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    Conventional Fixtures Resource to ID old lighting instruments? Online would be best but a book . . .

    Point well taken. I will post such a photo as soon as I return to the theater. Thanks!
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    Person appears from a just emptied cardboard box . . . Hmmm!

    Thank you! I will go in search of such a box!
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    Person appears from a just emptied cardboard box . . . Hmmm!

    The illusion: A cardboard box, approximately 2' X 2', filled with books located in an old attic is emptied, tipped over, by a group of kids in view of the audience. Moments later someone "magically" appears from the same box. There are no trap doors in the stage and the box is immediately...
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    Conventional Fixtures Resource to ID old lighting instruments? Online would be best but a book . . .

    As I seek to repair older lighting instruments in our high school's collection I find that some of the ellipsoidals don't seem to have a name or ID number. Since they are missing their lamps I am at a loss. One person said to me, "That's an old Century," or "you can still get lamps for that...
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    New Drama Teacher/Director

    Greetings ControlBooth! I am entering my first year as a high school drama teacher and director.I am entering a facility that has a highly glossed hardwood floor, a 1972 light panel with fraying patch cords, and dimmer levers out of Frankenstein, and a sound system with a football field...
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