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    High School TD's

    2 years ago when i was a freshmen we had a TD, then he quit and we haven't had one since. We also have never had hired out Stage Managers for single events besides our biggest one at the end of the year. The TD/Stage Manager at my school is the two Co-Presidents
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    Sneak Peek :)

    How did skin of our teeth go? What were the sets like We did it at our theatre but It didn't go very well
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    Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

    I personally believe that the feed was fake, one that they even possibly pre-recorded. I feel like it was kind of obvious as their was no light or sound cues called during the show over the channel. I remember them doing the same thing last year at their fashion show and i read an article about...
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    POLL! What type of rigging system do you have for flown items?

    32 single purchase linesets containing: 3 electrics 5 borders 6 curtains (including grand) cyclodrama scrim Pipe length: 51 feet
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    Problematic Member

    Hey everyone, I would just like to say thanks for all the advice it really helped. Our crew created a petition with a paper on the issues we were having and it seemed to fix for now. Our sponsor put the problematic member on probation and will expel him if there is any more problems. He is also...
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    Problematic Member

    Thank you misterm for the advice, i will do That at the next available time. In know why did I attend to come across as unthankful for the advice given and the whole purpose of my post was to attempt to provide more information on the situation, I'll try to be more clear next time.
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    Stage managing Guys and Dolls

    Thanks everyone, ill ask our director what exactly i am expected to do and post back with questions if i have any.
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    Stage managing Guys and Dolls

    I have been told that i am to attend all rehearsals, and i will have to make sure that the technical elements run properly. I will probably end up having to design the lighting and sounds too but i am not worrying about that yet.
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    Stage managing Guys and Dolls

    Hey, at my high school i have been given the opportunity to stage manage Guys and Dolls. I am a junior and have been in stage crew since my freshmen year, around the middle of last year i took on the responsibility of being one of the head crew members and started running the club. Currently I...
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    Problematic Member

    TheGuruat12 and i attend the same high school and are in the crew together. Our crew at our high school hasn't had a actual stage manager for the past two years, myself and others have taken on the responsibility of running the club. For legal issues we still need to have a club sponsor, this...
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    narrowing down 20 techs to 4

    in continuation of my last post including the ten underclassmen, i have a simple system for training them. I teach all the incoming kids the basic in lights, sound and rail. I also make sure that all the students can gel booms for our dance show so when i call in extra help from the students...
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    narrowing down 20 techs to 4

    What we do at my school is just do the boring things in the first few weeks of school like coiling cables, inventory, laying marley, and we weed everyone out eventually until there are a few kids left. Last year i had 40 kids show up at our first stage crew meeting and through boring training we...
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    What inspired you to get into technical theatre?

    There is two main reasons to why i entered into the field of technical theatre.1. i was in eight grade and i was at a dance show my sister was in. At the end of the show, which included a snow dance, grand was raised and i saw the stage crew participating in a snowball fight. The snowball...
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    HI: How do i change my picture

    hey everyone new to controlbooth. how do i change my picture? i looked around but couldn't find anything
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    Facilities Management

    At my school, we have no adult stage manager, so i have taken on the role of managing our crew. Our crew consists of about 15 high-schoolers so it can get kind of hectic sometimes, and this has helped me a bunch. What i did was assemble a binder with all and everything important, i keep it with...
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