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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Taking notes

« on: Oct 07, 2010, 12:44 pm »

Last night I went to my first rehearsal for the choir show I am stage managing. He director was saying so many things so fast I could barely keep up wih notes. The show is a sort of show choir show with lots of costume changes and various pieces on casters being rolled on and off the stage. There are around 150 choir members involved in the show. I had a team of parents controlling backstage and he dressing rooms but I am unsure as to how to take notes for cues. It was quite overwhelming. The director has a handy binder with charts of every change which I will transfer into a cue sheet but over than that I'm not sure what to do. Any tips ? Has anyone ever managed a choir show that would like to give advice? Mucho thanks in advance