First all your trash talk about my ADJ theater Charc and guess what you need... ADJ baby!!
Ok, take a radio that plugs into the wall for power and make yourself a circuit map. Plug the radio in. Crank it up loud enough to hear from the breaker panel. Start tripping breakers. When the radio shuts off you've found the circuit. Now leave that circuit off and go plug the radio in somewhere else. If it doesn't work, you know what circuit it's on. If it does, go flip more breakers. Make a map as you go.
Second, I would go talk with your activity adviser or who ever the staff member in charge of the dance about how dances are usually structured and located in the facility. What do they require for ambient lighting? You want to know what sort of issues they may have with your lighting ahead of time. At the scary school I used to teach at we had to have very strict security, metal detectors/pat down searches, strict chaperone rules, strict lighting rules, strict clothing rules, strict no freak dancing rules etc... If we didn't the students would have sex on the dance floor and shoot each other in the parking lot after the dance (I exaggerate a little). While I know your school is a little more tame than mine was it would be wise for you to just get a sense of their administrative policies. And have them preview your lighting before the dance begins. You don't want them to come in and say, "it's not light enough in here, turn on the flourescent tubes!!"
Third, talk with the DJ. Most of them have some DJ lighting gear. Maybe he's already got all the ADJ stuff and all you need to think about is the ambient lighting.
Fourth don't forget the point made earlier about the smoke detectors and fog machines.
Ok, take a radio that plugs into the wall for power and make yourself a circuit map. Plug the radio in. Crank it up loud enough to hear from the breaker panel. Start tripping breakers. When the radio shuts off you've found the circuit. Now leave that circuit off and go plug the radio in somewhere else. If it doesn't work, you know what circuit it's on. If it does, go flip more breakers. Make a map as you go.
Second, I would go talk with your activity adviser or who ever the staff member in charge of the dance about how dances are usually structured and located in the facility. What do they require for ambient lighting? You want to know what sort of issues they may have with your lighting ahead of time. At the scary school I used to teach at we had to have very strict security, metal detectors/pat down searches, strict chaperone rules, strict lighting rules, strict clothing rules, strict no freak dancing rules etc... If we didn't the students would have sex on the dance floor and shoot each other in the parking lot after the dance (I exaggerate a little). While I know your school is a little more tame than mine was it would be wise for you to just get a sense of their administrative policies. And have them preview your lighting before the dance begins. You don't want them to come in and say, "it's not light enough in here, turn on the flourescent tubes!!"
Third, talk with the DJ. Most of them have some DJ lighting gear. Maybe he's already got all the ADJ stuff and all you need to think about is the ambient lighting.
Fourth don't forget the point made earlier about the smoke detectors and fog machines.