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Stagecraft Digest, Issue #755

 1. Re: USITT
    by "RD" <doomster [at] worldnet.att.net>
 2. Re: German Forklift Video
    by "RD" <doomster [at] worldnet.att.net>
 3. Deep Clean on a Strand 520i
    by <budicca [at] cox.net>
 4. Re: Deep Clean on a Strand 520i
    by "John Gibilisco" <johngib [at] cox.net>
 5. Re: Photos turning Green
    by Jason Tollefson <jason [at] tollefsondesigns.com>
 6. Re: where to drink - B'way?
    by Paul Masck <paul [at] masck.com>
 7. Re: Actors who have done tech?
    by June Abernathy <jea00321 [at] yahoo.com>
 8. Re: actors who have also done tech?
    by CB <psyd [at] cox.net>
 9. Re: Show suggestions, anyone?
    by CB <psyd [at] cox.net>
10. Re: Electrical question question
    by CB <psyd [at] cox.net>
11. Re: touring with the circus.
    by CB <psyd [at] cox.net>

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Reply-To: <doomster [at] worldnet.att.net>
From: "RD" <doomster [at] worldnet.att.net>
Subject: RE: USITT
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 18:56:54 -0600
Message-ID: <12a701c6584b$d56a9000$c083c447 [at] doom1>
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My only problem was the ongoing violation of public assembly and Life Safety
Fire Codes. A number of sessions, safety ones too, that I wished to attend,
were so crowded that people were standing in aisles and the back of the
room, and blocking the doors. The session presenters did not seem to take
note of this. I noted this during the three days I was at the conference. 
This has occurred in many conferences and I have brought it to the attention
of the administration at the conference and to individual presenters, but
this concern has not seemed to make a difference. Safety personnel who
present safety sessions should be fully aware of the violation of the Fire
and Safety Codes and provide the good example necessary, even if it means
asking those who crowd the room to leave. Better preplanning and
communication with the Health and Safety Commission about these safety
sessions should be a given, so that they might provide professional advice
to those who wish to do a given safety session, and ask for larger rooms
from the conference committee. The Saturday morning Safety Session by Scott
was in a large enough room. The others should have been. 
Please, bring to the attention of the USITT administration and the
conference planning people, some of whom were safety people, that rooms of
sufficient capacity should be planned for sessions that have many people,
and if they are crowded, the session presenter should definitely ask those
to leave who crowd the room, or stop the session, reschedule, when a larger 
Room can be obtained. 
Life Safety and Fire Safety, and the health of those in the rooms should
always be taken into account. 

Also, the Fellows Address room, after the end, was a room where crowd
control was definitely lacking as people rushed in for the Products before
the audience from the Fellows Session was allowed out. 
Not good management nor good Crowd Management, and certainly a hazard to al.

Dr. Doom  
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Mike Katz
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 5:16 AM
To: Stagecraft
Subject: Re: USITT

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Nah, The show floor does not open until later this morning. The swag
hunting starts then.  Good conference so far.

Mike

On 3/29/06, JUSTIN DAVID BENNETT <jbennett43 [at] mail.accd.edu> wrote:
> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
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>
> Shhhh... they're hunting swag. ;-)
>
> Justin Bennett
> Technical Director / Theatre Manager
> St. Philip's College - Watson Fine Arts Center
> jbennett43 [at] mail.accd.edu
> (210) 531-4706 Office
> (210) 531-4768 Fax
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Greg
Bierly
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:16 PM
> To: Stagecraft
> Subject: USITT
>
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>
> I imagine things will pick up  tonight after everyone gets back to
> their room, but anyone notice how quiet it is while USITT is going
> on.  Lucky bastards.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>


--
Mike Katz
Technical Director
MIT Theater Arts
617.253.0824


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Reply-To: <doomster [at] worldnet.att.net>
From: "RD" <doomster [at] worldnet.att.net>
Subject: RE: German Forklift Video
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 18:58:07 -0600
Message-ID: <130001c6584c$01304fe0$c083c447 [at] doom1>
In-Reply-To: <list-28957330 [at] prxy.net>

Thank you for the info. Definitely needed for many venues for training, here
in the US. Doom 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Scott
Peterson
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 4:54 AM
To: Stagecraft
Subject: Re: German Forklift Video

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I believe this is the website for the video.

http://www.staplerfahrerklaus.de/

It's titled "Forklift Driver Klaus - The First Day on the Job"
You can even buy a DVD copy of it for 10 euros.

