I was running a board on a funky makeshift house in a run where I was constantly fighting for credit for my kids, who were of an age where getting public credit is everything.
The Artistic Director stood on stage, and gave thanks to EVERYONE but lighting and deck crew. I lost 3 NSI packs, and most of the front light for the stage. I could not get them fired back up, so threw one of my kids on the board, grabbed my coat to use as a heat shield, and started re-focusing the few front of house ellipsoids I had left.
Something about the timing… even with minor burns on both hands and forarms, to this day no one who was on that crew believes it was an accident.
I never had trouble getting my kids public credit again, although it DID make it difficult to explain that no, you NEVER intentionally do something to draw attention to yourself as a tech crew, and NEVER intentionally do something that the audience will notice as wrong.
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Date: 2005-06-20 02:42 pm (UTC)The Artistic Director stood on stage, and gave thanks to EVERYONE but lighting and deck crew. I lost 3 NSI packs, and most of the front light for the stage. I could not get them fired back up, so threw one of my kids on the board, grabbed my coat to use as a heat shield, and started re-focusing the few front of house ellipsoids I had left.
Something about the timing… even with minor burns on both hands and forarms, to this day no one who was on that crew believes it was an accident.
I never had trouble getting my kids public credit again, although it DID make it difficult to explain that no, you NEVER intentionally do something to draw attention to yourself as a tech crew, and NEVER intentionally do something that the audience will notice as wrong.