The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 08, 1979, Page Page 11, Image 11
Diary
By Brett Bydalrk
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7 AM ? The alarm clangs and
arouses me from my dreams. I
stagger/lurch to the shower and
manage to wash. I get dressed
(where's my other boot?), grab a
bite to eat and leave. Stage call is
for 8. It's now 7:45, and it takes at
icasi iu minutes iu : iuc injr uiac iu
the Coliseum.
8 AM - I ride up right on time,
and the first truck is just getting
ready to unload. I run in, sign a
time card and rush out to begin
work.
LATER -1 thought aluminun was
supposed to be light, but this truss
weighs a ton; lucky we have lots of
strong types to carry it. Those
boxes have been taken off with a
iorK-nu, waicn your ieei! iavo
guys to roll that box down the
ramp, we don't need any accidents
because a box got out of control.
1 PM ? All seven trucks are
unloaded, and the stage is up. The
lighting truss is assembled and
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equipment is up. I started
assembling the disco flooring an
hour ago. My stomach has been
getting better acquainted with my
backbone, and I wonder aloud
about lunch. Just then, a man
comes up from the Elephant Room
and bellows "Lunch...is served."
From page 10
The Board: Alas, alas! Dear Marked
The troubl'some words of Solemn hei
We like this cushy jod ana want to sis
So do his bidding; listen, and obey!
ACT FIVE
(The University of South Carolina, F<
Markedly Macdentist: O press and ir
Be it known that we have made a plai
Whereby our dear Macguire can retii
Into a nice position at a desk.
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ni t iiui ai^t piatuiiiig uiu
Inside our secret chambers well conc
Chorus: 0 hell and goblins! Here we i
You idiots of the Board do truly snow
How can you fire the only goodly mai
Who ever came unto our slothful sch<
Have you nerve to can Macguire thus
Sheesh! * %
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Macguire (solus): Aias, my aays art
I only wanted winners for this school
A championship or two was all I ask<
But strife and troubles plague my he
Yea, fighting is my strength and sur<
But dirty fighting never would I do,
Like secret sessions to discuss my fa
Or influence-peddling from self-app<
Alas, the dogs are closing in at last,
But never shall I falter in the fight
Although they chase me every year i
I shall not sell out this unfortunate sc
For though it be compos'd of minds r
Tis home to me, and many more bes
HBKOT
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The local crew holds off to makes
sure all the roadies get in first
then we swoop down and get oui
share. The two groups tend to ea
separately.
I recall a quote originally madi
about packet-boat sailors in th<
early 19th century, but it als<
applies to most roadies: he can ge
along on more rum, less sleep, an<
more hard treatment than anj
other two men. Whatever thes<
people are paid, it's probably no
enough.
1:30 ? Lunch breaks over, bad
to work, and I'm already
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disco floor, and now it's jus
cleaning-type stuff: move thi
packing cases out of sight, bu
handy to start filling them after th<
show, polish the chrome an<
mirrors (my God, even thi
overhead lights are chrome
plated!) and making sure all th
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4:30 ? Everything that we cai
do is done ? lights up, stage up, se
assembled, cables run
everything else is up to the roadies
They've been doing sound tests fo
the past hour to see if all th
speakers work (they do), and it'
very loud. We sit around waiting t
be released, lending a hand her
and there for a few minutes a
ily, do heed
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lot wide,
side.
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> needed.
Four of us get volunteered to set
up a curtained area with a table
t and some chairs in the Elephant
Room. Someone says it's to be the
; dressing room for the warm-up
i band, but no-one's sure. We get
-t hnnlr nnatnira in timo for Phnrlf tn
t release us and to tell us to be back
i before 10:30. My aching legs can r
/ barely peddle me home; for3
tunately, most of it's downhill,
t 10:00 ? I leave home again,
slightly refreshed, and arrive at
i 10:20.1 enter just as the pre-encore
y screaming begins. This lasts
a cpvornl minntoc at hiah vrtlnmoc
t The noise intensity increases when
e the band finally comes back, and
t yet again when the brothers Gibb
e return (what beautiful, long red
i hair he's got: I'm instantly
e jealous). They play their (planned
i- and rehearsed) encore. The two
e brothers with guitars can at least
fake playing their instruments
during the instrumental section,
n but the one who iust sines has
t nothing to do during the breaks
except a few half-assed dance
i. steps, smile, and look pretty. How
r bored and tired they all look. There
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o be glad when it's over,
e 11:45 or so ? The show is finally
s over, and we descend upon the
~ stage like a plague of locusts to
start tearing it down. There are
still a few fans left, calling to us to
throw them something from the
stage, but we ignore them. We are
assigned in teams to selected
roadies; 1 help load keyboard
equipment into packing cases and
then load them on the truck. When
that's done, the team is given to
another roadie to help him load his
truck, and we are trapped loading
trucks for the rest of the night. At
one point we were standing
exhausted, waiting for another I
box, my mouth was like used
cotton and I was seriously considering
taking a water-break,
when one of the roadies came up
with several bottles of Coke in each
hand, set them down on a case and
said, "here's some smiles" and
went on to another group. As my
drama teacher would want to say,
life imitates art.
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Much later ? We finally get six
trucks loaded, and a delay arises.
The lighting truss and several
large cases are all that's left. It's
3:30 and Chuck tells the roadies
that we can only work until 4. The
truck is backed up the ramp and
we start loading. We finish just
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wear this in public? Maybe, after
all, I wear the one I got from KISS.
But not much). We all leave for
home. I arrive at 4:30 in greatly
exhausted condition and stumble
into bed.
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