-Scott

Scott Peterson
Technical Director - Upland Stage Centre
Upland Unified School District, Upland, CA
scpteck [at] earthlink.net




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From: <budicca [at] cox.net>
Subject: Deep Clean on a Strand 520i
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 21:00:36 -0400
Message-Id: <20060405010036.PALI15695.fed1rmmtao01.cox.net [at] [172.18.180.8]>

Hello all,

We need to do a deep clean on our Strand 520i lighting console.  It's been so long that none of us remember how to do it. I thought maybe you guys could help us out.  

Thanks,
Roxann Adamsen
Master Electrician
Rhino Staging
Dodge Theatre
Phoenix, AZ


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From: "John Gibilisco" <johngib [at] cox.net>
References: <list-29185575 [at] prxy.net>
Subject: Re: Deep Clean on a Strand 520i
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 22:25:24 -0500

Hey Roxanne,

With a keyboard hooked up shutdown the console. When the exit screen comes
up enter the command,

220clean

and then

ENTER

It will prompt you the rest of the way.

John G
Omaha
jgibilisco [at] omahaplayhouse.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <budicca [at] cox.net>
To: "Stagecraft" <stagecraft [at] theatrical.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 8:00 PM
Subject: Deep Clean on a Strand 520i


> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Hello all,
>
> We need to do a deep clean on our Strand 520i lighting console.  It's been
so long that none of us remember how to do it. I thought maybe you guys
could help us out.
>
> Thanks,
> Roxann Adamsen
> Master Electrician
> Rhino Staging
> Dodge Theatre
> Phoenix, AZ
>



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Message-ID: <20060405035119.15475.qmail [at] web51014.mail.yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 20:51:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jason Tollefson <jason [at] tollefsondesigns.com>
Reply-To: jason [at] tollefsondesigns.com
Subject: Re: Photos turning Green
In-Reply-To: <list-29185478 [at] prxy.net>

> > Any more ideas out there?   RF

While I don't have any idea why the pics are showing up this way I do have a suggestion as that
might help correct the issue.  Once a file is corrupted, saving it again rarely fixes the problem.
 Try opening the image in Photoshop (where you say it looks right)  then    use the marquee tool
to select the entire image.  Copy it to the clipboard.  Now create a new document (it should
automatically set the size of the new image to match that of the image in the clipboard)  Paste
the clipboard into the new document, flatten the image and save it as a new version of the image. 
My bet is that that will fix your problem.  But if it doesn't, remember that this advice is free
and you get what you pay for!

Jason Tollefson
www.tollefsondesigns.com

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Message-Id: <2BE119BE-A250-45C1-984F-893D32A4E9FF [at] masck.com>
From: Paul Masck <paul [at] masck.com>
Subject: Re: where to drink - B'way?
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 00:17:09 -0400

> The Bull Moose is always a solid choice in that part of town.  Lately,
> I've never seen it crowded either, so it makes for a good place to go
> with a posse/crowd/large gathering.

I always assumed the Bull Moose was going to close soon.
At one point when we were drinking there, they had six empty taps,
Bud Light, Cider, and nothing behind the bar except Canadian Club and
Pucker. Terrible excuse for a bar. Not always like that though...

I have to stand up for my regular haunt, Deacon Brodies,
on 46th between 8th and 9th, south side of the street, closer
to 9th, up 3 steps. Liam and Andy are excellent bartenders,
the place has great atmosphere, and music that's loud enough to
be fun, but quiet enough for conversation.

I'll see you there sometime...
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Paul Masck    paul [at] masck.com       www.masck.com
slave to the misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms
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Message-ID: <20060405053247.32541.qmail [at] web35311.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 22:32:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: June Abernathy <jea00321 [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Actors who have done tech?

