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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: HELP!

« on: Jun 14, 2007, 02:29 pm »

And tomorrow the Big Session starts... apparently my stage is mainly singer/songwriters. So shouldn't be too bad.

ooo the fun... three days.... lol

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: HELP!

« on: Jun 04, 2007, 03:43 am »

Yeah, it was a good laugh. Well just under two weeks till the 3-dayer... Hopefully it'll go as well as the last time.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: HELP!

« on: May 27, 2007, 03:15 pm »

Haha, well we're doing another festival in a couple of weeks and i've been given the SM job again!! 3 days this time!! O.o
It'll go fine, i'm a hell of a lot more confident this time. Just have to remember to get artist liaison to send the artists directly to me as opposed to the promoters as they are useless!
I am actually based in Leicester, UK. Yourself?

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: HELP!

« on: May 08, 2007, 10:33 am »

haha, thank you, only problem is i can't seem to turn it off!! i've found myself constantly giving orders.. lol never mind.

Al

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: HELP!

« on: May 06, 2007, 07:13 pm »

mate, thank you so much! It went really well! The hall manager, after looking at the running order and turnaround times allocated, reckoned we'd end up half an hour behind schedule. However, for the most part we were bang on, some fell 5 mins behind due to technical issues, and one fell 15 mins behind, due to the size of the group and the lack of time to set them up in, they came down 10 mins late as they ignored my order to finish up and my manager over-ruled my decision to pull the pa. This left us with 5 mins to get a 9 piece off and set up and check a 5 piece. We had it in 10
Got a personal commendation from the hall manager, the technical manager, the promoter, the head lampie and the halls head SM (who was running the main stage, but came in every now and then to check on things). And to top it off i actually had a great day, once the nerves wore off it was a good laugh.
Thank you again for your help mate

Al

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: HELP!

« on: May 03, 2007, 02:46 pm »

Ok, thank you very much, i'll get hold of as much info as i can tomorrow so i can be prepared for saturday. Wish me luck and i'll let you know how it goes..

Al

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: HELP!

« on: May 03, 2007, 05:04 am »

It's a blues festival. There are going to be multiple bands outside in a marquee. So i need running orders phone numbers so i can call the bands if they are running late, riders etc?

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / HELP!

« on: May 02, 2007, 12:48 pm »

Right, i just found out that on Saturday i will be stage manager/sound plug-up/backline for an outdoor event the venue i work at is holding. Now backline and sound i have been doing for years, but sm is something i've never done before.
can anyone offer me any tips or advise?
Thanks.

Al