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    Ask Me About Crewing

    Some of you may or may not know that I work for Loughborough Students Union as a member of crew, which is very close to a theatre tech regarding what is involved.

    Anyway, in the last month I have worked nights involving the FHM High Street Honeys tour, The Feeling, Pendulum, appearances from a couple of Neighbours cast members, and this Friday has the Nuts Brat Pack tour coming here.

    My job involves lighting, sound, and long hours. I won't be able to answer any act-specific things cause I rarely meet them, but anything about the nights is fair game.

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    I must admit, if you helped set up for pendulum on tuesday, you did an absolutely fantastically awesome job. Deffinately one of the best nights i've had at loughborough. But boo to security or whoever for not giving in to the chants of "one more tune"

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    I personally added the strobes to the rear triangles, raised the bar in the centre of the ceiling with the green laser and moving head mirror on, and was a general madman on a ladder to hang chain blocks to lift the other bars. And generally helped out with all the other stuff.

    The "one more tune" thing was started last time as well. Basically the DJ finishes his set and wouldn't have played another song anyway, and the MCs just get the crowd going unnecessarily, and make security look like dicks when they move them out. They were warned last year about it and still did it again. There would never have been "one more song", it's just the MCs taking the chance to feel important.

    Incidentally, it took five hours to clear the room back out, and I left at half 7.

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    I was only messing, i can understand that the DJ's can't continue. I had a friend in security before i went on placement, i think they do a pretty good job, it can't be easy work. Again good work on the setup
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