Return-Path: X-Processed-By: Virex 7 on prxy.net X-Real-To: stagecraftlist [at] theatrical.net X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.1.8 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: Message-ID: From: "Stagecraft" Sender: "Stagecraft" To: "Stagecraft" Precedence: list Subject: Stagecraft Digest #53 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 03:00:28 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #53 1. portable staging by "neesa" 2. Re: NYC High School Tech JOBS by "Scott C. Parker" 3. Re: portable staging by "Tony Deeming" 4. Re: portable staging by "Alf Sauve" 5. grandMA files by "pete quinlan" 6. Re: Production Triangle (Good, Fast, Cheap) by "Kevin R. Lowther" 7. Re: Production Triangle (Good, Fast, Cheap) by Herrick 8. Re: grandMA files by "C. Andrew Dunning" 9. Re: Production Triangle (Good, Fast, Cheap) by "Delbert Hall" 10. Re: Production Triangle (Good, Fast, Cheap) by Stuart Wheaton *** Please update the subject line of your reply to use the subject *** line of the message you are replying to! Please only reply to *** one message subject in each reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "neesa" Subject: portable staging Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:46:13 -0500 Message-ID: <004c01c45b84$086e8d10$0100a8c0 [at] music2> In-Reply-To: I've recently started working with a touring group that does a lot of children's theater. They're in need of portable staging. Everything I've seen commercially seems abominably heavy. Has anyone constructed anything that two people could move without killing themselves and that would collapse down to a relatively tight space? I thought about aluminum tubing for the frames, but I'm not sure about decking material. Thanks, Neesa Hart ------------------------------ Message-Id: <6.1.1.1.2.20040626162653.04bb4ec0 [at] mail.hstech.org> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:35:28 -0400 From: "Scott C. Parker" Subject: Re: NYC High School Tech JOBS Cc: ermtech [at] hstech.org In-Reply-To: References: I sent this a few weeks ago before I had details of a particular position. I have an opening, mine, at the Edward R. Murrow HS in Brooklyn. Big shop and lots of toys. More importantly, great kids. If you have certification, I can get you hired by this Wednesday for next year! After that, it's gets harder. The current principal, Mr. S. Bruckner is retiring after 30 years of running this school. He founded Murrow. This ends his 47 year career in education. Amazing guy, looks a bit like Kermit the Frog. He will be missed. If anyone knows anyone in the NYC system who has the proper licenses to work with tools and they are a decent sort, have them contact me right away. If you are certifiable, contact me right away... Email resumes in PDF format. For more about working for the DOE: http://www.nycenet.edu/teachnyc You can find a salary page as well. Scott At 10:29 PM 6/9/2004, you wrote: >For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see >--------------------------------------------------- > >Greetings all, >I'm being asked if I know people qualified to teach tech for the NYC Dept. >of Ed. school system. Now, we all know that many folks here are more then >qualified to teach technical theater. The catch is that you would need to >be a NY State certified teacher. >If anyone is interested, let me know. >Scott Scott C. Parker Production Designer/Technical Director Edward R. Murrow High School 1600 Ave. L. Brooklyn, NY 11230 718-258-4156 ext. 184 ermtech~AT~hstech.org http://www.hstech.org ------------------------------ Message-ID: <005901c45bbe$ae494dd0$0a01a8c0 [at] Tony> From: "Tony Deeming" References: Subject: Re: portable staging Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:46:39 +0100 WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU....!!!!??????? (A little geography helps enormously!!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "neesa" To: "Stagecraft" Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 2:46 PM Subject: portable staging > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > I've recently started working with a touring group that does a lot of > children's theater. They're in need of portable staging. Everything > I've seen commercially seems abominably heavy. Has anyone constructed > anything that two people could move without killing themselves and that > would collapse down to a relatively tight space? I thought about > aluminum tubing for the frames, but I'm not sure about decking material. > > Thanks, > > Neesa Hart > > > ------------------------------ Message-ID: <03df01c45bc9$e676b570$0600a8c0 [at] alf> From: "Alf Sauve" References: Subject: Re: portable staging Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:53:46 -0400 Neesa, Exactly how much do you consider "abominably" heavy? You need to quantify that number, before you start down the build it yourself path. Then you'll have a number to shoot for. What number are you shooting for, for what size sections? You could make it in smaller sections that are easier to handle. BUT then the cost goes up again as you have to make more sections for a given area, more supports, more edges to finish and connect and it'll take longer to assemble and dissasemble. Alf ----- Original Message ----- From: "neesa" To: "Stagecraft" Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 9:46 AM Subject: portable staging > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > I've recently started working with a touring group that does a lot of > children's theater. They're in need of portable staging. Everything > I've seen commercially seems abominably heavy. Has anyone constructed > anything that two people could move without killing themselves and that > would collapse down to a relatively tight space? I thought about > aluminum tubing for the frames, but I'm not sure about decking