I work in a high school that is looking to replace the strip lights in the larger of our two theaters. The proscenium is 50' wide, the stage is 40' deep from apron to back wall, and the bottom of the borders is about 17' from the deck. There are 4 electrics, and each originally had 7 Altman R40 strips (6', 4-circuit). The first three rows were for general stage wash (RGBW), and the 4th was used as cyc lights. Three years ago, I was allowed to use money that was left over from a construction project to purchase 7 Color Force 72's to light the cyc (amazing color spectrum & intensity, btw). On the first 3 electrics, we've also taken down an R40 and spread the remaining ones out, in order to have more room for ellipsoidals and other fixtures. We've saved up box office profits for a while and now would like to get rid of the rest of the R40's. I'm trying to keep this portion to ~$20K so we have enough left to also purchase an Ion to replace our Express 48/96 console. I'd like more Color Force's (we had great success with them on the first electric for a show that didn't need the cyc lit), but getting a bunch of those is outside our current budget. We demoed the Chauvet COLORado battens, and think that 6 of the 144's on each of the first two electrics and 6 of the 72's on the third electric would be an acceptable compromise. Our local theatrical supplier is having a sale, and the total would only be $18.8K, leaving me enough for the necessary power and DMX cabling, and the constant current modules for my dimmer rack. What does anybody think? Good idea, not worth it, other suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Tim Klein
Hunterdon Central Regional H.S.
Flemington, NJ
Thanks in advance,
Tim Klein
Hunterdon Central Regional H.S.
Flemington, NJ