A new experience for me this week: we have a large group of approximately 700 people from the Netherlands on board this cruise. They have booked Studio B for a few shows during the week, for which they have brought their own talent and technical team. We are currently short one stage staff in Studio B until tomorrow. Not sure why but it's got to be a scheduling glitch of some kind that made it impossible to bring the replacement stage staff on in Barcelona on Sunday. Anyway, that means that myself and Rey (the other Studio B stage staff) are taking care of these events on our own without a 3rd person. Since we just came off of ice cast install, this is now a 3rd busy week for us. It's actually been kind of nice not being bored so much lately. Also, it's keeping me from getting off the ship in port and spending money that I shouldn't be spending.
The Studio B Production Manager (Marie) here is great but unfortunately she leaves soon and at this point nobody seems to know who will replace her while she is away on vacation. Hopefully we will get some news on that soon. It would be unfortunate for her if she has to stay here longer due to not having a replacement available. When she returns from vacation I will be following up on my progress toward light tech... she has said that as long as I demonstrate my knowledge over the next couple of months she would be willing to submit the paperwork which would (hopefully) result an interview.
Hi, I was curious what the difference is between lounge technician, your position and the lighting technician that you want to be. Is there a hierarchy?
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Lounge technician takes care of most band set-ups on the ship. It can be considered to be on the same level of the hierarchy as Light Technician, but higher than Technical Stage Staff (my current position).
ReplyDeleteThere is usually only one lounge tech on the ship and they deal only with the various musical talent on the ship besides the production cast and orchestra. It is quite an independent position usually, the production managers are busy overseeing the larger venues so the lounge tech is expected to take on the sound and lighting operation in all of the smaller venues/lounges with little supervision.