Return-Path: X-Scanned-By: RAE MPP/Clamd http://raeinternet.com/mpp X-Scanned-By: This message was scanned by MPP Lite Edition (www.messagepartners.com)! X-Real-To: stagecraftlist [at] theatrical.net Received: by prxy.net (CommuniGate Pro PIPE 4.2.10) with PIPE id 42306772; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:02:30 -0800 X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,NO_RECEIVED,NO_RELAYS, PRXY_USER_BODY_AMBIEN,PRXY_USER_BODY_CIALIS,SUBJ_HAS_UNIQ_ID autolearn=no version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on localhost X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.2.10 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: List-Archive: Message-ID: From: "Stagecraft" Sender: "Stagecraft" To: "Stagecraft" Precedence: list Subject: Stagecraft Digest #1136 Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:01:34 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.4 X-prxy-Spam-Filter: Scanned For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #1136 1. Re: Stop that light! No, fade it up somewhere else! by Jim Hyslop 2. Re: Stop that light! No, fade it up somewhere else! by Bruce Purdy 3. Re: Kite flying out: Little Women by Bruce Purdy 4. Re: Banning Incandescent Light bulbs. by "ladesigners [at] juno.com" 5. Re: Stop that light! No, fade it up somewhere else! by Jim Hyslop 6. Re: mirror resources for A Chorus Line by "C. Dopher" 7. Re: Stop that light! No, fade it up somewhere else! by "Bill Nelson" 8. Re: Banning Incandescent Light bulbs. by "Bill Nelson" 9. Re: Where's Waldo... er, Bill? by megironda [at] att.net (Gerry G.) 10. big class by Judy *** 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <45CE9928.2070108 [at] dreampossible.ca> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:18:48 -0500 From: Jim Hyslop Organization: Dreampossible Inc. Subject: Re: Stop that light! No, fade it up somewhere else! References:

In-Reply-To: Bill Nelson wrote: > Bell's first telephone transmission was only one room to the next, probably under 50 > feet of wire. Could that one way communication be called a "conversation"? Follow up question: where was the world's first long-distance phone call made, and how far was it? -- Jim Hyslop ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References:

Message-Id: From: Bruce Purdy Subject: Re: Stop that light! No, fade it up somewhere else! Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:22:58 -0500 On 10 Feb 2007, at 23:18, Jim Hyslop wrote: > Follow up question: where was the world's first long-distance phone > call > made, and how far was it? From NYC I think ?? to Mare Island in CA. My Grandfather was one of those at the receiving end. Bruce ____________________ Bruce Purdy Technical Director Smith Opera House ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: <8B0C874E-671B-4748-8B95-C9C8AB824DA6 [at] rochester.rr.com> From: Bruce Purdy Subject: Re: Kite flying out: Little Women Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:46:27 -0500 On 9 Feb 2007, at 19:30, Scott Parker wrote: > We're doing Little Women and I need to figure out how to fly a kite. > Not only that, but the actor has to let it go and it needs to fly out > of sight, taking the string with it... > > OK, here's the kicker: Action is about 12' from the first row under a > ten foot grid... > > I've been toying with fishing line. The actor has to come on stage and > launch the thing as well... Any suggestions would be appreciated. I agree that flying it out past the back row of the audience sounds like a good idea. Also, since there is no room above the grid, you might consider a false ceiling in the form of a horizontal flat or something hanging under the grid for the kite to hide above. As to how to make it fly, I would try fishing line - but coming from two points. One from the eventual destination (above the audience, ROH), and the other from directly above the starting point. By manipulating the two lines, you should be able to control the flight path. I get a strange sense of deja vu. I think about a year ago someone else asked about making a kite fly in a black box theatre. If you can access the archives, you might find some other suggestions made at the time. You might also find out who posted the original question, and ask them how they ended up dealing with the situation. Bruce ____________________ Bruce Purdy Technical Director Smith Opera House ------------------------------ From: "ladesigners [at] juno.com" Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:53:44 GMT Subject: Re: Banning Incandescent Light bulbs. Message-Id: <20070210.205404.8266.1234572 [at] webmail37.lax.untd.com> There are some members of the California Legislature for which public = incandescence would be far too kind. I am not referring to their wit. /s/ Richard _____________________ Charlie Richmond wrote: > Yes, it was on the news a few days ago. It was explained that > it won't be illegal to possess incandescent lamps, just to sell > them retail ;-) _______________________ When incandescents are outlawed, only outlaws will incandesce. -DVick ------------------------------ Message-ID: <45CEA1CE.1060602 [at] dreampossible.ca> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:55:42 -0500 From: Jim Hyslop Organization: Dreampossible Inc. Subject: Re: Stop that light! No, fade it up somewhere else! References:

