This person will find and train 1 (or 2) student to host each school for the festival. These students must be friendly, outgoing and helpful for the entire festival. They also need to be with their guests all the time. The students need to become familiar with every aspect of the festival so that they can answer questions. They also need to know where to go for answers they do not know. These students should rehearse giving tours of the facility.
This person will also find Ushers, Door Guards & Runners.
Following are some arguments for and against 2 hosts per school:
2 hosts can share the responsibilities. One might be well versed in the technical aspect and the other in the non- technical aspects of festival.
One host can stay with the group while the other goes on an errand to get a question answered.
It’s a better host-to-guest ratio.
More student involvement from the host school.
With one host responsible for everything there is no one to abdicate to. The host can’t say “I thought my co-host was taking care of that”.
The guest group only has one face to remember.
The host is more inclined to interact with the guests because there is no one else.
A smaller festival staff is more manageable.
It may be a good idea to assign 2 hosts only to large groups.