Author: William
Date: 2004-05-03 14:49
Lisa wrote, "extra batteries for your stand light (provided by theater) when it'll inevitably go out early in the first act".
The musical pits that I have played in have always had electric stand lights that always stay on...........EXCEPT:
1) if the darned bulb burns out--in this case you just have to rely on management for a new one.....or;
2) if, as in the last musical I played, the entire theator goes black--no light anywhere and Really DARK. In our situation, we were behind the set in a small, cramped space difficult enough to enter and exit even with lights on. Luckly, no one in the audience nor anyone backstage paniced and conductor/pianist had a small LED light that provided some "peace of mind". Eventually, a member of the stage crew came to rescue us with a larger battery light source, but for the rest of the musicals run, I brought my own flashlight and considered it just as important as my bass clarinet. And that flashlight has become part of the necessary "stuff" that I now take to every gig--just in case (so to speak). It is amazing how bright (and reassuring) even the smallest light can be in total darkness.
(FYI--a regional power substation blew a transformer and left a quarter of our city without electric power for over forty minutes. After a twenty minute wait, our performance was cancelled, but, thanks to our musicans contract, we all got paid.
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