing and talking about who you were
and what you could do for thesepeople and then having them just go Nah.
It was. There was a tonof pushback because everybody here has heard
(02:20):
that same song and dance. Ican do this for you, I can
do this. This is what myexperience is and they go, oh,
that's great, and then they havea whole line of people who have done
that too. So for me,it was I started volunteering at a lot
of the organizations and a lot ofthe charities and really getting to know people
that way and really showing them versusjust telling them and like my commitment and
(02:44):
who I am very smart? Nowwhat is it exactly that you're doing now?
I am now the booking and eventsmanager for the Orleans Arena. How
cool is that? That is justfantastic to me? And how long have
you guys lived in Vegas now?Twelve years? Twelve years this year,
(03:06):
belly, that's so wild. Ohit's been a ride, it's been a
ride. Wow. Well congratulations.So now what does your job entail?
Because people just go, okay,that's the person that books and handles,
you know, entertainment for that particularvenue. But it's it's much deeper than
that. It's sure, yeah,I really is. I have to you
(03:27):
know, we have to read throughthe contracts. We have to come to
some kind of mutual agreement where boththe entertainer and the venue make money.
Of course, because nobody wants tolose money on these things. And then
making sure they're writers. I meanyou know about this with the rock stars,
making sure the writers and making sureall that and having all the interviews
set up, and make sure allthe PR people have all the information that
(03:51):
they need. Make sure our mediateam has the information they need, marketing
team is an information that they need, venue has information that they need.
And then the day of the event, we or the days sometimes you're the
person, you're the liaison, You'rethe one that they're like, hey,
we don't have this, Hey weneed this. Hey we know we said
(04:12):
that we needed light bulbs for this, but now we need red light bulbs
or I mean simple simple things likethat. But and that really and that
really appeals to you and fits toyou because of your many years doing radio
promotion. You know, back inthe day there was sort of a lot
of that kind of stuff going onwhere you had to take care of multiple
(04:35):
entities and people just see the bigshow and go, oh, yeah,
that's great that that that actually happened. They don't they don't realize all of
the work that's involved to make anyuh event happen. So that's really cool.
What is the official title I meanthat again. Yeah, it's booking
and events manager. Barely fit,barely fits on a business card, barely
(04:58):
barely. We're just we're It's kindof like break it down in small pieces,
head like head bitch in charge isnot a good thing that I could
put on there, so well,you know, it's a strong women.
That's what International Woman's Day is reallyall about, showing what women have done
in the workforce. And it's notlike a you know, man baschathon or
(05:20):
anything, but you know, womenface some really tough challenges in the workplace,
and like you said, Vegas canbe very cut throat, and you've
got to produce or lose your job. And it's it's awesome that you've that
you've been prominent in your field andhave done so well for yourself. I'm
(05:41):
certainly proud of you and happy foryou. That is really really cool.
Any advice that you would give towomen who are either leaving high school and
who've decided to not go to collegebecause they just feel like it's not for
them, or women who are leavingschool and trying to tackle any career,
(06:02):
if there's any advice that you canpass on to help the women that are
listening. That would be that wouldbe appreciated. Sure, I can't express
this enough. Get involved in yourcommunity. Be about the things that you
say that you believe in. Soif your thing is children, get involved
(06:24):
with children's organizations that help kids thatdo that. And that is a great
way for people who make decisions atcompanies to see you without their gatekeeper interfering,
and they get to know the workthat you do, the ethics that
you stand by. You get toknow your personality, your strengths, your
weaknesses. You absolutely never know who'swatching you when you're doing those things.
(06:46):
So being able to do that anddo something that you're passionate about, people
I think can really see the trueperson that you are, and that's what
help That is what has helped mein the thirty plus years get through what
I have done and being able toaccomplish things to where it's just somebody picks
up the phone and says, hey, I'm leaving this place of business.
