[SML] Podium

[Steven Hood]

Good reminder for the beginning of term. I may paste a copy of this on our 
lectern in hopes that presenters will stop calling it a podium. They call 
the conductor's podium by the correct term... why they insist on using the 
same word for the lectern I don't know.
SHood


On August 24, 2016 6:59:34 AM Herrick Goldman via Stagecraft 
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Just found this quote on facebook and figured it’s been too long since we 
> had a refresher:
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> "When you stand up to make a speech, it helps to have a PODIUM, a ROSTRUM, 
> or a LECTERN. The first two (different root sources) are platforms for 
> speakers, conductors, or leaders: a podium (Greek, “foot) is a place to 
> stand, a foot above the others, so that you may be seen and heard. Rostrum 
> (Latin, “beak”) comes from a platform in the forum of Rome; it was 
> decorated with images of Roman war galleys, which have a prow shaped like a 
> beak. A lectern (Latin, “to read”) differs from the others in that you 
> cannot stand on it; instead, it is designed with a sloping top and a low 
> shelf at the bottom so that you can rest a book or papers on it.”
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> --
> Herrick Goldman
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