material. > > Thanks, > > Neesa Hart > > ------------------------------ From: "pete quinlan" Subject: grandMA files Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:18:16 +0800 Message-ID: I was recently on my local distibutors website donloading some grandMA manuals but was unable to download one called "Hog to grandMA thesaurus". It was a PDF that judging by the title could be very useful. I have emailed the supplier but have recieved no response, does anyone know of another source to obtain this document. Regards Peter Quinlan P.S. I have also tried MA Lighting's website and thier worldwide distributors. _________________________________________________________________ Find love today with ninemsn personals. Click here: http://ninemsn.match.com?referrer=hotmailtagline ------------------------------ Message-ID: <002f01c45bf0$a85ad420$6a01a8c0 [at] D7LCXK11> From: "Kevin R. Lowther" Subject: Re: Production Triangle (Good, Fast, Cheap) Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 22:43:55 -0400 Sorry, Chris, but I have to disagree. I know I'm not the oldest or the most experienced on the list, but I've heard this for years, all across the country from many sources and have yet to hear your version. Also, it just doesn't make sense; of course it's possible to have any two of the three choices. The "Production Triangle" allows you to pick any two of them (Good, Fast or Cheap) but due to the triangle shape, you can never have the third. In other words, you can have it Good and Fast, but it certainly won't be Cheap, etc. Kevin R. Lowther "The Lion King" Gazelle Tour-Automation Carpenter IATSE #15, Seattle, WA Currently in Columbus, OH ----- Original Message ----- Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20040624111724.0182a3b8 [at] pop.west.cox.net> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:17:24 From: CB Subject: Re: Cheap D/A circuitry >Remember: Good, Fast or Cheap. Pick two. Again I'd like to point out that this is the most oft misquoted old saw behind "Alas, poor Yorick, I new him well." The corret saying is: Good, Fast, or Cheap, Pick ONE. This lets you know what their focus is. We all know that they want all of the above, and in larger quantities than are ever available, but we are trying to put together what their favorite of the three is. This way, we can start making decisions without having to ask them every fifteen minutes. If the budget is the master of the project, we know that the desision that is correct is the one that's cheapest, and conversly, if time is the underlying driving force, the fast one over the cheap one is going to be the answer. It keeps you from handing decisionmaking over to a committee, and the phrases "Let me think about that" and its cousin, "I'll bring it up and see what (fill in committee here) says". Chris "Chris" Babbie Location Sound MON AZ Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment. Rates negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:05:41 -0400 Subject: Re: Production Triangle (Good, Fast, Cheap) From: Herrick In-Reply-To: Message-Id: > Yo CB I gotta agree with kevin. It's definitely pick 2! what's the point of picking one? It;s much harder to pick your 2. -H Herrick Goldman Lighting Designer, NYC www.HGLightingDesign.com "To the scores of silent alchemists who wreak their joy in darkness and in light bringing magic to life, we bow most humbly. "-CDS ------------------------------ From: "C. Andrew Dunning" Subject: Re: grandMA files Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 22:15:14 -0500 Organization: Landru Design In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Peter - What you want is the "GrandMA Thesaurus." It is at http://www.actlighting.com/. Click on the "resources" link. Regards - C. Andrew Dunning Landru Design - Nashville, TN - cad [at] landrudesign.com www.landrudesign.com >I was recently on my local distibutors website donloading some >grandMA manuals but was unable to download one called "Hog to >grandMA thesaurus". >It was a PDF that judging by the title could be very useful. >I have emailed the supplier but have recieved no response, >does anyone know of another source to obtain this document. > >Regards >Peter Quinlan > >P.S. I have also tried MA Lighting's website and thier >worldwide distributors. ------------------------------ From: "Delbert Hall" Subject: Re: Production Triangle (Good, Fast, Cheap) Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:19:40 -0400 Organization: ETSU Message-ID: <000501c45bf5$9607b860$6400a8c0 [at] delbert> In-Reply-To: I agree - "two." -Delbert -----Original Message----- > Yo CB I gotta agree with kevin. It's definitely pick 2! what's the point of picking one? It;s much harder to pick your 2. -H Herrick Goldman Lighting Designer, NYC www.HGLightingDesign.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <40DE3D4B.20606 [at] fuse.net> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:21:47 -0400 From: Stuart Wheaton Subject: Re: Production Triangle (Good, Fast, Cheap) References: In-Reply-To: Kevin R. Lowther wrote: > Sorry, Chris, but I have to disagree. I know I'm not the oldest or the most > experienced on the list, but I've heard this for years, all across the > country from many sources and have yet to hear your version. Also, it just > doesn't make sense; of course it's possible to have any two of the three > choices. The "Production Triangle" allows you to pick any two of them (Good, > Fast or Cheap) but due to the triangle shape, you can never have the third. > In other words, you can have it Good and Fast, but it certainly won't be > Cheap, etc. As I always heard it, it was 'Safe, Fast, Cheap --- Pick two.' Or I suppose any place in the triangle, like moderately safe/good, pretty affordable, done in a reasonable time frame. Stuart ------------------------------ End of Stagecraft Digest #53 ****************************