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Stagecraft Digest, Issue #368

 1. Re: Funniest performance you have seen at the theatre or on live stage
    by "Tony Deeming" <deeming.tony [at] btinternet.com>
 2. Re: scrim repair?
    by "Paul Schreiner" <pschreiner [at] rmwc.edu>
 3. Re: OT computer question
    by Steve Larson <tiptd [at] theatreinthepark.com>
 4. Re: OT computer question
    by Boyd Ostroff <ostroff [at] operaphilly.com>
 5. Re: OT computer question
    by Dorian Kelly <dorian [at] essex.ac.uk>
 6. Re: OT computer question
    by "Jon Ares" <jonares [at] hevanet.com>
 7. Re: scrim repair?
    by stage craft <td_alex63 [at] yahoo.com>
 8. Re: Wireless intercom
    by Wood Chip-P26398 <Chip.Wood [at] motorola.com>
 9. Re: scrim repair?
    by "Douglas McCracken" <dbasMcCracken [at] hawaii.rr.com>
10. Old Theater Fly System Oops in posting
    by "Brian D Shipinski" <bshipinski [at] worldnet.att.net>
11. Double-sided Gaffers Tape
    by "Abby Downing" <aldowning [at] onlocationls.com>
12. info on Lycian 1271
    by "Derek Madonia" <dmadonia [at] gevatheatre.org>
13. Panelists for USITT Louisville
    by "Booth, Dennis" <boothd [at] ncarts.edu>
14. Re: info on Lycian 1271
    by Stephen Litterst <slitterst [at] ithaca.edu>
15. Re: looking for furniture
    by David Carrico <daveffreep [at] gmail.com>
16. Re: Panelists for USITT Louisville
    by "Weston Wilkerson" <weston_wilkerson [at] hotmail.com>
17. Re: theatre company reference
    by "Dr. Randall W.A. Davidson" <doomster [at] worldnet.att.net>
18. Presidium stage
    by David Marks <davidmarks [at] att.net>
19. Re: Old Theater Fly System Oops in posting
    by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com
20. Re: Presidium stage
    by "Chad Croteau" <cpcroteau [at] kelcom.igs.net>
21. Re: info on Lycian 1271
    by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com
22. Re: Presidium stage
    by "Tom Heemskerk" <tommy [at] etainternet.com>
23. Re: Presidium stage
    by Mike Brubaker <mdbrubaker [at] insightbb.com>
24. Re: Presidium stage
    by David Marks <davidmarks [at] att.net>
25. Re: Presidium stage
    by "Jon Ares" <jonares [at] hevanet.com>
26. Re: Panelists for USITT Louisville
    by "Fred Schoening" <bigfred [at] mindspring.com>

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From: "Tony Deeming" <deeming.tony [at] btinternet.com>
Subject: RE: Funniest performance you have seen at the theatre or on live stage
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:06:37 +0100
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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]  On Behalf Of
Jacqueline Haney Kidwell
Sent:	April 18, 2005 2:44 AM
To:	Stagecraft
Subject:	Re: Funniest performance you have seen at the theatre or on live
stage

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> deeming.tony [at] btinternet.com writes:
>
> > Gilbert set out to parody and ridicule the various
> elements of Victorian
> >  society, not least of all the aristocracy,

If you're interested in hearing about all the
permutations of Gilbert with and without Sullivan,
there is a mailing list devoted to them and their
works.  http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/savoynet/  I'm
the producer for the local G&S company (very
traditional, for good or ill).  Savoynet gets awfully
verbose and occaisionally sort of snooty, but it is as
wonderful a resource in its field as the stagecraft
list.

         Jacqueline Haney Kidwell

Yeah - I subscribed to the Savoynet for a while when the G & S company was
still active, and as you say - it got rather intense!

Ynot



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Subject: RE: scrim repair?
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:11:50 -0400
Message-ID: <6E497ADB607656479C24E6D7BF6B505A0196C7D2 [at] exchange.rmwc.edu>
From: "Paul Schreiner" <pschreiner [at] rmwc.edu>

> Anyway, I need instructions if someone has the
> re-weaving info. Please??!!

As soon as I can locate some scrap scrim I'm gonna try the Sobo method
and let you know how it works...

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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:49:51 -0400
Subject: Re: OT computer question
From: Steve Larson <tiptd [at] theatreinthepark.com>
Message-ID: <BE89333F.4E33%tiptd [at] theatreinthepark.com>
In-Reply-To: <list-21875971 [at] prxy.net>

I have both 9.2.2 and OSX on the machine.  Doesn't
respond to either.  Ran Diskwarrior and it still
doesn't show up.  I've used every method I have
available.  Will now turn to a professional.

Thanks for your responses.

Steve

> From: "Phil Johnson" <Phil.Johnson [at] mail.tamucc.edu>
> Reply-To: "Stagecraft" <stagecraft [at] theatrical.net>
> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:13:08 -0500
> To: "Stagecraft" <stagecraft [at] theatrical.net>
> Subject: Re: OT computer question
> 
> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 
> Another problem is the drive directory is corrupt.  Try running disk
> first aid and see if it shows up in the window.  If it shows up try
> rebuilding the directory ie  scan and repair the drive.  This is usually
> the problem I have when a zip or other disc fails to mount or says it
> needs to be reformatted.
> 
> The suggestion of taking the drive to another mac is a good one too.
> Try that too
> 
> 
> 
> Philip Johnson
> Designer/Technical Director
> Texas A & M University - Corpus Christi
> 
> 


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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 10:07:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Boyd Ostroff <ostroff [at] operaphilly.com>
Subject: Re: OT computer question
In-Reply-To: <list-21884714 [at] prxy.net>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0504180951590.6897 [at] maestro.operaphilly.com>
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Steve Larson wrote:

> I've used every method I have available.  Will now turn to a 
> professional.

