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Stagecraft Digest, Issue #107

 1. Re: Plankton Poo or  hey this is pretty cool
    by "Alf Sauve" <alf [at] sauve.org>
 2. Re: Plankton Poo or  hey this is pretty cool
    by James Kosmatka <james [at] cleveland-theater.com>
 3. Re: Model Lighting / Mini Light Lab
    by Dave Bowman <dmbowman [at] syr.edu>
 4. Re: Model Lighting / Mini Light Lab
    by Stephen Litterst <slitterst [at] ithaca.edu>
 5. Re: hey his is pretty cool
    by "richard j. archer" <rja10 [at] cornell.edu>
 6. call for riggers
    by "Karl G. Ruling" <kruling [at] esta.org>
 7. Printed Drops...
    by thetd222 <thetd222 [at] email.unc.edu>
 8. Re: Printed Drops...
    by "Richard Wolpert" <richw [at] unionconnector.com>
 9. Re: Printed Drops...
    by "CATHERINE BRUMM" <cbrumm [at] nhcs.k12.nc.us>
10. Re: Printed Drops...
    by "Jon Ares" <jonares [at] hevanet.com>
11. Re: Plankton Poo or  hey this is pretty cool
    by "Alf Sauve" <alf [at] sauve.org>
12. Re: Printed Drops...
    by doran [at] bard.edu
13. Re: Printed Drops...
    by Kevin Lee Allen <klad [at] klad.com>
14. Re: Olympics opening
    by "ayusaya" <ayusaya [at] otenet.gr>

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Message-ID: <113101c485d7$ca0514d0$0600a8c0 [at] alf>
From: "Alf Sauve" <alf [at] sauve.org>
References: <list-4181039 [at] prxy.net>
Subject: Re:Plankton Poo or  hey this is pretty cool
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 06:29:52 -0400

Of course, remember this is un-naturally heating up Lake Ontario.  While it
is a neat application, and certainly does reduce some of the nastier
environmental negatives of other methods, there still will be long term
effects on the environment.   We just don't know what they will be.   Here's
an interesting, possibly connected, recent finding about plankton's role in
cleaning the atmosphere!  Turns out, too many whales just might be bad for
the environment!

http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?/science/news/stories/s1178638.htm

Alf

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herrick" <herrick [at] hglightingdesign.com>
To: "Stagecraft" <stagecraft [at] theatrical.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:14 AM
Subject: hey his is pretty cool


> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> a city sized fog chiller!
>
> <http://www.enwave.com/enwave/dlwc/>
>
> Go Toronto! Does this mean I can use more lights?
>
> _Herrick
>


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Message-ID: <41249467.4050903 [at] cleveland-theater.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:52:07 -0400
From: James Kosmatka <james [at] cleveland-theater.com>
Subject: Re: Plankton Poo or  hey this is pretty cool
References: <list-4181039 [at] prxy.net> <list-4188742 [at] prxy.net>
In-Reply-To: <list-4188742 [at] prxy.net>

Alf Sauve wrote:

>Of course, remember this is un-naturally heating up Lake Ontario.  While it
>is a neat application, and certainly does reduce some of the nastier
>environmental negatives of other methods, there still will be long term
>effects on the environment.   We just don't know what they will be.   Here's
>an interesting, possibly connected, recent finding about plankton's role in
>cleaning the atmosphere!  Turns out, too many whales just might be bad for
>the environment!
>
>  
>
>>For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
>>---------------------------------------------------
>>
>>a city sized fog chiller!
>>
>><http://www.enwave.com/enwave/dlwc/>
>>
>>Go Toronto! Does this mean I can use more lights?
>>
>>_Herrick
>>    
>>

Not of you believe slashdot:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=118329&cid=9999751

"The Fact Sheet on Enwave's site 
<http://www.enwave.com/enwave/view.asp?/dlwc/fact> [enwave.com] says 
they're gonna free up 59 megawatts. Now, I should be able to disregard a 
part of this as an efficiency improvement (electricity for cooling is 
gawdawfully inefficient, compared to non-compressive heat exchangers 
like this'll use), but I'll eat the inefficiency because that's the nice 
guy I am. 59 x 24 x 365 (megawatt-years to megawatt-hours) gets us 
*finally* to matching units. If I haven't completely bolluxed the 
calculation, we're looking at a capability of handling 3673 of these 
facilities. Or, the temp of Lake O going up 1/3673 of a degree."

