Music Organizations Christmas Festival Student Head Usher en St. Olaf College

Job Title: 4-HOUR Ushers

Office: Music Organizations

Job Year: 2025

Hours/week: 1-HOUR Training + 4-HOUR shift per performance

MANDATORY IN-PERSON TRAINING in Skoglund  (one-time training)

• Thu, 12/4  6:00-7:00p.m. - 1 HOUR

SHIFTS 

You may sign up for as few as one shift or as many as three shifts.

• Fri, 12/5 5:30-9:50 p.m. - 4 HOURS
• Sat, 12/6 1:00-5:20  p.m. - 4 HOURS
• Sun, 12/7 1:00-5:20 p.m. - 4 HOURS

PAY: $12.75 per hour

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

• Christmas Festival 4-hour Ushers greet guests and either scan tickets or direct guests to their seats. Certain ushers are Evacuation ushers who sit in assigned seats for the duration of the performance and point people toward the nearest exit in the event of an evacuation. Other 4-hour duties may include sitting in the lobby during Fest to assist guests and directing traffic in the lobby. 

SKILLS NEEDED: Friendly, welcoming and helpful attitude working with the general public. 

SIGN-UP

• Check the Christmas Fest 4-Hour Usher Sign Up to be sure a space is available on the day(s) you’d like to work. Please don’t add additional lines to the sheet. 
• Enter your name on the sign-up
• Fill out the necessary paperwork with Student Employment. 
• For a given performance, you may sign up for a 2-hour Usher shift OR a 4-hour Usher shift. You can’t sign up on multiple lists for a given performance. 
• You may sign up for as few as one shift or as many as all three shifts,
• You will be contacted with your assigned shift(s). We cannot guarantee you will receive a shift.

DRESS CODE: The dress code is black on the bottom and a black or white top, or a black dress.

• Pants: black dress pants
  • No jeans, leggings, or exercise pants 
• Skirts/dresses: nice black skirt/dress
  • Hemline no higher than an inch above the knee
  • Must wear black hose or tights
• Tops: solid white or solid black shirt 
  • Long-sleeved
  • Collared shirt or nice blouse 
  • No t-shirts or athletic wear
• Shoes: Black dress shoes
  • No tennis shoes