The End of the Year

So actually I'm a whole summer late on this...but the last two shows that we (or at least the 8th grade techies) did at Ligon GT Magnet Middle School was a dance performance and the Ligon Talent Show. I was running stage manager for the dance concert with Brenna on the light board and Cookie on sound board. It went very smooth and believe me I loved being a stage manager and watching those girls dance. Then for the talent show I was sick with Swine Flu but deticated as I was...(haha) I still managed to get through the thing just by being a stage hand. That show went quite nicely as well and I'm honestly going to miss the Ligon Theater. But I promise you guys (and Mr. Martz) that I would go back and help out, so I'll keep you in the know with those shows, but also I'll post some Enloe and Raleigh Charter shows up here.

Oh and also, even though I missed awards day, I won Techie of the Year award from Mr. Martz.

All my best

-Jake

Last Two Performances

Hey guys as you know the last two performances of the winter Small Ensemble were Monday and I'm sorry it took me a while to get them up here. Well I have to say these two were the worst two. Everybody seemed rusty from the weekend, it was sloppy work. Encore seemed to be out of character, jazz band was off beat, dance was way off, and Vocal Ensemble was hitting some foul notes. That was just the first performance of the day (and last of the elementary school) During the Ligon show we were running tight on time. The show takes about an hour and 20 minutes to run through and we only had a little less than an hour. So the Vocal Ensemble girls were nice enough to drop one of their 4 songs, and we tried spending less time in scene changes. Orchestra took way to long for their part and the stagehand techies were hardly doing anything, except for Michael sometimes. All in all we finished with about 2 minutes to spare and everything worked out somewhat fine. But the most unfortunate thing that happened during that second show was that to save time we cut the finale and went strait to the principal telling the students where to go. The bad part is that during the finale the 7th grade actors throw "snow" (paper confetti) from the grid or catwalk above the auditorium when everybody is taking their bows. Nobody told them that we cut that part out so while our principal was actually shouting through a mic at the students they dropped the confetti, which made the kids more excited and the principal more angry. You have to give it to the 7th grade thespians, they are stupid.

Elementary Performances

Hey guys, so today we had to do 2 shows for elementary schools. After show 1 I really didn't want to do another show. Right now I am so fed up with all the music and such and I still have to tech 2 shows! On the good side the shows went flawlessly and the kids loved the "snow" fall. I'll keep you guys posted on the last two shows.

Winter Ensemble First Performance

The first show of the Winter Ensemble was tonight and let me say it was pretty good. There were very few mess ups just a couple confused stagehands, and a false blackout on the light board. But Jazz Band sounded great and it was a big shocker for us because during rehearsals they sucked! Anyway I have to take some good pictures tomorrow because we still have 3 shows to go! Not fun. Anyway all and all the actors, singers, dancers, orchestra/band, and of course us techies did a great job tonight!

Winter Performances

Okay guys so the Winter Performances are coming up soon and that means a lot of work for us techies. We've been hanging gels and new lights everyday now for the dancers alone! But it's worth it when the dancers are so HOT that it's hardly cold outside anymore. I now have new appreciation for the tech class because we get to watch the dancers practice on our stage everyday for 2 weeks! Once again it's the usual lineup for us. Jake Phillips (me) on sound board, Brenna Stallings on lights. Then backstage and so forth is Dana, Michael, and George. (a new addition to the tech team) Well I'll have to keep you guys updated now so keep reading. Oh and tell your friends about this blog if they are interested in tech or theater at Ligon.

Class

Today Ligon had to go to school! So unfair. The hurricanes knocked out our power so today was our makeup day. We started taking down the Odd Couple scenery. Tomorrow we will start striking the set tomorrow.
Jake was telling me that during one of the shows he fell asleep! Must have been a slow nite! :)

First Performance

"Odd Couple" premiered today at 2:30. The show went great I give it a 9/10. There were only few pregnant pauses and Spencer Bloom who plays Oscar was fantastic! It was a wonderful display of thespian-ism from the entire cast. I was on light board and did not mess up once. The only frustrating part was not knowing any cues and getting the curtain call music just minutes before curtain call itself. Hopefully the next two performances will be just a great if not greater!