Some would call the process described westcoasting. See the thread http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/scenery-props-rigging/19635-westcoasting.html as well as the wiki definition.Looks like a backdrop bundle wrapper. Used to bundle the drop into itself, velcro holds it together, then the ties tie to pipe for storage. Always a bunch of these used across a drop.
Other method is to keep every 5th tie or so of a drop tied to the pipe, then release all the other ties and bundle up the drop, using the free ties to keep it all in a bundle.
Some would call the process described westcoasting. See the thread http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/scenery-props-rigging/19635-westcoasting.html as well as the wiki definition.
Does anybody know where this term came from?
And why there is no Eastcoasting?
I think I first heard the term in the mid '80s in Chicago used by techs from Des Moines Ballet (thus my neutrality).
Explanations/rationalizations/origins I've heard (both of which relate to New Yorkers' fallacy of superiority):
1. Theatres on the west coast had lower fly towers, supposedly due to frequency of earthquakes.
2. Since tours primarily moved from east to west, the last stop would usually be on the west coast.
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