Thank you: WHCT Tech Crew

The Fiddler crew 2012

This post is dedicated to my amazing, incredible, wonderful, super awesome, talented, generous and inspiring tech crew (from this year, and years past). I cannot say enough about how much they have inspired me and brought me such joy over the years.

The tech crew is kinda an amazing little team in it of itself because it is made up entirely of kids who volunteer their time solely to make the kids in the drama class shine brighter and make their performances run as smoothly as possible. The crew is mostly entirely unseen and unheard during the performances so if the fact that this crew is that selfless doesn't amaze you already, then let me brag on how well the do their job. (I get to do that because I led them for two years and was part of the crew for years before that.) ;)

Pretty much everything but the acting and costumes is directed by the techs. The lights. The mics. The sets. The props. The makeup. The sound. The program handing out. Some of the more unique things we've done include: Making sure lights don't fall over and burn the church down. Locating lost props. Holding up sets that like to fall down. Painting flats. Moving giant beds off and on stage without hitting anyone in the head. Rolling boats down the center aisle. Getting actors wet. Slapping mics on them. You get the idea.

It's alot of work but it's also a TON of fun. Backstage (in my opinion) is the best place to be, because a) the people are the best, b) it's always exciting and c) you don't have to worry about having stage fright! But I digress.

We've been through every up and every down imaginable as a team and that has been an incredible thing to witness. Being stage manager and a tech has been one of my absolute favorite activities I've participated in during highschool. This little family and team has been a huge blessing and it has been a true honor to work with each tech. I'm going to miss you all so much. Thanks for being so amazing and encouraging and just a joy to work with.

Love to ALL!