Seeking lodging in or around Northport, NY from Sept. 4 - 13

Hey guys, I have a hot line on a possible stagehand gig from September 4th through 13th on Long Island, quite near to where I grew up actually. Northport, NY to be exact. Unfortunately, my family doesn’t live out there anymore though, and I would need a place to stay for the run of the contract. Would be worthwhile for me as I would get experience working in another theatre, a new set of contacts and possibly twenty hours of overtime. If you or somebody you know who is awesome and hospitable would be able to house me for this time period (I can cover my own food expenses and wouldn’t actually be around too much as I’d be working 50-60 hours during the week), that would help me out tremendously. My other stipulation is that I would need to be able to get to and from the theatre each day of work. So a bike, walkable distance or a kind soul with a car would be in order. Thanking you in advance!

Sincerely,

Tim Boucher

PS. See also the cultural tradition of traveling craftsmen, or journeyman for inspiration.

  1. Journeymen find their way to Estonia (Baltic Times)
  2. Using the Journeyman Tradition to Fight Cultural Insensitivity
  3. On the Road – The Traditional Journeyman Years of the Craftsmen
  4. Journeymen in Germany (via ohio.edu)

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  1. playing a lot of chess
    Posted August 28, 2009 at 2:12 pm | Permalink

    Sebastien Gariston, 21, is part of another association called Les Compagnons, a brotherhood of craftsmen who literally worship work and believe that transformation of matter by a man’s hand is a noble calling. Their training is steeped in ritual, organisation and craft guild methods inherited from the Middle-ages. The brotherhood includes joiners, blacksmiths, carpenters and stonemasons, like Sebastien.

    http://www.yorkminster.org/news/story2...mpagnon-at-the-minster-stoneyard.html

  2. playing a lot of chess
    Posted August 28, 2009 at 2:17 pm | Permalink

    Described by novelist George Sand as a “poetic phase, an adventuresome pilgrimage, the artisan’s period of errant knighthood,” the Tour is a 6- to 8-year trek across France. Working one-on-one with master craftsmen, the young aspirants develop their moral character as they refine their trade skills. According to medieval tradition, aspiring Compagnons are supposed to stay celibate during their tour, and women are still prohibited from being initiated into the compagnonnage.

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/compagn-abstract.html

    Indeed, “Les Compagnons du Devoir” is not workers’ association like any other. Following in the steps of the “compagnonnage” movement begun during the 12th Century at the time of the construction of cathedrals, the association still cultivates certain ethical values from this period, as well as a kind of mystic realism of well executed work, the richness of practical experience and the handing down of knowledge.

    http://consulfrance-atlanta.org/spip.php?article1323

  3. playing a lot of chess
    Posted August 28, 2009 at 2:21 pm | Permalink

    The journeymen are required to travel for exactly three years and one day, and during that period they must agree to not venture within 50 kilometers of their home town. They must give up modern luxuries such as mobile telephones, and they are not allowed to pay for travel or accommodation, except in extreme circumstances. Instead, they must seek work from local businesses in exchange for their stay and passage.

    Each journeyman carries a travel book which acts as his passport. In every town, they try and get a short audience with the mayor, who stamps their pages with the seal of the town. At one time, this served as a work permit.
    Christian and Matthais were unable to meet Tallinn’s mayor, but they did obtain the city seal, and this was enough to satisfy them.

    http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16115/

  4. Ted
    Posted August 28, 2009 at 8:36 pm | Permalink

    I could see myself doing that! Maybe with Carpentry. I have been learning how to do Sheet rock.

    I am hitch hiking through Alaska and Canada to Seattle. I have been trying to draw pictures for everyone who puts me up for the night. I drew a red fox family, for an 88 year old Athabascan indian Elder who had me over for pickled salmon.

    Telling funny stories is a good way to contribute too. So far I think everyone that picked me up dropped me off feeling glad they did.

    I met a fellow traveler that spent 22 months abroad on less than a dollar a day, seeing India, Pakistan etc.

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