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[Christopher Cook]

Did anybody else notice all the dead horses with saddles on them? I think all the clips are reversed.

just looks like it is twisted.

Edit: I take that back, yup.

 

[BillConnerFASTC]

It's hard to see but even harder to dignify the whole concept with a comment.

 

[Eboy87]

It's hard to see but even harder to dignify the whole concept with a comment.

I don't know, the Gilligan's Island comment seemed to sum it up best.

 

[StradivariusBone]

I don't know, the Gilligan's Island comment seemed to sum it up best.

Just sit right back
and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip.
It started at the Home Depot,
for Chinese cable clips.

The rigger was a drama dad
His daughter in the play
Five flats he sent aloft that night
With hardware from eBay.
Hardware from eBay.

The HVAC started getting rough
The tiny flats were tossed
In spite of the courage
of the brave stage dad
The opening would be lost
opening would be lost.






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[BillConnerFASTC]

Excellent! Bravo Strad.

 

[FatherMurphy]

Doesn't get any worse than this . . .

Yes, it does....

Inside that length of stovepipe is sand and cast iron window sash weights. I wrote a report in 1993 or 1994 telling the guys who ran this theater to remove it immediately - I was finally called in to remove it this past January, when they noticed the ropes were finally breaking.

I should probably write a thread just for this theater someday - it's just jaw-dropping. The only saving grace of this space (and it's a slender one) is that it's a Masonic auditorium that rarely is open to the public.

 

[Eboy87]

@FatherMurphy, that reminded me of something I found my first job out of college. The company I was with was contracted to bring in lighting for a wedding reception at a Shriner's temple. We were dropping LED bars along a wall for uplighting and asked for power. One of the girls on the crew asked if she should use the power provided 'cause it looked sketch. I walked over and found this.

Apparently their idea of "power drop" was 70' of zip cord with duplex edisons spliced in every 10 feet. No boxes, just the outlets and e-tape.

We charged extra and brought our own cable package.

 

[Jay Ashworth]

Aw, c'mon Strad, you only hadda write one more verse...

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[Vega]

The TD at the school where I work has told me that ages ago, before the place was dead-hung, the rigging was weighted with a sandbag, an anvil and a machinist's vise, and you still had to pull like hell. I would love to see pictures of that system.

 

[StradivariusBone]

Aw, c'mon Strad, you only hadda write one more verse...

Sorry, Jay. I was actually doing that in the midst of one of our many interminable band/orchestra/chorus/kazoo concerts. Is May over yet?

Just sit right back
and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip.
It started at the Home Depot,
for Chinese cable clips.

The rigger was a drama dad
His daughter in the play
Five flats he sent aloft that night
With hardware from eBay.
Hardware from eBay.

The HVAC started getting rough
The tiny flats were tossed
In spite of the courage
of the brave stage dad
The opening would be lost
opening would be lost.

The set crashed down
on the deck of this small cafetorium
with Drama Dad
and a Stage Mom too
The Principal and his Wife
The Diva Lead
The Director and Non-Union Hands
Here on Stagecrafter's Isle!

 

[Jay Ashworth]

Thank you.

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[Jay Ashworth]

And also for skipping "and the rest".

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[StradivariusBone]

And also for skipping "and the rest".

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I was always a Mary Ann guy. Ginger's too high-maintenance.