(07:08):
We're considering you to have the takeover this job. So that's so that's
definitely an amazing thing. You don'thave to be I guess the other second
piece of advice is you don't haveto be a jerk in in this in
an environment to be seen as astrong leader. In fact, strong leaders
(07:30):
aren't alls, they're they're much morecomposed. They handle themselves under under stressed,
with grace and grit. So don'twalk in and think that you have
to be a bee about everything,and just learn from the people and soak
it up and then be a goodstrong leader. I like how you said,
you know, basically, it's likeputting yourself in the arena to be
(07:56):
viewed by the people that actually makethose decison visions. I've told people before
whether they wanted to be in radioor whether they wanted to be and wherever
that they want to be. Isaid, you know, you're not going
to immediately be you know, theat the job that you want, But
get in the arena, like ifyou want to be on if you want
to be on stage, get ajob somewhere in that environment, and then
(08:18):
you'll be noticed by the people thatactually make those decisions, because you know,
like everything else, you know,people move on and they're always looking
for somebody talented that won't be someonedifficult to train. So if you already
if you already show with like yousaid, like nonprofit or something that you
can do that eventually, when somethingpops open, they go, you know
(08:39):
what, what about Andy Duper,Let's let's get her in here. Well,
you've you've been a pleasure and aninspiration to talk to, and thank
you so much for taking some timeon International Woman's Day. That's really fantastic
for you to share with our listeners.
Rex in the morning on See oneon one talking to my friend Andrea Duper.
Now, do you go by Andynow? Because I keep sing yeah,
yeah, yeah, Andy's good AndyDuper Now Andy. People hearing Corpus
Christy are familiar with you because youwere in radio here for years. And
then did you guys just decide?You and your husband are like, you
(00:21):
know what, we really like Vegas. Let's move to Vegas and reinvent ourselves.
Oddly, we were only in atwo year relationship at that point,
and he says to me, hecame back from a trip from Vegas and
he's like, I'm moving to Vegas. And it was kind of like,
well, okay, do I leaveCorpus or do or what? And so
(00:43):
I took a leap of faith andthen obviously it worked out because you've been
gainfully employed for years now in LasVegas and you work with all kinds of
cool people, entertainers and whatnot,but you're also doing a lot of stuff
behind the scenes. Now, yeah, as a as a woman, was
it challenging for you to step intoa brand new city and and make yourself
(01:08):
known. This is twice in mylife that I've had to do that.
When I moved to Corpus, Imoved there for a guy who I met
and knew for about a week.I met him online and moved out to
Corpus and so I spent fifteen yearsout there and I really made a name
for myself and then moved out hereto Vegas. And Vegas is a cutthroat
(01:33):
city. They talk about New Yorkwill eat you alive. They've never lived
in Vegas because Vegas there are peoplethat live down here. Their locals don't
like fresh meat because people come inscam and then want to run away.
And so it was not only wasit challenging because I'm not I don't have
a penis and I don't have thatset, but it was I'm a female
(01:57):
and I have to push through andI work in male dominated industries, So
it was it was challenging for sure. Did you feel push back in the
very start or was it just goingand interviewing and talking about who you were
and what you could do for thesepeople and then having them just go Nah.
It was. There was a tonof pushback because everybody here has heard
(02:20):
that same song and dance. Ican do this for you, I can
do this. This is what myexperience is and they go, oh,
that's great, and then they havea whole line of people who have done
that too. So for me,it was I started volunteering at a lot
of the organizations and a lot ofthe charities and really getting to know people
that way and really showing them versusjust telling them and like my commitment and
(02:44):
who I am very smart? Nowwhat is it exactly that you're doing now?
I am now the booking and eventsmanager for the Orleans Arena. How
cool is that? That is justfantastic to me? And how long have
you guys lived in Vegas now?Twelve years? Twelve years this year,
(03:06):
belly, that's so wild. Ohit's been a ride, it's been a
ride. Wow. Well congratulations.So now what does your job entail?
Because people just go, okay,that's the person that books and handles,
you know, entertainment for that particularvenue. But it's it's much deeper than
that. It's sure, yeah,I really is. I have to you
(03:27):
know, we have to read throughthe contracts. We have to come to
some kind of mutual agreement where boththe entertainer and the venue make money.
