ACCESS
POINTS
MAIN STAGE SIDE GATE
MAIN STAGE VEHICLE GATE
MAIN STAGE FRONT STAGE
MAIN STAGE LEFT and BACK STAIRS
MAIN STAGE TRENCH GUIDLINES
MAIN STAGE CROWD CONTROL GUIDLINES
MAIN STAGE FRONT ASSISTANT GUIDLINES
ALTERNATIVE STAGE FRONT CORNERS
ALTERNATIVE STAGE BACKSTAGE
HM STAGE PIT CREW
SOUND TOWER
SIGNING TABLE
ACCESS
POINTS
• Check all incoming vehicle passengers for wristbands
• All passengers must have a wristband to enter tent city to camp
• Vehicles with passengers without wristbands are asked “Where
are you from?”
• Check driver’s license to verify response
• Local residents are told that tickets will be available for sale at
8am the following morning
• All others should be told that tickets must be purchased by 10am the
following morning
• Call for a golf cart to follow car to tent site to record location
for next day check
• On Saturday night assist with the flow of traffic by blocking the
highway from both sides and allowing cars to exit from the parking lot every
few minutes. Please use EXTRA caution!
MAIN STAGE SIDE GATE
• Check everyone (each person) for a backstage wristband
• Wristband must be worn on wrist - duh!
• Pay close attention to the wristband for fakes or taped up wristbands
• Look under long sleeves in cold or rain. Don’t assume!
• Security or stage crew shirt alone is not good enough
• Keep the area clear for golf cart traffic (including your own feet)
MAIN STAGE VEHICLE GATE
• Allow people with a regular wristband
to go through to corner gate.
• Make sure they go through corner gate and not wander backstage!
• Check incoming vehicles for parking pass
• Find out who the bus or semi is carrying and alert chuck.
• Keep the middle and right front fenceline
free of all vehicles so buses can maneuver more easily. send
all cars except shuttles to side lot.
• All bands should already have their parking pass and wristbands, etc.
send all that do not (except for large buses) around to sonshine office tent
off main civic center parking lot.
• Inform road managers where the artist area is and where to get passes
if they need to. you may accompany them to artist
area.
• Take turns going to front stage to catch
bands from 7-9 & 9 end only!
MAIN STAGE FRONT STAGE
• When in front, be on the lookout for people up front without a backstage
wristband
• Watch for people jumping over fence in front, especially in the corners
• Enjoy the shows!!
MAIN STAGE LEFT and BACK STAIRS (SRT POSITIONS)
• Keep stage crew off stage except during breaks between bands
• No security on stage; you may stand on the stairs to see
• Be alert for backstage crashers trying to get on stage
• SRT will be there after when needed for artist escort
•
Stick to your assigned numbered platform unless your help is needed at another
platform temporarily. Return to your platform ASAP
• Surfers can come over the wall at any time. Be looking at all times,
especially between bands
• Be careful not to injure yourself or crowd surfers on metal stakes
• Make sure surfers are set down gently and have solid footing. Pass
them directly to one of the front stage assistants
• Do not stand on the platform and needlessly block the crowds’
view of the stage unless you need to pull a surfer over the wall
• Hold your ground firmly six feet from the wall.
• Face away from the stage.
• Link arms if necessary with crew to both left and right.
• If area between you and the wall is too packed move a few people behind
you by hooking them around the waist.
• Pull down surfers when they come to you. Do NOT let them go over your
head! Only pass people DESPARATELY needing help.
• Assist with the removal of individuals needing medical attention.
They may be on ground or surfing. Pass them to the wall.
• Drink plenty of water before going into crowd and bring a bottle with
you as well!
• When given someone that came over the wall:
o Make sure
their footing is solid before walking them out.
o Don’t rush them especially if they are weak in the knees.
o Determine if they might need medical attention. Look into their eyes. Ask
them if they’re OK. If you feel they are not, bring them to the EMT
personnel on left side of stage.
o They can’t stay backstage and must be walked out side gate.
• When walking people out of backstage:
o Hold on to
them! Be careful no one runs into camera operators. You need to physically
direct people on the best path around them.
o Always use the path along the front of the stage going out the left side
gate. Never go through backstage crowd.
o Stay with people you’ve been given until they are out the gate. Don’t
just send them in that direction.
o Have your flashlight ready to help people see clear path out.
• Stand
between platforms against wall or against stage facing the crowd when nothing
is happening. Do not get in the way of SRT working platforms. When someone
is being pulled over the wall back up towards the stage so you don’t
get kicked or stepped on.
• Stay spread out to insure all platforms are covered when one of you
is needed. Some platforms will be busier than others. Help wherever necessary.
• Don’t attempt to give water, either cups or bottles, to crowd.
You can’t get it to everybody. Water is for our crew and hurting people
that have come over the wall.
ALTERNATIVE STAGE FRONT CORNERS
•You are the buffer between the crowd
and the stage
• Don’t allow anyone to climb onto the stage in any way except
at HM!
• Watch for crowd behavior that “crosses the line”
• All crowd surfers falling awkwardly should be checked on personally
to see if they are ok!
• No water shot towards the stage or beach balls!
• Call or ask Joe or Leigh for srt backup if you’re in over your
head!!
• You may sit on corners of stage 3 but don’t get caught napping
if someone climbs on stage in the middle.
• If crowd is really rowdy at stage 3 get down into crowd next to the
stage and move towards the middle
ALTERNATIVE STAGE BACKSTAGES
• No one goes on stage without a backstage wristband
• Keep a close eye on bands equipment
• Backstage wristband people only may drink stage 2 pop!
HM STAGE PIT CREW
• Assist with any mosh pit as directed by a Supervisor
• Be flexible!
• Do not “high five” kids with spiked bracelets
• Keep people from climbing on or standing
under tower scaffolding
• Watch crowd ahead of you for those causing disturbances
• Keep watch over crowd for injuries. Call EMT ASAP for problems
• 8-10 shifts may stay there after shift is over if they wish (good
view)
SIGNING
TABLE
• Relax behind the signing table in the civic center when no bands are
signing. When a band is signing, go to ends of the table and regulate traffic
in front. Keep the line moving and do not allow anyone to go behind the table
ever unless ok’d by road manager.
• A Supervisor will radio you with updates of bands signing and their
times for you to put on the whiteboard (neatly)
• Cooler should be kept full of water bottles for bands only!
• White fan, ext chord, cooler, sharpies, whiteboard, markers, eraser
– all supplies – should be stored under the sonshine t-shirt booth
at the end of the night. Do not just leave it all sitting there when signing
table is done for the night!!!!!!!!!!!!