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(9) OFFICES There are (3) different offices located in the dressing room area. The center office is that of Dana Blanc, the Stage Manager. Jillian Hrushowy, the Company Manager, occupies the office to the left. The office to the right is occupied by the Head Carpenter, James Trudeau and the Electrics Supervisor, Rich Norris. These offices provide the headquarters for the Cast and Crew. * During the past eight and one-half years, all of the paperwork for over 2,500 employees has traveled across these desks. In addition, all the paperwork for all the supplies and parts have also passed across these desks. All total, it would be safe to say that the estimated amount of paperwork that has passed across these desks, would be measured in .....Tons. * After 6,000 shows, over 1,500 Temporaries have worked back-stage. PROPS The Props Crew maintains and handles all of the props that are used in the show and assists the Specialty Acts. Under the able direction of Jan Starnes, the crew is easy to recognize in their solid black attire. * The "Ben Hur" chariot is the only prop in the show that was not built for the show. The chariot came off the MGM Studio lot and was actually used in the movie "Ben Hur"! * Every show, the Props Crew prepares......18 large balloons for the Circus segment of the show. For 6,000 shows, they have prepared....... 14,967 balloons for the show. PYRO The Pyrotechnical department is headed by Jeff Coonce and provides the exploding special effects that are seen during certain segments of the show. The crew is made up of crewmen from both Stage Left and Stage Right crews. Their duties include setting and loading the charges and cleaning up the residue and pyro dust after the show The "Earthquake" scene just isn't the same without those fiery explosions that are staged by our Pyro crew. * Before each show, the Pyro crew has to load... 25 different charges at....11 different locations. After 6,000 shows, clos to ..... 150,000 charges have been loaded and fired. These charges contained a total of.......over 15 tons of powder. It only took ...one ton to blow up Harvey's at Lake Tahoe.