If you are an Eddie, thank you…Eddie takes pride in his followspots and his followspot operators. Eddie sits behind the rookies and helps them interpret the different types of LD-speak. Eddie allows new kids to shadow the seasoned vets on the difficult shows and then lets them get their feet wet on the easy shows. Eddie keeps track of his spot ops and knows their history, their capabilities and their availability.
If you are an Iggy, on the other hand, you are a real disappointment. Iggy has been working at the venue just as long as Eddie has, but he still doesn’t know where his followspots are or what they are called. He doesn’t know if they are 1K Lycians, 2K Glads or 3K Troupers. He knows that he gets high pay if he runs the fourth one from center, but he can’t remember which handle is the chopper and which one is the douser.
-Excerpted from “LD-at-Large” by Chris Lose, PLSN, March 2019, page 68