In-Reply-To: Bruce Purdy wrote: > On 10 Feb 2007, at 23:18, Jim Hyslop wrote: > >> Follow up question: where was the world's first long-distance phone call >> made, and how far was it? > > > From NYC I think ?? to Mare Island in CA. My Grandfather was one of > those at the receiving end. Maybe you're thinking of the first coast-to-coast call. The first long-distance call was MUCH shorter, and probably much earlier. -- Jim Hyslop ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: From: "C. Dopher" Subject: Re: mirror resources for A Chorus Line Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:21:12 -0500 CB wrote: >> What they ended up doing is purchasing many sliding glass (mirror) >> closet doors from Home Depot / Lowe's. > > Both of these places have mirror... Best I've seen that wasn't actual glass was plexi mirror Liquid Nailed to 3/4 ply backing. Handled carefully, with the protective film removed only just before opening, the mirrors were indistinguishable from glass. Cris Dopher ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1108.205.215.253.191.1171172711.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:45:11 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Stop that light! No, fade it up somewhere else! From: "Bill Nelson" > Follow up question: where was the world's first long-distance phone call > made, and how far was it? Brantford, Ontario. About 3 miles. There were several tests of roughly the same distance. Bill ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1122.205.215.253.191.1171173672.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:01:12 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Banning Incandescent Light bulbs. From: "Bill Nelson" >> Has anyone else heard of this? >> http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a40/ > > Yes. Proof that all the unkind things we've all thought about > California and its legislators is true. As far as I know, the idiot has not yet introduced a bill. > Tell me, how are you going to light a show in CA without incandescent > lamps? Last I knew, no one made a fluorescent replacement for an > HPL... I can just see it now, a bunch of automobiles with CF headlights and taillights. Since the light source is rather diffuse, it would spray light all over the place. The power usage in the story is wrong for the CF light. A 20 watt CF would use 200 KW of power over 10,000 hrs. Bill ------------------------------ From: megironda [at] att.net (Gerry G.) Cc: gwilliams [at] appstate.edu (Greg Williams) Subject: Re: Where's Waldo... er, Bill? Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:15:54 +0000 Message-Id: <021120070715.27225.45CEC2AA00019BE800006A5921604666480E0B02019D07090A03 [at] att.net> Actually no, in all deference to Bill she is significantly more attractive especially in a mature female context *~> Allusions to Bill in a dress are unsubstantiated... Gerry G. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Greg Williams > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > > On Feb 10, 2007, at 8:47 PM, Paul Schreiner wrote: > > > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > stagecraft.theprices.net/> > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > >> you can catch good footage of Unka Bill doing his best to keep Helen > >> Mirren from plunging 15 stories to the Manhattan sidewalk. > > > > At the risk of sounding completely dense...which one is Helen? > > > > Rrrrrroowrr... ;) > > HA! > > 's okay, people confuse Bill and Ms. Mirren all the time, especially > when they're on the same hotel ladder. > > In this particular case, she's the slightly older one in the dress. > > -=G=- ------------------------------ Message-ID: <45CEC9F2.9050405 [at] post.tau.ac.il> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:46:58 +0200 From: Judy Subject: big class > > > Is there some way to limit >the number of students in the class. I'd never accept >that many in the class. If it is in that much demand, >offer it more often or open another section. Your >life is too short to be worrying about things that >administrators should be taking care of. > Well, lucky you if you can decide how many students to accept - maybe I shouldn't have left the US! Here we have this nasty thing called budget, and there is no money to pay me for teaching two classes! ------------------------------ End of Stagecraft Digest #1136 ******************************