RAAARR!
Gah!
Ok, so I'm part of the Stagecraft class at my school. Basicly we're the ones who make the sets and opperate the mics and lights and such for all the school plays and whatever. We're doing Beauty and the Beast right now.
So, in tonight's ...er, last night, I suppose, as it's like 2:30 now... anyway, last night's show seemed to be going pretty well, which really should have been the first clue, since we haven't had a show go as well as it had been going. Then, about halfway through Act 1, Mr. Carlson (conductor-person of our band-peoples) stands up in the middle of a scene! and says, I can't remember his exact words, but it was something to the effect of: "We're going to take a short break and try to do something about that abnoxtious audio hum." In the middle of a scene! He left actors on the stage, in the spotlight!, just when a song was about to start, and luckly they were quick enough to figure out what was going on to freeze. You don't do that! First of all, the only people below him in the chain of command are the actual band kids. The stagehands are above him! And he thinks he can just stand up and stop the show?! Second, unless someone is dieing, you never, never, stop the show, especially not in the middle of the of a scene! NO! Third, the 'audio hum' that he stopped the show for turned out to be a problem that we're going to have to come in an hour earlier than usual today so we can redo the entire sound system to fix! He left three actors (Mrs. Potts, the Wardrobe (who I imagine but be burning up in their costumes under normal conditions, much less when sitting under the spotlight for 5 minutes for no good reason) and Bell) just sitting on the stage and expected us to fix three hours worth of problem during in the middle of the show! Ms. A's (The stage teacher. This show in particular is practically her baby.) response, and I quote, was "What the fuck?" Ms. A does not curse! She just doesn't! It's totally against her character! Oh, and Irene (Stagecraft teacher) is going to be there tom-... today, which you know is going to be fun. One of my friends is actually going to bring a voice recorder to record her explosion. And someone else (who it would be better remained nameless) wanted to stick a camera in the band room to get it all on tape, and then onto YouTube. I doubt that will happen, but if it does I'll get a link here so you can see the fireworks.
I'm gonna end now. Don't want to think about this disaster anymore at the moment.
Update: Turned out the hum was several power cables wrapped around the cable going to his monitor, causing an intepherence. He was the only one who could hear it anyway until it was pointed out.
Ok, so I'm part of the Stagecraft class at my school. Basicly we're the ones who make the sets and opperate the mics and lights and such for all the school plays and whatever. We're doing Beauty and the Beast right now.
So, in tonight's ...er, last night, I suppose, as it's like 2:30 now... anyway, last night's show seemed to be going pretty well, which really should have been the first clue, since we haven't had a show go as well as it had been going. Then, about halfway through Act 1, Mr. Carlson (conductor-person of our band-peoples) stands up in the middle of a scene! and says, I can't remember his exact words, but it was something to the effect of: "We're going to take a short break and try to do something about that abnoxtious audio hum." In the middle of a scene! He left actors on the stage, in the spotlight!, just when a song was about to start, and luckly they were quick enough to figure out what was going on to freeze. You don't do that! First of all, the only people below him in the chain of command are the actual band kids. The stagehands are above him! And he thinks he can just stand up and stop the show?! Second, unless someone is dieing, you never, never, stop the show, especially not in the middle of the of a scene! NO! Third, the 'audio hum' that he stopped the show for turned out to be a problem that we're going to have to come in an hour earlier than usual today so we can redo the entire sound system to fix! He left three actors (Mrs. Potts, the Wardrobe (who I imagine but be burning up in their costumes under normal conditions, much less when sitting under the spotlight for 5 minutes for no good reason) and Bell) just sitting on the stage and expected us to fix three hours worth of problem during in the middle of the show! Ms. A's (The stage teacher. This show in particular is practically her baby.) response, and I quote, was "What the fuck?" Ms. A does not curse! She just doesn't! It's totally against her character! Oh, and Irene (Stagecraft teacher) is going to be there tom-... today, which you know is going to be fun. One of my friends is actually going to bring a voice recorder to record her explosion. And someone else (who it would be better remained nameless) wanted to stick a camera in the band room to get it all on tape, and then onto YouTube. I doubt that will happen, but if it does I'll get a link here so you can see the fireworks.
I'm gonna end now. Don't want to think about this disaster anymore at the moment.
Update: Turned out the hum was several power cables wrapped around the cable going to his monitor, causing an intepherence. He was the only one who could hear it anyway until it was pointed out.