Well we are in the middle of Big Star. We had one show last night and will have another one tonight. This is the lip-sync show that is produced at RCB. It is not my kind of show and I would never appear on stage for this show but that does not mean it doesn’t have a big following here. Marilyn is part of the show with a presentation of an ABBA song with three of our friends. I of course am running lights. When you are working lights you don’t always choose what you work.
The show is big on costumes and dance. The people really get into it but don’t always get all the words memorized. To me it is too much show and little talent. Some people do very well but it is a chance for anyone to get on stage and get that rush of lights and applause. It is very well accepted by the people at RCB and raises thousands of dollars for the activities at RCB. It does have a large costume expense but the work is all done by volunteers so there is a lot of money to be made.
One of the interesting things when you work lights on a show where most of the people have very little experience on stage is that they don’t always hit the same spot. That just means that I have to watch and be ready to adjust the slides on my controls. We are not using a follow spot so it is all done with basically 6 lights that cover the stage and two set for the two announcers that are working the show. One of the men doing the announcing has a lot of experience and the other is learning but both are doing a good job. We are facing some problems with the sound system but have covered most of that. We did meet with a sound company this last week about getting a complete system of the quality that we need. At this point we have many parts that have been purchased and try to piece them together. It would be nice to get a designed system. For me it is also interesting because I have never worked this side of the stage but knowing what you want and some basic understanding of how it is done and I seem to be ahead of many people.
The show is big on costumes and dance. The people really get into it but don’t always get all the words memorized. To me it is too much show and little talent. Some people do very well but it is a chance for anyone to get on stage and get that rush of lights and applause. It is very well accepted by the people at RCB and raises thousands of dollars for the activities at RCB. It does have a large costume expense but the work is all done by volunteers so there is a lot of money to be made.
One of the interesting things when you work lights on a show where most of the people have very little experience on stage is that they don’t always hit the same spot. That just means that I have to watch and be ready to adjust the slides on my controls. We are not using a follow spot so it is all done with basically 6 lights that cover the stage and two set for the two announcers that are working the show. One of the men doing the announcing has a lot of experience and the other is learning but both are doing a good job. We are facing some problems with the sound system but have covered most of that. We did meet with a sound company this last week about getting a complete system of the quality that we need. At this point we have many parts that have been purchased and try to piece them together. It would be nice to get a designed system. For me it is also interesting because I have never worked this side of the stage but knowing what you want and some basic understanding of how it is done and I seem to be ahead of many people.
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It all reminds me of High School, where it was called "Air Guitar". You of course are playing the role of the A/V geek. ;-)
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