-james

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Message-ID: <4124A0DE.6000205 [at] syr.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:45:18 -0400
From: Dave Bowman <dmbowman [at] syr.edu>
Organization: Syracuse Stage/SU Drama
Cc: PIMMEL [at] mail.nwmissouri.edu
Subject: Re: Model Lighting / Mini Light Lab
References: <list-4161193 [at] prxy.net>
In-Reply-To: <list-4161193 [at] prxy.net>

Patrick,

You may have seen the "Lightbox" in the Syracuse University booth....  I 
am away from the office at the moment (vacation, but I needed my "fix"), 
but if you are interested, when I get back I can give you more details.  
I believe that our was $25,000 (we won a grant from the university to 
build it) but a lot of that is the Bosch extruded Aluminum frame (we 
wanted to have some flexibility in converting it, in scale, into both of 
the mainstage spaces) and quite a bit of R&D.  I'm sure a "homemade" can 
be constructed for less depending on the number of emitters, heads, 
fiber lines, etc......  I will say that the cool thing is that the heads 
are within a degree or so, in scale, of your basic instruments.  I love 
watching the kids here light up a 20 degree head on a model, then hang a 
19 deg S4 in the theatre and discover that they got essentially the same 
beam of light.....

Gotta go... the boss is getting itchy....   more on Monday if you want.....

dave B.

-- 
David M. Bowman
Syracuse Stage / SU Drama
Master Electrician / Adj. Professor
dmbowman [at] syr.edu



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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:52:44 -0400
From: Stephen Litterst <slitterst [at] ithaca.edu>
Subject: Re: Model Lighting / Mini Light Lab
Message-id: <4124A29C.521CAF32 [at] ithaca.edu>
Organization: IC-Dept. of Theatre Arts
References: <list-4185648 [at] prxy.net>

"Immel,Patrick" wrote:
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 
>  I agree Joe.  The fiber systems are *very* cool, but equally expensive.  I
> see the same drawbacks to LED's. I am thinking now about making something
> using birdie PAR 16's and a homebuilt controller.  Does anybody have any
> experience in this?

I rebuilt our model table last summer that way.  The PAR-16s are
mounted on spring clips so they hang anywhere on the grid.  We don't
use a controller per se, just 8 household dimmers built into the table
itself.

The Design faculty say it works just fine for their needs, and
students seem to find it easy to use.   You can't make a sophisticated
lighting cue, but you can establish the primary idea of a scene, which
is how our LD teaches.

Steve Litterst
-- 
Stephen C. Litterst
Technical Supervisor
Ithaca College
Dept. of Theatre Arts
607/274-3947
slitterst [at] ithaca.edu

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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:34:07 -0400
From: "richard j. archer" <rja10 [at] cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: hey his is pretty cool

>For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
>---------------------------------------------------
>
>
>On Aug 18, 2004, at 8:58 AM, Stephen Litterst wrote:
>
>>"richard j. archer" wrote:
>>>On Aug 18, 2004, at 5:14 AM, Herrick wrote:
>>>
>>>>a city sized fog chiller!
>>>>
>>>><http://www.enwave.com/enwave/dlwc/>
>>>
>>>Cornell uses this technique for chilled water for HVAC.  We ain't
>>>"high above Cayuga's waters" for nothing.  It is not without
>>>controversy.
>>
>>True, but in Ithaca, nothing is without controversy.  Or lawsuits.
>
>Ah, some things never change :-)
>
>I could swear this was being discussed while I was there, but 
>according to the site it wasn't even being investigated until I was 
>long gone.
>
><http://www.utilities.cornell.edu/LSC/>
><http://www.utilities.cornell.edu/LSC/Mailer/HowLSCWorks.htm>
>
>Noah
>
>--
>|   Noah Price                |   http://stagecraft.theprices.net/     |
>|   Stagecraft Mailing List   |   stagecraft-web [at] theprices.net         |

Noah is absolutely correct despite the hype on Cornell's official 
site.  This was under discussion when he was here and for some time 
before.  When Cornell's theatre building was being planned back in 
1982-84 those of us on the building committee knew that lake cooling 
was a future option.  The theatre was built on the "town" side of one 
of Ithaca's gorges. Central chilled water was not available to 
theatre  for two reasons 1)Cornell didn't want the cost of bringing 
it  across the gorge (under an existing bridge) 2)Cornell claimed 
central chilled water was over allocated and they weren't building 
more plants (right).  The theatre got it's own chiller so we have an 
air conditioned building. Naturally, they saved $ by not air 
conditioning the shop.  It's a good thing we: a) don't work in the 
summer (and try not to during the school year); b)have a 16 x 20 door 
to the stage which, of course, is air conditioned.

