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Premium Content All the World's a Stage from the Lighting Booth

by Cindy Hong - October 01, 2004

Describe a significant extracurricular interest.

An electric current of energy surges through my veins. I want to jump or scream, but all I can do is move my index finger an single inch along the sliding button. The house lights dim as my finger slides the lever downwards. From the lighting booth, I look down on the rapt audience and the stage, humming with anticipatory energy. The show has…

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