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Originally Posted by Serendipity
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. |
The telephone style com is called a handset.
As for running your own cue light system, if your cable crosses a walkway, it must be SO type cable or equivalent or be protected by other means, such as a cable ramp. The protective jacket on standard extension cord cable, SJO type, is not thick enough to protect the wires from damage when people walk on them. Zip cord is even worse.