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    etc Luster 2, what should I know?

    Dear lighting guys and gals,My humble theatre just purchased 8 new ETC Source 4 Luster 2. Yay for us. We currently use an ETC Ion for our board and while we do have some LEDs (PL series 1 cyc lights) but this is a big step forward for us. Does anyone have an advice about these fixtures? We...
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    Clear Com Sticker shock

    I cant use wired in my space. We are not a proper theatre by any means and the park I work for (at this time) will not invest in that kind of upgrade. Thanks for the info. I had no idea they were so expensive. I will tell my group to go ahead with the bid. Thanks Audio boys and girls!
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    Clear Com Sticker shock

    Dear sound guys, audio engineers and AV techs,I am working a show in Abu Dhabi and we are in dire need of some more Clear Com. We are currently using the 2 channel wireless Tempest Model. They work well enough but I require a few more now. The price for 6 new belt backs, 5 single muff head...
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    Rigging Aerial Silk

    I took the 1 day class on rigging by Jay Glerum. He shows the video of that Butoh dance at the start of the day. After that everyone pays attention to every single detail he goes over. I took a dozen pages of notes and learned a great deal from his book over the class and the days later I...
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    Rigging Aerial Silk

    A different Aeriall Silk problemTo the riggers,I am working at a theme park in the middle east and our show has a 3 minute silk routine. We have had tons of problems with it because the silk act was added after the show was built and they squeezed it in between everything.The biggest...
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    Tool list

    OOOOH Good place to start indeed!Thanks,GBtimex
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    Tool list

    Control Booth,Boy do I have a fun project. When asked by my boss what I needed to successfully run my current show over the long term I said "A TD and a full time Assistant Stage Manager". That was met with an very fast "No, not possible, can't be done, we have a mechanic shop here and staff...
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    Stage Manager Agent?

    Sweet!Thanks Davey.
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    Stage Manager Agent?

    Trust me that's the advice I have gotten from just about everyone. I am not setting out to change the world I simply want to have a few key people understand a bit better what it is we are trying to do out here. Rome wasn't built in a day and David was scuplted overnight. I know that little...
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    Stage Manager Agent?

    Thanks mate,If things don't improve here I will take you up on that .With UAE law all Trade Unions are forbidden. The logic here is that since less than 20 % of the population is native (as in UAE citizen) and none of them labor why would they need one? They import all of their workers from...
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    Stage Manager Agent?

    Dave,If ignorance was wealth these people would be Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Oprah collectively. They often don't see what I do (minus the trash or other minor detail that is out of place) and have a VERY vague understanding of what a Stage Manager does. In fact just today I was told that...
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    Stage Manager Agent?

    To those in the Know.I am but a humble stage manager who is currently working in the United Arab Emirates for a company that knows less about theatre than most people know about quantum physics. While I have agreed to work for this company the amount of work to run a (relatively) simple show...
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    Building an Orchestra Shell

    I am on a campus but I have had a terrible time working with engineering departments. They are very busy and often scoff at my suggested projects (I asked them to come up with a way to improve my orchestra pit). If not a engineer who do I get in contact with?GBTimex
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    Building an Orchestra Shell

    Audio guys/galsI have a idea that I wanted some feedback/WTF are you doing, on.You see my theatre is wonderful for dance, bands and stage shows. What it's god awful for is orchestra and unamplified sound.We currently do not have any shells and the space is so **** big (128' x 52' x 66'...
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    Sunday knots

    This is what I was taught as well.We use the exact knot and style of rope as well. I have had no issues thus far but I am but a humble TD and rigging is not my specialty.I am sorry for the confusion over the term "Sunday" it's just what I was taught was the term for "rope that secures the...
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