Hi Noah, congratulations.

Dick A

------------------------------

From: "Karl G. Ruling" <kruling [at] esta.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:00:57 -0400
Subject: call for riggers
Cc: kgeraghty [at] mail.esta.org (katie Geraghty)
Message-ID: <41248869.8126.FC39679 [at] localhost>

Dear Stagecraft readers:

The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) is seeking 
riggers to participate in a job analysis survey. The results of this 
survey will help define the knowledge and skills necessary for the 
safe practice of entertainment rigging. Job analysis is the 
foundation upon which to build a viable and rigorous certification 
examination. Volunteers will be asked to answer questions that will 
help determine the content of the examination. The questions will 
focus on analyzing rigging tasks based on importance, time spent, and 
consequence of error.  

If you are an experienced rigger and are interested in participating, 
please email Katie Geraghty, ETCP Certification Director at 
kgeraghty [at] esta.org with your:  

1. Name

2. Email Address

3. Please note whether your expertise is in arena-style rigging, 
theatrical rigging, or both.  

The survey will be administered by email in the fall of 2004.

The ETCP will set standards for safer working practices and reduce 
workplace risk in all entertainment venues. Industry experts will 
develop rigorous assessments, conduct examinations, and award 
credentials to qualified entertainment technicians. ETCP will focus 
on disciplines that directly affect the health and safety of 
performers, crews, and audiences, beginning with rigging skills and 
electrical skills. More information about the ETCP is available at 
http://www.etcp.esta.org.  


Best regards,
Karl G. Ruling
Technical Standards Manager

ESTA
875 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1005
New York, NY 10001
+1-212-244-1505
Fax +1-212-244-1502


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Message-Id: <200408191651.i7JGpZNL025981 [at] smtp.unc.edu>
From: thetd222 <thetd222 [at] email.unc.edu>
Subject: Printed Drops...
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:51:34 -0400

Hello all,

 Well we are getting ready to get started back to work & already designers =
are contacting us about their shows (this one is actually early, imagine th=
at). Anyhoo...

 We are looking to have a drop that is an image printed on scrim (or scrim-=
like material). I know Rosebrand does this type of work, but I was wonderin=
g if there were any other companies that print drops as well. (I need to tr=
y to comparison shop, because I don't want to tell her that we can't do it.=
) So I was hoping that y'all might be able to help me find other companies.=


Thanks in advance,
Will Leonard =

Assistant Technical Director
PlayMakers Repertory Company
Center for Dramatic Art
UNC - Chapel Hill
O: 919-843-9817
C: 919-423-9162


------------------------------

From: "Richard Wolpert" <richw [at] unionconnector.com>
Subject: RE: Printed Drops...
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:05:33 -0400
Message-ID: <KIEIJNECPAAGNDKNCFBHCEJACLAA.richw [at] unionconnector.com>
In-Reply-To: <list-4190775 [at] prxy.net>

Try GROSH Scenic - www.grosh.com, 877-363-7998. They're a Hollywood company,
but I imagine they'll do work on the East coast. Ask for Carrie or Amanda


Richard A.Wolpert
President
Union Connector Co., Inc.
40 Dale Street
West Babylon, NY  11704
Ph: 631-753-9550 ext. 204
Fx: 631-753-9560
richw [at] unionconnector.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]On Behalf Of thetd222
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 12:52 PM
To: Stagecraft
Subject: Printed Drops...

For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
---------------------------------------------------

Hello all,

 Well we are getting ready to get started back to work & already designers
are contacting us about their shows (this one is actually early, imagine
that). Anyhoo...

