Subject: PUPT: Re: Favorite stoooopid things
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:50:28 -0700


Responding to Tim Guigni's tall stage post:
Tim,
At least the principal had READ your contract and was trying to comply
(although not using the common sense that he should have had).  We used to
say in our contract that we needed a space 24 feet wide, 20 feet deep and 12
feet in height.  After a handful of calls from people informing us that
their stage was only 3 feet tall, not the 12 we requested, we changed the
wording in the contract to indicate that the 12 feet is for ceiling height
(not the height of the stage off of the floor).  However, judging by the
lack of response to our other tech requests, I suspect that a large majority
of people signing our contracts don't read the tech stuff at all, anyway.
We are thankful for those that actually call to check and see if we can work
with a 3 foot stage, etc.  And that the principal in your story was willing
to actually build you the stage is amazing and shows that he is truly a
dedicated administrator (and probably should be in government.)
All the best, Michael Nelson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Giugni" <octorilla-AT-yahoo.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 12:20 PM
Subject: PUPT: Favorite stoooopid things


> Here's my fave.
> Last show of the year.School. We've done over 230
> shows. We are tired. Our show is exactly 10 X 10 X 10
> in size, not counting the light poles or the
> speakers.We walk in to the space with the principal.
> He points to where we will be performing.
>
> Odd, there is a huge square block (12 long x 10 wide x
> 11 high) in our performance area.
>
> We are informed that the block is our stage.
> "We won't fit".
> "You said you'll fit on a 10x10 space".
> "Yes, but not 10 feet up in the air".
> Principal will not hear us when we say it is dangerous
> and that the kids will not be able to see. No amount
> of coaxing will consol him. Ex-army.
>
> My partner is fuming. I'm not too happy, but it's the
> last show. We've got medical (and dental) and I think
> that a lawsuit will prove that we were in the right to
> say that the stage was dangerous if it kills any
> children on its plummet to the ground.
>
> We do the show. The stage shakes as if the entire
> structure will fall.
>
> Some how no one dies. We pack up.
> The principal, "See, I told you you would fit".
> Partner one step away from killing this man (it's what
> I prized in her, this open hostility). I see red and
> just stop. Principal turns and goes. They get REALLY
> bad marks in the touring journal.We go home.
> The story becomes myth and stuff of legend.
> Tim
> In my Tears of Joy Days.
> Next week: We are Pelted with Rocks at an Elementary
> School.
>
>




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