Why should actors work tech and/or SM? Top 10 reasons
off the top of my head:

1) Employment options. It is the rare 

person indeed, in this business, who 

doesn't need a second (third, fourth) job 

for the slow times. Why not one that's in 

the business?

2) SM - Equity card. Sometimes it is 

easier to get your card as an ASM than it 

is as an actor. And you can go back and 

forth.

3) Get a better idea of what is actually 

going on in the world you inhabit. You'll 

be amazed by how much work goes on that 

you had no idea about.

4) Get to play with exciting and 

dangerous tools and equipment.

5) Learn to find your light

6) Learn to properly use a microphone

7) Learn what you (as an actor) can do to 

make life easier for the technicians, 

Stage managers, and designers you will 

encounter in the future. If making their 

life easier doesn't appeal to you, 

avoiding unconciously pissing them off 

should.

8) Learn how to communicate with 

technicians and stage managers. Similar 

to above. If you speak the language, you 

have a better chance of getting what you 

want or understanding what they are 

telling you.

9) Knowledge of what everyone on the 

production does (and how to communicate 

with them) will help you if you have any 

thoughts about directing. SM work will 

help ALOT if you have any thoughts about 

directing.

10) Until you have been treated like a 

peon by other actors while you were 

working hard and doing your job well for 

their benefit, you can't have a real idea 

of how crappy it feels.



June Abernathy
IATSE #321 (Tampa, FL)
FOH Electrician
The Lion King National Tour (Gazelle)

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Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20060404224803.00d2b030 [at] pop.west.cox.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:48:03
From: CB <psyd [at] cox.net>
Subject: Re: actors who have also done tech?

>I believe that Harrison Ford worked as a film carpenter up to working =20=
>on "Star Wars" and then after the wrap of photography and before the =20
>opening.
>> During a recent interview I saw with Al Pacino, he revealed that he
>> had worked as a building superintendent to pay his bills.

There was the grip truck driver (I think) in LA that gave up his gig to be
the corpse, Alex, in "The Big Chill".  Someone else got the driving gig
(and usually someone has to *actually* die before they give up a studio
grip position, so he wasn't getting it back).  He was supposed to do all of
the flashback scenes.  Which got cut.  Even the shot of his face in the
scene at the top where they scan the body ended up on the cutting room
floor.  Fortunately, the folk that he was working with noticed his talent,
and Kevin Costmore, er, Costner became a star.  Oddly, he turned down a
lead role in 'Wargames' for the opportunity...
				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...

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Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20060404225650.00d2b030 [at] pop.west.cox.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:56:50
From: CB <psyd [at] cox.net>
Subject: RE: Show suggestions, anyone?

>Nah...we work in Jerry Falwell's backyard, and the unofficial nickname
>of the population of Randolph-Macon Woman's College is "The Heathens on
>the Hill".

Hey, what did they call Norman, OK?  I know at least one lister who went to
school there with and old chum of mine, and I just remember it was funny,
it being right next to the buckle of the bible belt and all...
				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...

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Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20060404230006.00d2b030 [at] pop.west.cox.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:00:06
From: CB <psyd [at] cox.net>
Subject: Re: Electrical question question

>They've expected you to calculate the resistance of the lamp for it's 
>rated voltage then calculate the expected current on 120V.
>Sneaky!


Skweeky math:  575W, 115 V, on a 120 V circuit.  First, plug in the lamp,
then get the circuit tester... No, actually its:
575 is 600, 120 is 100, (wets thumb and sights down the edge) Purt' near 6
amps, with the fudge factor built in.
				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...

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Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20060404230248.00d2b030 [at] pop.west.cox.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:02:48
From: CB <psyd [at] cox.net>
Subject: Re: touring with the circus.

>yep, , you could have done pretty much all of those things, , , 
>
>of course you might also have ended up on the Blue Unit train when it  de 
>railed in Central Florida about 10 years ago, , ( two fatalities ) 

Now, if you were answering the phone back then, I very well may have ended
up on that train.  With my bike and my dogs!  Somehow I think you saved my
life, but I can't figure out the math right now...
				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...

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