 We are looking to have a drop that is an image printed on scrim (or
scrim-like material). I know Rosebrand does this type of work, but I was
wondering if there were any other companies that print drops as well. (I
need to try to comparison shop, because I don't want to tell her that we
can't do it.) So I was hoping that y'all might be able to help me find other
companies.

Thanks in advance,
Will Leonard
Assistant Technical Director
PlayMakers Repertory Company
Center for Dramatic Art
UNC - Chapel Hill
O: 919-843-9817
C: 919-423-9162




------------------------------

Message-Id: <s124a977.048 [at] mail.nhcs.k12.nc.us>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:21:47 -0400
From: "CATHERINE BRUMM" <cbrumm [at] nhcs.k12.nc.us>
Subject: Re: Printed Drops...

try Cobalt studios www.fcc.net/cobaltstudios 

Kenmark Inc. www.kenmark-inc.com 

Dreamworld  Backdrops www.dreamworldbackdrops.com 



>>> thetd222 [at] email.unc.edu 08/19/04 12:51PM >>>
For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see
<http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
---------------------------------------------------

Hello all,

 Well we are getting ready to get started back to work & already
designers are contacting us about their shows (this one is actually
early, imagine that). Anyhoo...

 We are looking to have a drop that is an image printed on scrim (or
scrim-like material). I know Rosebrand does this type of work, but I was
wondering if there were any other companies that print drops as well. (I
need to try to comparison shop, because I don't want to tell her that we
can't do it.) So I was hoping that y'all might be able to help me find
other companies.

Thanks in advance,
Will Leonard 
Assistant Technical Director
PlayMakers Repertory Company
Center for Dramatic Art
UNC - Chapel Hill
O: 919-843-9817
C: 919-423-9162


------------------------------

Message-ID: <000f01c48611$415c23a0$0600000a [at] BRUTUS>
From: "Jon Ares" <jonares [at] hevanet.com>
References: <list-4190872 [at] prxy.net>
Subject: Re: Printed Drops...
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:23:33 -0700


> Try GROSH Scenic - www.grosh.com, 877-363-7998.


Can anyone offer any ballpark figures for printed drops?  Any war stories?
Any suggestions for first-timers?

    -- Jon Ares
Program Director, West Linn HS Theatre Arts
www.hevanet.com/acreative


------------------------------

Message-ID: <120901c48612$7f232700$0600a8c0 [at] alf>
From: "Alf Sauve" <alf [at] sauve.org>
References: <list-4181039 [at] prxy.net> <list-4188742 [at] prxy.net> <list-4189126 [at] prxy.net>
Subject: Re: Plankton Poo or  hey this is pretty cool
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:30:40 -0400

No doubt it has a tremendous energy savings.  And since the outtake goes to
the city's potable water system, they aren't returning the heated water
directly to the lake.

The thought though is that there's no free lunch.  Something will be
impacted by the withdrawal and heating of the lower lake waters.  It would
appear that the net, for the present, is a tremendous environmental plus.
The article about plankton poo though shows how much we've yet to learn
about how the whole ecology-weather thing works.  Whoever thought that there
are floaters and sinkers in the plankton world and that they would so impact
the weather?

Alf



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Kosmatka" <james [at] cleveland-theater.com>
To: "Stagecraft" <stagecraft [at] theatrical.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: Plankton Poo or hey this is pretty cool


> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Alf Sauve wrote:
>
> >Of course, remember this is un-naturally heating up Lake Ontario.  While
it
> >is a neat application, and certainly does reduce some of the nastier
> >environmental negatives of other methods, there still will be long term
> >effects on the environment.   We just don't know what they will be.
Here's
> >an interesting, possibly connected, recent finding about plankton's role
in
> >cleaning the atmosphere!  Turns out, too many whales just might be bad
for
> >the environment!
> >
> >
> >
> >>For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
> >>---------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>a city sized fog chiller!
> >>
> >><http://www.enwave.com/enwave/dlwc/>
> >>
> >>Go Toronto! Does this mean I can use more lights?
> >>
> >>_Herrick
> >>
> >>
>
> Not of you believe slashdot:
> http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=118329&cid=9999751
>
> "The Fact Sheet on Enwave's site
> <http://www.enwave.com/enwave/view.asp?/dlwc/fact> [enwave.com] says
> they're gonna free up 59 megawatts. Now, I should be able to disregard a
> part of this as an efficiency improvement (electricity for cooling is
> gawdawfully inefficient, compared to non-compressive heat exchangers
> like this'll use), but I'll eat the inefficiency because that's the nice
> guy I am. 59 x 24 x 365 (megawatt-years to megawatt-hours) gets us
> *finally* to matching units. If I haven't completely bolluxed the
> calculation, we're looking at a capability of handling 3673 of these
> facilities. Or, the temp of Lake O going up 1/3673 of a degree."
>
> -james


