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Originally Posted by sentientfungus
I had the chance to interview Blair up at the Northern Lights/ Lake Superior event earlier this season. I believe he said something about FIRST almost exclusively assigning him to new regionals, with the exception of Pittsburgh.
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A lot of people don't realize that Blair's full time job is working on production values of FIRST in general. A large part of that is training MCs and Announcers.
Fun fact: Blair is also a trained actor and if you live near Portsmouth you can see him in shows. I will never look at The Odyssey the same way again.
My best advice to you (as a CMP Volunteer Coordinator for way too long, and an MC / Announcer at various offseasons) is the following:
1.) Practice, practice, practice. Mute the webcast and imagine what you would say.
2.) Talk to your local event planners. Regionals have volunteer coordinators, offseasons have event managers. They can get you in to try a few rounds or jump in as backup.
3.) Study vocal training. Seriously. Although it is endearing when voices are gone by the end of the event, the best thing you can do for your career as an MC/Announcer is to learn breath control and how to enunciate. Youtube has a lot of great examples.
4.) Be flexible. The biggest hurdle to assigning MCs and Announcers is that they specialize in one or the other. The easier you are to work with in general, the more likely you are to be successful.
Feel free to PM me if you have questions.