Of course, because nobody wants tolose money on these things. And then
making sure they're writers. I meanyou know about this with the rock stars,
making sure the writers and making sureall that and having all the interviews
set up, and make sure allthe PR people have all the information that
(03:51):
they need. Make sure our mediateam has the information they need, marketing
team is an information that they need, venue has information that they need.
And then the day of the event, we or the days sometimes you're the
person, you're the liaison, You'rethe one that they're like, hey,
we don't have this, Hey weneed this. Hey we know we said
(04:12):
that we needed light bulbs for this, but now we need red light bulbs
or I mean simple simple things likethat. But and that really and that
really appeals to you and fits toyou because of your many years doing radio
promotion. You know, back inthe day there was sort of a lot
of that kind of stuff going onwhere you had to take care of multiple
(04:35):
entities and people just see the bigshow and go, oh, yeah,
that's great that that that actually happened. They don't they don't realize all of
the work that's involved to make anyuh event happen. So that's really cool.
What is the official title I meanthat again. Yeah, it's booking
and events manager. Barely fit,barely fits on a business card, barely
(04:58):
barely. We're just we're It's kindof like break it down in small pieces,
head like head bitch in charge isnot a good thing that I could
put on there, so well,you know, it's a strong women.
That's what International Woman's Day is reallyall about, showing what women have done
in the workforce. And it's notlike a you know, man baschathon or
(05:20):
anything, but you know, womenface some really tough challenges in the workplace,
and like you said, Vegas canbe very cut throat, and you've
got to produce or lose your job. And it's it's awesome that you've that
you've been prominent in your field andhave done so well for yourself. I'm
(05:41):
certainly proud of you and happy foryou. That is really really cool.
Any advice that you would give towomen who are either leaving high school and
who've decided to not go to collegebecause they just feel like it's not for
them, or women who are leavingschool and trying to tackle any career,
(06:02):
if there's any advice that you canpass on to help the women that are
listening. That would be that wouldbe appreciated. Sure, I can't express
this enough. Get involved in yourcommunity. Be about the things that you
say that you believe in. Soif your thing is children, get involved
(06:24):
with children's organizations that help kids thatdo that. And that is a great
way for people who make decisions atcompanies to see you without their gatekeeper interfering,
and they get to know the workthat you do, the ethics that
you stand by. You get toknow your personality, your strengths, your
weaknesses. You absolutely never know who'swatching you when you're doing those things.
(06:46):
So being able to do that anddo something that you're passionate about, people
I think can really see the trueperson that you are, and that's what
help That is what has helped mein the thirty plus years get through what
I have done and being able toaccomplish things to where it's just somebody picks
up the phone and says, hey, I'm leaving this place of business.
(07:08):
We're considering you to have the takeover this job. So that's so that's
definitely an amazing thing. You don'thave to be I guess the other second
piece of advice is you don't haveto be a jerk in in this in
an environment to be seen as astrong leader. In fact, strong leaders
(07:30):
aren't alls, they're they're much morecomposed. They handle themselves under under stressed,
with grace and grit. So don'twalk in and think that you have
to be a bee about everything,and just learn from the people and soak
it up and then be a goodstrong leader. I like how you said,
you know, basically, it's likeputting yourself in the arena to be
(07:56):
viewed by the people that actually makethose decison visions. I've told people before
whether they wanted to be in radioor whether they wanted to be and wherever
that they want to be. Isaid, you know, you're not going
to immediately be you know, theat the job that you want, But
get in the arena, like ifyou want to be on if you want
to be on stage, get ajob somewhere in that environment, and then
(08:18):
you'll be noticed by the people thatactually make those decisions, because you know,
like everything else, you know,people move on and they're always looking
for somebody talented that won't be someonedifficult to train. So if you already
if you already show with like yousaid, like nonprofit or something that you
can do that eventually, when somethingpops open, they go, you know
(08:39):
what, what about Andy Duper,Let's let's get her in here. Well,
you've you've been a pleasure and aninspiration to talk to, and thank
you so much for taking some timeon International Woman's Day. That's really fantastic
for you to share with our listeners.
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