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    Bad rigging in school theater!

    The conduit is tightly packed together and is only thin metal conduit. I dont mean to sound defensive or rude but I grew up with a studio background. My dad has been in local 728 for 17 years. I have the knowledge to see that this is not were lights were meant to hang. And as for the "yoohoo"...
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    Bad rigging in school theater!

    I am dealing with a problem of the sorts too. We have a theater that was built in 2009 by a bunch of yoohoos. Our cat walk rigging is none existant so they decided to hang 27 source fours from a hand rail. It is super flimsy and some of the lights are even hung improperly! I was recently re...
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    ETC Ion freezing and going into blackout..HELP!

    I havent had a chance to call them but we are still battling the problem....I will call in later this week..... I am thinking it has something to do with how nobody has updated the console since it was bought in 2009... I will call ETC Again but I think I will update it too. Thanks, Griffin Hartz
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    ETC Ion freezing and going into blackout..HELP!

    ok. I just called and i talked to Shaun. He told me i need to pull apart the console and reseat the RAM and hard drive cable. Does this sound right?
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    ETC Ion freezing and going into blackout..HELP!

    ETC has told us that they will look into it and get back to us, but it has been two weeks and we have heard nothing.
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    ETC Ion freezing and going into blackout..HELP!

    Thank for the fast reply!... We have contacted them but cannot seem to get an answer.
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    Lighting / Sound Cue Sheets

    We take a script and write on it the cue locations then copy it for all crew mwmbers. Then I highlight my lighting cues so i can make sure i see them.
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    Question for TDs of high schools or high school crew members...

    1) When you do outside shows (i.e., not your choir, band, etc) that pay to rent your venue, does your student stage crew get paid? Yes we do. 2) If so, how much? $10+/hr 3) If you do pay, how do you relate it (if at all) to federal or state minimum wage laws?Above Min. wage 4) Do they have to...
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    ETC Ion freezing and going into blackout..HELP!

    I am the board operator for my high schools theater and our ETC Ion keeps freezing and then blacking out all lights. This happends randomly about once per show! We are in desperate need of help. Please feel free to give any imput or if you have any questions please ask. We are one week from...
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