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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Stadium of Fire 2008

In the Daily Universe today, the following article was posted:

Miley Cyrus to play Stadium of Fire
Miley Cyrus, the 15-year-old star of the hit Disney Channel TV show "Hannah Montana," will be headlining this year's Stadium of Fire.

The Stadium of Fire, the largest live event in Utah, is part of the American Freedom Festival, held every year in Provo on Independence Day. America's Freedom Foundation, the organization that makes the Stadium of Fire program possible, likes to outperform itself every year. Last year, the festival included country duo Brooks & Dunn, "High School Musical" star Corbin Bleu, and Rocketman.

David McDougal, the chairman of the organization's board of trustees, said this year's 28th annual Stadium of Fire would be the biggest, most exciting show they have ever had. The host of the festival will be Glenn Beck, and this year's performers will include Miley Cyrus and Blue Man Group.

- Reina Jean Clark

I can't wait until Stadium of Fire! This will be my third year and I look forward to seeing old friends and learning new things. Even though I am always working rigging, there alwasy seems to be something new to learn. I love working on stage! It's interesting how we spend a week setting up for one evening performance. Then, it only takes a full day to take it all down. The joys of being a roadie!

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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.