I go to a high school built in the 50s and I do most of the lighting and the other day the assistant principal went up to my tech teacher and asked him:"If we were to renovate the stage and you had an unlimited budget, what would you change/get?" So my teacher has asked me and some other techies to make a list of stuff to change/get. Most of our stuff is from the 50s so I've started to make a very long list. I was wondering about any advice/opinions on what we should do/get(specific brands/products if you can). Currently on my list:
-Get a new lighting board which has been on the schools list for a while, before this and the current model they are looking at is a Classic Palette II, which I think is a good choice, we currently have a Strand 300
-Replace the ancient counterweight fly system with maybe an etc prodigy system.
-Replacing our dimmers is a suggestion from our school, we currently have perfectly fine CD80 supervisor, but whatever im thinking a strand C21.
-Replacing our lights. We currently have 2 strips of 200 watt incandescents and about 30 ancient fresnels more than half with asbestos cabling inside and/or out. About 15 Altman ellipsoidals that work fine but why not replace them in the unlimited budget? 3 strand SLs and 8 really old century lights, I dont know what theyre called but theyre kind of ellipsoidal i guess. We also have one altman 3.5q I have no idea what to get here, i was looking at strand cycs and lekos, and etc source 4 fresnels.
-Our 1940s Otis freight elevator but i doubt thats happening.
-Renovating both our "Booths" Ones a projector booth in the back of the bleachers, the other one is stage right and we call it the cage, because its literally a cage.
-Maybe getting new followspots, we have 2 altman comets and a 1000Q, but theyre really old and have no punch, we might just have to clean them out, like alot of our stuff.
-Our nasty curtains that are soaked in baby oil.
-Our horrible lapels
Thanks for your suggestions ahead of time!
-Get a new lighting board which has been on the schools list for a while, before this and the current model they are looking at is a Classic Palette II, which I think is a good choice, we currently have a Strand 300
-Replace the ancient counterweight fly system with maybe an etc prodigy system.
-Replacing our dimmers is a suggestion from our school, we currently have perfectly fine CD80 supervisor, but whatever im thinking a strand C21.
-Replacing our lights. We currently have 2 strips of 200 watt incandescents and about 30 ancient fresnels more than half with asbestos cabling inside and/or out. About 15 Altman ellipsoidals that work fine but why not replace them in the unlimited budget? 3 strand SLs and 8 really old century lights, I dont know what theyre called but theyre kind of ellipsoidal i guess. We also have one altman 3.5q I have no idea what to get here, i was looking at strand cycs and lekos, and etc source 4 fresnels.
-Our 1940s Otis freight elevator but i doubt thats happening.
-Renovating both our "Booths" Ones a projector booth in the back of the bleachers, the other one is stage right and we call it the cage, because its literally a cage.
-Maybe getting new followspots, we have 2 altman comets and a 1000Q, but theyre really old and have no punch, we might just have to clean them out, like alot of our stuff.
-Our nasty curtains that are soaked in baby oil.
-Our horrible lapels
Thanks for your suggestions ahead of time!