All fines are to be paid to the AGMA Arizona Local A-440 Secretary/Treasurer,
for use by the widows and orphans relief fund. Repeated violations or failure
to pay fines may result in your being shunned.
| Offense | Fine
| Basic Offenses
| Sleeepwalking | $25
| Overacting | $20
| Pushing your way to center stage | $50
| Annoying mannerisms | $75
| Zoning out | $15
| Waiting for a bus | $25
| Tasteless Improvisations | $95
| Ungodly noises (non-musical) | $300
| Makeup - invisible | $35
| Makeup - grotesque | $75
| Late stage entrance | $45
| Unscheduled stage entrance or exit | $75
| Criminal halitosis/odors | $100
| Restaging yourself at colleagues' expense | $45
| Unbridled PMS/distemper | $65
| General Choreographic Offenses
| Wathcing your feet | $50
| Tripping over your own feet | $75
| Watching colleagues' feet | $100
| Tripping over colleagues' feet | $150
| Standing on colleague's train | $50
| Assault with props | $90
| Uninvited directing | $500
| Scratching during a freeze | $50
| Falling asleep during a freeze | $100
| Farting during a freeze | $250
| Obscene use of kneepads | $90
| Using colleague as a prop | $100
| Staring and bobbing | $50
| Shaking from your own vibrato | $50
| Looking at conductor, shaking head | $100
| Offensive Gestures
| Cloyingly precious | $100
| Undirected dementia | $50
| Faux-butch | $20
| Failing faux-butch when needed | $90
| General On-Stage Offenses
| Doing staging from old production of opera | $50
| Doing staging from wrong opera | $75
| Shameless sucking up to principals | $100
| Shameless sucking up to staff | $200
| Mincing, lisping, or prancing | $45
| Lurching or lumbering | $45
| Volunteering yourself for staging | $1
| Volunteering colleague(s) for staging | $900
| Acting backstage | $75
| Hand signals as acting | $20
| Semaphore as acting | $40
| Telegraphy as acting | $80
| Blinking lights as acting | $160
| Aircraft landing signals as acting | $320
| Backstage references to "motivation" | $90
| Physically contorting form colleagues' singing | $50
| Performing while slightly intoxicated | $50
| Performing while massively intoxicated | $100
| Performing while comatose | $200
| Stealing scene with animal imitation | $100
| Stealing scene while unconscious | $50
| Mouthing the words to principal parts | $75
| Vocal Offenses
| Obtrusive vocal technique | $20
| Unsuccessful pitch approximation | $10
| Any hint of countertenor singing | $15
| Snoring | $20
| Snoring while singing | $50
| Eerie vocal similarity to Elmer Fudd | $25
| Eerie vocal similarity to Bert Lahr | $25
| Eerie vocal similarity to Natural Disasters | $25
| Death screams (not in score) | $50
| Obstruction of diction | $25
| Ungodly noises (musical) | $25
| Failure to negotiate register breaks | $15
| Grotesque facial expressions while singing | $30
| Impersonating a Professional
| Stupd questions | $10
| Really stupid questions | $25
| Really stupid questions which increase rehearsal length | $300
| Presumptuous First-Year Behavior
| Musicology | $25
| Historical nit-picking | $50
| Use of tape recorder | $20
| Endless diction questions | $100
| Obtrusive foot-tapping | $10
| Univited conducting | $15
| General Toadying
| Insane cackling at conductor's bad jokes | $50
| Unwarranted beatific smiling while singing | $40
| Conspicuous professional reading (e.g., Opera News) | $35
| Stultifyingly minute vocal technique questions | $75
| Conversing with conductor in language other than English | $95
| Conspicuous score marking | $15
| Violent nodding | $25
| Obvious, insipid score studying during breaks | $50
| Affected artfulness in rhythmic reading | $60
| Obsequiously erect posture | $50
| Warming up during rehearsal | $35
| Singing full voice in the front row | $50
| Raising hand after making mistake | $40
| References to obscure recordings/performances | $90
| Pretending to understand absurd metaphor | $15
| Actually understanding absurd metaphor | $25
| Annoying Behavior by Veterans
| Singing high notes louder than possible | $25
| Holding same quarter note longer than everyone else | $200
| Failing to mark | $30
| Marking all but high notes | $50
| Singing unassigned solo parts (sotto voce) | $25
| Singing unassigned solo parts (fortissimo) | $100
| Obvious use of beverages for vocal purposes | $75
| Discussing vocal technique during rehearsal | $100
| Discussing vocal technique during breaks | $500
| Roadmapping: irrational | $20
| Roadmapping: random | $30
| Roadmapping: transsexual | $50
| Feigning European birth by "lapsing" into a foreign language | $100
| Tiresome time-consuming anecdotes | $30
| Bringing full (i.e., conductor's) score | $25
| Naming yourself after an opera | $900
| Criminal Bad Taste
| Decomposing | $25
| Offensive fragrances | $35
| Selling Amway products | $500
| Absurd fashion statements | $50
| Having entirely too much fun | $10
| Coro interruptus | $50
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