The Tech Olympics are designed to test and show the abilities of technical students from Region VII.
The Teams
Each team consists of five students are encouraged to compete for their school’s glory, the perpetual trophy, and, this year, a cash prize! Each school team should include a carpenter, a costumer, a stage manager, an electrician, and a sound engineer. One team member will compete in each event unless otherwise noted.
Tech Olympics Description and Rules:
The Tech Olympics are designed to test and show the abilities of technical students from Region VII. Teams of five students are encouraged to compete for their school’s glory, and the perpetual trophy! Each school team should include a carpenter, a costumer, a stage manager, an electrician, and a sound engineer. One team member will compete in each event unless otherwise noted. Events will be selected from the following list:
Quick Change: Unlike past years where a model was provided; this time around each team will have to supply their own model. Costumers will have 30 seconds to prepare their station before the clock begins. The changing booth will have a translucent wall so the model is required to have boxers and a tee-shirt on at all times. The model should begin by being dressed in pants, lace up shoes, socks and a button down shirt. The model will then have to be dressed in dress shoes, dress socks, male dress pants, male dress shirt, tie (which must be tied during the event), and male dress coat. No trick costumes will be permitted. Some costume items will be available at the event for teams not fully prepared. Time will begin when the model enters the booth and stop when s/he exits. Penalties will be added for un-tucked shirts, messed up hair, and general dishevelment. Fastest time wins.
Tape a Floor Plan: Stage managers will tape out a set on the floor. Ground plans will be given out and the clock will start. Contestants will have to measure it and tape it out on the floor. This will be a multi-level set. Penalties will be added if your taped set is off by too much or too confusing. Fastest time wins!
Hang and Focus: Electricians will hang and focus an ERS. Competitors will be timed to see how fast they can hang the instrument, patch it, drop a gobo in, and focus it to a pattern taped on the wall. Penalties will be added if the instrument is loose, the image is fuzzy, and for not attaching the safety cable. Bring your trusty wrenches!
Hook Up a Sound System: Sound engineers must set up a sound system from pieces. The system will include a small mixer, amp, speaker, playback, microphone, and all necessary cable. Music must be playing and the mic has to work without distortion or feedback before you’re finished.
Knot Tying: This is the wild card event. All members of each team will compete to see who can tie a bowline, clove hitch, Sheet Bend, Sheepshank, and Sunday the fastest (look in your copy of The Back Stage Handbook). Each team member will tie one of the knots based on random selection. Time will start when contestants receive the rope and end when both knots have been tied.
Mystery Event: The final event is the team event: it will require your team to work together to win, but what the event is will remain a mystery until the night of the Tech Olympics.
Start gathering your teams now! Sign-up will be at the registration desk from Monday through Wednesday. Good luck!
For questions please contact:
Christina
Barrigan
Head of Design
CWU Department
of Theatre Arts
509.963.3292
barrigan@cwu.edu
http://www.cwu.edu/~barrigan