Recent content by tenor_singer

Hi, I just closed our first weekend of our spring musical and I had the most awful experience with our microphones Friday. We are currently using 22 microphones in our production: 9 AT 1400 series (pre-set single frequency) 5 AT 3000 series (can be set to dozens of different...

This may seem silly and over-simplified... Our last show's set had 6 doors in it, two of which were "flat doors" and 4 were regular pre-hung doors. The two flat doors (just a regular 4 x 8 x 1" flat with a thin door hinged on it) continually reopened after they were closed. I just assigned...

as soon as I get some, I'll try.

I had a first in 20 years of directing high school theater this past weekend. I did the play Arsenic and Old Lace and decided to make up for the simplicity of the acting by going top end with our set. My 25 stage crew members built it for two months giving up 18 - 20 hours of their free time...

When I graduated from college, I remember my university hosting job fairs, funding an effective career planning and placement center and bragging about a high percentage of job placements. I was wondering if Full Sail hosted such activities, funded such an entity and made the same boasts. My...

I have a question for all of you Full Sail Graduates... I have an ex student who graduated from Full Sale and has been working as a computer salesman for the past three years. He cannot find a job in the major field of study that he took there. How long did it take for you to find a job...

I was toying with trying to dampen the sound in my old high school's gymnasium. The bass would just roll around in the ceiling for an insufferable amount of time making all sound muddy. It was suggested to me by a friend in the industry that they make a paint product that can be sprayed onto...

When I directed A Secret Garden, I created the officer uniforms by raiding a local thrift shop for suitcoats of similar color. I then had some of the more talented sewers modify the coats to look similar to some uniform pictures that we researched. Total per uniform: $10.00.

We had our school's insurance inspection and I am floored at a request that the inspector made. We have a small curved thrust that sticks out about 10 feet that is 32" high and the inspector was worried that a performer could fall off the stage and hurt themselves. He wanted us to put a 3'...

Is your friend certified to teach this area? I can't believe that a school district would have somebody teaching outside of their certification area... especially something as kid-dangerous as technical theater. If he/she isn't, it definately violates NCLB's "highly qualified" standard. I'd...

I was assuming that it would be a rather quick, modular repair. It just seemed odd that he'd advise against purchasing powered mixers while advising to purchase powered speakers.

My mentor... so to speak... for tech theater once told me that I should never invest in a mixer/amp hybrid. His reasoning was that if you purchase them as seperate units, if one part goes catastrophically bad, you still have the other piece... and then all you have to do is go purchase another...

I refurbished several old 6" fresnels at my old theater. The way I did it was remove all of the materials that could be ruined by sand (ie... the socket, wiring, lense, etc...). I then had our vocational agriculture class sand blast them clean. I asked them what paint they were going to...

I would also suggest a refresher on how to deal with bloody injuries and on blood born pathogens. In the States there are very specific regulations that must be followed in the event that a bloody accident happens. I'm not sure if this is nation-wide, but at my job, it is their...

I don't really do installs. Having said this, I was wondering whether or not the company that installed my dimmer rack three years ago should have put fencing around it? Mine is in a corner of the construction shop (a joy to keep clean... but that is a story for another time) where any person...