Well, unless you work on a stage, then whistling is bad luck. Not that it stops us from whistling. We walk under ladders a lot, too. I seem to have been struck with the desire to have a photo progression of this show, so here’s some of the terribly blurry images taken with my phone. I’m sure you’re all facinated. ;P
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This is where we usually start- on the floor. This is the layer of platforms we’re covering most of our stage with. After this comes a layer of MDF (ick, pooey, spit on it!) and then the paint.
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ah yes, further along and stronger… that first picture is the deck almost done (ish) and the second is where the guys have started on the wagons that will roll up and down stage. that archway thing was actually looking rather lewd, in a feminine-power sort of way. Possibly due to it’s strong resemblance to the Peach Pit House from last year which looked explicit once it was painted. I might be able to find a picture of it somewhere and we’ll see if you agree with me.
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Here’s the wagon in a greater degree of “done”. It will eventually be a giant boot on it’s side (imagine this shot looking down from the top right into the boot) but right now it’s been nicknamed something else. that small arch, farthest from the camera, has been dubbed ‘the cervix’. Yes, we are dirty dirty people who should be kept far away from children. At least this one’s going to be covered and sculpted into shoe leather. That Peach Pit House only got worse the more finished it got.

Hey, we don’t design ‘em, we just build ‘em, folks.