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From reading these... it's really interesting to hear about the different ways that people in different schools run their tech program thing. For instance, at my school, techie are not to have anything to do with props. Our TD told us that props are the actor's responsibility and they can take care of it themselves. We on stage have too much to worry about.

But then we also don't have a building crew. Parents of people in the show build the sets for us. When asked, my TD simply replied, "I have no idea."

It also sounds like the different parts of tech (lighting, sound, stage ect) are very seperate from each other. Or something. We have problems with egos on my tech crew so the TD has to constantly give us the "Everyone on Tech Crew is important.. every job is equally as important as the others" speech, becuase for some reason the lighting girl doesn't think stage managers DO anything. Like hell we don't. We do more than she does... ok.. stop the ranting.

Anyway, in reply to the building muscle comment, another good way to work up biceps is to repeatedly riase and lower horribly weighted batons. Or main. Anyway, work ropes for a couple of shoes and you will see a change.

Yeah, lighting people are always either painfully shy or painfully egotistic. I should know, I'm one of them.

At my school, the different parts of tech are very mixed up. We all get together a couple of weeks before the performance, and sort out who's doing what. For such a small school, we have a very large tech crew. We usually swap around, but I do mainly lighting. I also build sets, but I stay as far away from costume as possible. I get enough costume experience at my annual tech course.

Why do I hate costume? Because some actors seem to lose 50% of their brain cells when faced with a simple piece of material.

Does anyone else use headsets in school performances? We only have three headsets- four when our drama teacher fixes one- and it's a pain. One for me at the lighting desk, one for stage right, one for the stage manager at the back of the hall... and one the sound desk if there's spare. Stage left just has to suffer.

Anyway, we just chat over ours, unles the show is really complicated. We also get spare actors/sound crew (our sound crew is people by little 'uns) to 'run' for us.

Yeah we definatly have headsets. We have some newer ones and some older ones. We also have a phone! Haha. The new ones are used in the booth, at the spot lights, and at the rope rail during little shows, but during school shows, the ropes and the stage managers get the old ones. I hate them.. so I'm never on headset. Anytime something goes wrong, one of the ropes guys says, "nikki, they want you on headset!"

We talk constantly about random stuff on headset, and during school shows we usually get in trouble. Espically when your phone makes quacking noises and you do that over headset. Haha.

hey, I built a set today.
Does that make me sort of a techie? My drama group does all of it. We make the sets, we make the costumes, we advertise, we perform, we practice... etc...
We're like a big happy family.

hey just thought i'd say good ev'en to you all, i'm an actor/director/costum/ set designer he he he he i'm a little of everything, i love to direct cos it means i get to be part of everything...just to let all you people at mixed schools know how lucky you all are...we have to peform our plays allll girls cos our brother school isn't allowed to help us. I love lighting he he he that's the one thing my crappy school does have and that is an excallent lighting rig i love to but gobos(sp) in there it's so much fun being up the ladder..he he he our supervising tech is really cool he lets us put explosions EVERYWHERE!!! he he he he it was funny last term when i "accidently" singed Mary poppins eyebrows durring a rehearsal....what? she was too close to the pack...it was here own fault for not listening...anyway it's nice to be able to get all tech and not have to worry about being alone!! xd

oh, and then theres work, and i love that aint got a bad thing to say, its not a proffesional theatre its just a small local one so there aint many people working, 2 guys sound stage lx and me stage lx, are the regulars but then you got 1 more guy sound stage lx, and 2 girlies who are spot.

its amazing there and i never wana leave but there aint much work so i have to one day once i get a more regular job, crying