Tech Crew Club
* I am receiving many questions about tech crew club sign-ups. A form will be available in January on our website. In order to see the form, you must register your student on the homepage of our website, spmssings.org. Registration, which is free, is not the same as Membership. I recommend registering now. This can be done by clicking on the registration/login tab on our Homepage. Waiting to register until the morning the form opens will likely cause you to not get into tech crew club. Last year, our club was full within 10 minutes of sign-ups opening.
After registering, go to the "my account" tab, then click on the my forms/my paperwork tab. The form should appear on that page (but not until the date that sign-ups are opened). Also, even though the club is free, be sure to "checkout" at the end of the sign-up form. Your sign-up is not complete until you checkout. This also caused some people to miss out who thought they had signed up. If you are trying to checkout and it will not let you, that means the club is already full.
The date and time of sign-ups will be announced on the school announcements, the Park Press, the class Facebook pages, and on our website at least one week before sign-ups open. When I have an actual date, I will post it here and on our Homepage. Thank you for your patience and your interest in Tech Crew! -Tonya Hogue, SLS President
What We Will Be Doing (If Invited):
We will address different topics of tech crew. We will have
guest speakers and
demonstrate equipment and discuss common tech crew positions such as sound engineer, microphone technician, lightboard, follow spot, stage hand and stage manager. Students will learn sound, light and stage cues and how to make cue books. We will tour the middle school theater space.
When We Meet:
Wednesday, February 05, 2025 @ 4:15pm
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 @4:15pm
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 @ 4:15pm
*These dates are tentative. Please check back in January for confirmed dates/times.
The following dates are for the show Tech Crew only:
Friday 2/28: Paper Tech 4:15-6:15
Saturday 3/1: Tech 9am- 5pm
Sunday 3/2: Tech 12pm-5pm
Monday 3/3: Tech 4pm-9pm
Tuesday 3/4: Tech 4pm-9pm
Wednesday 3/5: Tech 4pm-9pm
*These dates are tentative. Please check back in January for confirmed dates/times.
Performance Dates: Friday 3/7 @ 7pm
Saturday 3/8 @ 2pm
Saturday 3/8 @ 7pm
Sunday 3/9 @ 2pm
Where We Meet:
Tech Crew Club meets in room M105 (the chorus room) in M Hall.
Parents:
Please pick your student up in the car rider loop. Students will be directed there at the end of each meeting.
Who Can Join:
Any interested SPMS student. We have a limited number of slots (40 students) that will fill up quickly.
How to Sign Up?
A Few Rules You Need to Know:
Be on time for all three meetings and stay until the end - attendance is the main factor when inviting club members to join Tech Crew for the show! Participants are expected to show respect for other tech crew, cast, adults and volunteers at all times. Inappropriate conduct can be cause for dismissal. Cell phones / electronic devices for tech crew club should be turned off and out of sight during the entire length of every meeting. Club members are not permitted to roam the halls or leave the premises of the school. Please wear comfortable attire appropriate for moving equipment, etc. and closed toed shoes.
The middle school has many more students interested in being part of show tech crew than there are positions available! For the spring musical, we will fill 18-20 show tech crew positions from the Tech Crew Club membership. Slots will be offered to Tech Crew Club members in good standing (perfect attendance, behavior, attitude); the placement decision will be made by the Club Coordinator in partnership with the Show Stage Manager/guest speakers. Unfortunately there is a strong likelihood that some very motivated, capable, well-behaved students will not be offered show tech crew slots for this season but they will have priority placement for next year's spring musical. Inappropriate conduct can be cause for dismissal.
If you are selected for Show Tech Crew, there are mandatory tech week rehearsals and an additional mandatory nonrefundable fee of $40 to cover incidentals such as show t-shirt, poster, cast party, etc. will be collected. You can indicate your interest and availability for Show Tech Crew for the spring musical while signing up for Tech Crew Club.
What if I Have Questions?
Club Sponsor: Spartan Lyrical Society, spmsplay@gmail.com
Club Faculty Sponsor: Arden Titus, atitus@aacps.org
