Les
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12 days for me. Then my school is hiring me back as a consultant.
Ah, you're one of those people
Not a senior, but an elder.
Sneak Peek :)
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Ah, you're one of those people
Not a senior, but an elder.
Oh my, LED wall washes. My school has 50 or so Colorblast 12's on the walls - and for all practical high school purposes they are useless - so if I'm doing my math correctly (it should be; I used google) thats about $40,000 - FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS - that could have been used elsewhere. (Granted, you can make some really cool effects in the house)
ooh they also used RGB ceiling cans for two alcoves that the manufacturer was selling knowing that they were defective and would be useless right out of the box. Not just these particular ones, but every single one manufactured. I dont remember the specifics, but it has something to do with the DMX resetting every time you turn them off. You can get them set up correctly, but then they would have to stay on all the time. So they're just a harsh pink color now.
Aaaaanyway. How much wing/backstage space is there?
Also, I couldn't tell; Is there a partitioned booth so sound can have their own world?
oh it will. 18 more (school) days...
sdauditorium
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I noticed that too. I'm pretty sure it is.
sdauditorium
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Sony
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The patch panel will be rarely used, most of the patches are normalized with the plug below it and line up with a channel on the board so patch cables are not usually necessary unless you're gonna get crazy. The 18" Multi is the way we switch from our "Mid-House" mix position to our booth mix position. The board itself has a multi with the same connector and 60 something XLR's on it which travels with the board, when we want to move the board we plug the multi into one of those plugs mounted in the floor. There is one in the booth and one mid-house. Then there is another one on the center of the back wall of the stage which is used for our 48 channel Stage snake. The Sensor racks door is NOT very close to that panel....it's an optical illusion do to the angle of the picture, they are actually about 12" apart, there is no issues opening the door.
The whole school has ethernet internet jacks all over the place, at least one in every room if not more.
Yea, thats our staircase access to get us to our mid-rail and loading rail, access to the FOH Catwalk is also from the mid-rail. It is really huge..I wish it was a bit smaller but for some reason it had to be that big due to ADA regulations. It's about 6ft in diameter, kind of ridiculous.
beachcombah15
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Hmmm...seeing as I live so close, I'd love to come take a look at this piece of art....
What do you think?
What do you think?
Not to pick on you, here's my little grammar patrol. Jealousy is when you have something that others want and don't want to share. Envy is when someone else has something that you want. </rant>
I'm glad to see some districts still sinking money into their arts program. Some schools are not only cutting their arts budgets, but also their science labs. Insane.
I wonder how long it will be until the students at the school are complaining about the equipment. "man we only have. . ."
Well, tomorrow is the day they hand over the building to us. Unfortunately we have a huge production this week in the old school and we wont actually be getting over there till next week
Can you put pictures up of the finished facility?
Great to see that you can get a new theatre. The one at the school I'm going to next year gets remodelled come summer; hope it turns out good.
midgetgreen11
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Hey Sony, what are the three orange lights to the left and right of the proscenium in that first photo?
Tex
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Most theatres have "wide seats and skinny seats". It's the only way to stagger seats so you're not looking at the head in front of you and still keep the aisles a consistent width. It's not that noticeable to the eye, but when you start replacing seats or seat backs, you notice quickly!
renegadeblack
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Ain't that the truth. We rented a boom lift which we were assured would go down the aisles, but of course, didn't. So, there's the task of taking off a seat on the end of every freaking row. I'm glad that the rest of my crew realized this and organized things accordingly... I'm also glad that they thought of the row letters when they were putting the seats back in... I know for a fact that I would have overlooked that.
Sony
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Unfortunately they still have not officially turned over the keys to the building. It's being delayed until sometime next month. Trust me....the second we get access there will be lots of information flooding this site. Right now we are just working on packing up the old space and getting ready to move. One thing I will say is our inventory of fixtures is exploding out of control. We are going from a total of ~120 fixtures to over 430 fixtures. Once we make the full Tech Spec sheet public you'll get more info, trust me it's impressive at around 7 pages of equipment lists.