------------------------------

Message-ID: <1092937225.4124e6090fda8 [at] webmail.bard.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:40:25 -0400
From: doran [at] bard.edu
Subject: Re: Printed Drops...
References: <list-4190775 [at] prxy.net>
In-Reply-To: <list-4190775 [at] prxy.net>

Will,

Try Grosch, RoseBrand, Garriets, and others, but also try a google search 
under < Grand Format Digital Printing >.  You can send these companies 
digital files over the web, or mail them photos.  We did this with a company 
out of South Carolina a few years ago, and we ended up happy with the final 
product.  Though we had some touble with an unexpected center seam, the 
company made it right at no additional charge, and just in time for the show.  
I would try to find one closer the next time, because shipping on a piece of 
17' rolled goods can get pretty expensive. 
I can't recall the name of the company we used, but I found one called 
Georgia Printco in Lakeland, GA that looks like they do the same stuff.   Their 
phone is (866) 572-0146 or (229) 482-3411.

Good Luck,
Andy Champ-Doran
Technical Director
Bard College Departments of Dance and Theater
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY


Quoting thetd222 
>We are looking to have a drop that is an image printed on scrim (or
> scrim-like material). I know Rosebrand does this type of work, but I was
> wondering if there were any other companies that print drops as well. (I 
need
> to try to comparison shop, because I don't want to tell her that we can't do
> it.) So I was hoping that y'all might be able to help me find other
> companies.

> Will Leonard 

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References: <list-4190775 [at] prxy.net>
Message-Id: <B0604885-F20F-11D8-8A1C-003065D2C502 [at] klad.com>
From: Kevin Lee Allen <klad [at] klad.com>
Subject: Re: Printed Drops...
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:43:40 -0400

I use Image King Visual Solutions in NYC, they are fast and cheap. They=20=

basically do billboards, but the technology is applicable.


Guy Vincel
ImageKing Visual Solutions
222 East 44th Street
New York, NY 10017
Wk: (646) 442-0843



On Aug 19, 2004, at 12:51 PM, thetd222 wrote:

> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see=20
> <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Hello all,
>
>  Well we are getting ready to get started back to work & already=20
> designers are contacting us about their shows (this one is actually=20
> early, imagine that). Anyhoo...
>
>  We are looking to have a drop that is an image printed on scrim (or=20=

> scrim-like material). I know Rosebrand does this type of work, but I=20=

> was wondering if there were any other companies that print drops as=20
> well. (I need to try to comparison shop, because I don't want to tell=20=

> her that we can't do it.) So I was hoping that y'all might be able to=20=

> help me find other companies.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Will Leonard
> Assistant Technical Director
> PlayMakers Repertory Company
> Center for Dramatic Art
> UNC - Chapel Hill
> O: 919-843-9817
> C: 919-423-9162
>
>

-----
Kevin Lee Allen
Production Designer
http://www.klad.com
973.744.6352.voice
201.280.3841.cell
klad [at] klad.com
=F0



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Message-ID: <005401c4868c$c5cb6080$f0b3673e [at] fasoulein>
From: "ayusaya" <ayusaya [at] otenet.gr>
References: <list-4146075 [at] prxy.net>
Subject: Re: Olympics opening
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:06:59 +0300
Organization: ayusaya puppet theatre

Hello Big Fred and all,
I do have a VHS recording of the opening ceremony of the Olympics but it is taken from the Greek TV,
so all comments are in greek language.
I can make a copy for you if you want it really much.
Write to ayusaya [at] otenet.gr please.

Stathis (from the Scenography in relation to Puppetry thread)


Ayusaya Puppet Company
e-mail: ayusaya [at] otenet.gr
site: www.geocities.com/ayusayapup
tel/fax: +030-210-5141252


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