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Originally Posted by Charc
Er, can spots deal with it themselves? It's really not that hard. I had a true standout this last year. A second semester senior, previously an actor in two shows, and a pure party-girl. She'd often show-up *removed*, but her work was flawless. Her pick-ups were on-target, with impeccable timing. She could react to situations, and work autonomously.
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So she was
spot-on with her cues?
Sorry, I really am... I couldn't resist!
As what everyone has said, the audio engineer should be on com. If you have the ability, a telephone-style com system would be better. (When I was
A1 on a dance concert last year, I rigged up my own cue light system, which instead of signaling when I should execute a cue, was a signal for me to pick up the cans, so I could focus on listening to the show, as opposed to the lighting cues (of which there were at least 20x the amount of audio cues. I stole the idea from a local road
house who I saw doing this years ago, except with a traditional com telephone and attached LED that showed when he was being "rung". I think it's a fairly common practice.)
As for your lack of cue light system, it does not have to be difficult. I found an extension cable with a switch, and left the switch with the SM. I ran the cable down from the balcony (where the SM was; there was a convenient curtain from the balcony to the ground, so by running the cable behind the curtain it was invisible), across the aisle (properly taped down) to the
FOH position where some blue rope light that had already been underneath the raised console became my cue light.