Talking

allow them time to cheer or clap or react and avoid the impulse tocome back in over the top of them when you deliver your lines.Probably the most common error though is asking the crowd tocheer, specifically saying things like “Let me hear youcheer/clap/scream”. This is absolutely not the way to do it!Again, it comes down to how you useyour voice, the poise with which youdeliver your lines and the pace youuse. All of these need to be right, butdelivery makes a big difference. Ifyou want the crowd to cheer, composeyourself, take a beat, and then deliver your line, ensuring youend on an upward inflection with higher projection. You can alsouse body language to aid crowds cheering too. By using your arm(the spare one without a microphone in) can be used in a raisingfashion as you deliver the final part of your line. Both of these techniqueswork so much better than directly asking the crowd to cheer.They will cheer when they feel excited, it’s your job to help themfeel that, not tell them they should be excited.DESK HOSTWhile ordinarily a large show might have a stage host and a deskhost, more often than not the desk host will also be the main hostfor the entire show. In this instance, it’s a lot of work and many ofthe things you would ordinarily do as a stage host, will also apply tothe desk position, but there are some key differences, both inpresentation and in delivery.55