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Depending on venue requirements, Coroplast makes a flame resistant version too. Love the stuff. Lots of design info on church stage decoration sites, etc.

In our venue we cut old pieces of #14 electrical wire into 12 to 18 inch lengths and use them to tie up cable. Strong and reusable. Stores in a cheap plastic toolbox nicely as well.

You got it! That is what I did. Last cue would be halt, then go from there sets time code to next hour and 0.00.00, plays then halts. Bonus was that it makes minor time editing really easy. Highlight time code and adjust with scroll wheel.Good luck and have fun!

I used time code macro commands to reset time code to 0 at start of each dance number. Subsequent cues fire from there until last one which is a halt cue.

I've put in a bug ticket about that and the official reply was "that's the way it is...". I had some cues with 90 second fades timed to music and they were 10 seconds out. Ended up having to do a dance recital using time code trickery. The time code generator is spot on.

When we did our production of Wizard of Oz, I made my own. The tornado scene was a tube made out of bristol board, painted and then placed on a piano stool. My son rotated it and I filmed it using a rocking motion. Changed it to sepia Colour in Sony Vegas. The house landing in Munchkin Land was...

I have the good fortune to work in a larger venue that is a shared space between a local high school and a community theater. One of the students from this school landed a dream job at Google and came back to record the theater for Google Street View. This allows anyone to "walk" the theater and...

When we did this show in 2009 it really challenged us technically for Port Colborne Operatic Society. Here are some of our highlights:Glinda's entrance: we used an old lightweight 18 inch scoop with a light pink gel behind the cyc to simulate a floating orb. It would "float" from SR to SL then...