The matinee went well with no problems. I would not call it a perfect show, for there were timing cues I needed to fix, but it was a very good run-through. That evening, we had another smooth run-through with very little to say negative about it. Strike lasted until 10:45 as we returned to the RB to unload all of our equipment. I'm glad to be done with this production. Of course, it will all begin again on Friday as we leave on mid-semester tour.
My next task is to make four more scroller gel strings - which needs to be done before Wednesday as Mark and the Folk team prepares for a pre-tour performance in the Conference Center. Before Fall semester began, I had completed 28 scroller gel strings. Then, before Winter, I made eight more. Now, I must make four more. Hopefully, this will be the last time I must make scrollers - at least for the next year. I didn't even know we owned so many scrollers. Oh well. It gives me a lot of experience and now it is easy to do.
FYI: A scroller is a color changing device placed on a lighting instrument that holds twelve to eighteen different gels (colors) and is able to scroll between them from the lightboard through the use of data cables. Therefore, the gel string is - in my case - fifteen 10"x7" gel pieces taped together with metal tabs placed at each end to connect to the scroller.
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Sunday, February 3, 2008
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Stagehands have astonishing learning curves. It's not unusual for stage crews to have trucks full of unknown scenery arrive at a theatre on Monday, which we need to assemble and understand to open a show we've never seen before... on Tuesday night.
Most people, if confronted with such a task, would flatly say it was impossible.
Stagehands find ways to make it possible. We learn quickly, we draw upon years of experience, skills and training, and (all too often) we drink lots of coffee and work all night.
I've had one longstanding handicap in my career as a stagehand. I don't drink coffee.
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