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Music Festival Intern Hannah Ross writes about her experiences so far…
“20kg of white rice… 6 white cabbages… 2 heads of garlic, was it?” Perhaps these are not quite the thoughts you might expect to be running through the head of an intern working at a music festival. Nor might you have imagined said intern looking for a tape measure and ending up using one of those metallic ones with the clippy bit at the end to get the chest measurements of a variety of t-shirts!
“…looking for a tape measure and ending up using one of those metallic ones with the clippy bit at the end to get the chest measurements of a variety of t-shirts!”
I count myself very lucky to be working as an intern at the Cheltenham Music Festival. It seems to be the case that for anyone trying to get into arts admin, competition is so high that unpaid internships are an essential part of your C.V. I’ve heard many horror stories about interns who are simply left to make tea and do photocopying, but luckily this is not the case for me! While there is indeed tea making and photocopying involved (and dishwasher unloading, and mailing preparation, and many other basic everyday tasks, as you’d expect), everyone takes on their fair share, and it’s a really inclusive and supportive environment to work in.
Continue reading... cake-fuelled days, white rice, 16 days of music...We’ve tagged this post with behind the scenes, Festival Academy, Festival Chorus, Hannah Ross, intern, internship, jobs, music, painted quartets, Tibetan on Wednesday 23 June 2010.