Have you verified that the computer's firewire port and your cable are OK? 
You could try hooking up some other sort of device to your iMac to test 
this.

You may very well have a hardware failure. But if at all possible see if 
you can try the drive on another machine. If that doesn't work, pull it 
out of the enclosure and put it into something else. Is there an Apple 
Store near you? They can probably assist with this.

Otherwise, if you can confirm that the drive itself has failed, there's 
DriveSavers: http://www.drivesavers.com/

We used them a few years ago to rescue a dead drive. But be aware this 
will cost you some serious $$$. You pay by the MB they recover and you 
can't be selective about it, so you will pay for system files, 
applications, etc.... whatever is on the drive. When we did this hard 
drives were smaller. It was a 2 GB drive and they recovered less than a GB 
which cost maybe $300. So it may not be practical for a 100MB drive. Of 
course, prices may have gone down on all this.

Good luck!

| Boyd Ostroff
| Director of Design and Technology
| Opera Company of Philadelphia
| http://tech.operaphilly.com
| ostroff [at] operaphilly.com

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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:09:13 +0100
From: Dorian Kelly <dorian [at] essex.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: OT computer question

>For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
>---------------------------------------------------
>
>I have a 200GB external hard drive on which I store
>the bulk of my large files.  The computer (iMac) to which
>it is attached via firewire does not recognize the external
>unit.  Evidently has lost it's address.  I keep getting
>a message to initialize the external unit, which, of
>course, I don't want to do.

Borrow and try a new firewire cable. Its amazing how often this works. Also
on the G4 tower I have found that sometimes one of the sockets ceases to
function while the other one continues. this is also true of the twin USB
socket blocks.
Sometimes when the processor is really busy (like with some heavy duty auto
context indexing in the night, or even with a trojan which ties up all ther
processor power) discs take forever to mount .  (especially legacy floppies
but thats another niggle. I expect you already have, but try leaving it
plugged up for an hour and see if it magically appears

Dorian



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Message-ID: <001101c54424$5f9af770$0600000a [at] BRUTUS>
From: "Jon Ares" <jonares [at] hevanet.com>
References: <list-21884714 [at] prxy.net> <list-21885022 [at] prxy.net>
Subject: Re: OT computer question
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:39:06 -0700

> Have you verified that the computer's firewire port and your cable are OK? 
> You could try hooking up some other sort of device to your iMac to test 
> this.


Recently I had a G4 tower ("Quicksilver") and a Firewire port set a Canopus 
box on fire.  With smoke n everything.  The next day, the G4 wouldn't even 
power up.  The Firewire ports had become a bit sloppy and loose, from people 
plugging in (and removing) Firewire cables with too much gusto and torque. 
The iMac's FW ports are a bit more captive, luckily.

(After having the Mac at the mac shop for more than a month, I finally get 
it back with a repaired 'logic board' (motherboard in PC terms) - but it 
still won't power up.  Seems to have changed its mind since it left their 
workbench.  So back to the shop for another month.)

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


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Message-ID: <20050418144701.55915.qmail [at] web61301.mail.yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:47:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: stage craft <td_alex63 [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: scrim repair?
In-Reply-To: 6667

Thanks Paul. We open Thursday and have a 3" hole in
dead center and a few 1" holes in other places... I
may just stitch the holes closed for now.
-alex-


--- Paul Schreiner <pschreiner [at] rmwc.edu> wrote:
> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see
> <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 
> > Anyway, I need instructions if someone has the
> > re-weaving info. Please??!!
> 
> As soon as I can locate some scrap scrim I'm gonna
> try the Sobo method
> and let you know how it works...
> 

-alex-

Alex M. Postpischil, Technical Director
Department of Theatre Arts
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
662.915.6993
662.915.5968 - fax


		
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Message-ID: <014D202957F6D8118924000F20D7342B05608CB3 [at] az33exm01.corp.mot.com>
From: Wood Chip-P26398 <Chip.Wood [at] motorola.com>
Subject: RE: Wireless intercom
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:20:22 -0700

Next time you go to a Cracker Barrel restaurant notice the discrete ear plugs and mics on the wait staff.  Looks like the Secret Service.  It seems to be working, they have the most efficient service I have ever seen.  Tables are cleaned and ready for the next group within 1 minute or so.

Everybody is getting into the act.

-----Original Message-----
From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of FrankWood95 [at] aol.com
> I was going to get into the fast food connection, 

The whole operation is carried out using small, handheld RF intercoms. 

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From: "Douglas McCracken" <dbasMcCracken [at] hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: RE: scrim repair?
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 06:24:50 -1000
Message-ID: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAA5RA21qhZtUKZk8ARC9sJzcKAAAAQAAAAJkdVVgeMYUCnegVD++ndIgEAAAAA [at] hawaii.rr.com>
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FWIW, I was told by a wig builder that the best scrim repair job that he saw
was done BY a wig builder. He could tell because he recognized the style of
weave used in the repair. I know this sounds like a joke, but it's isn't. He
said you could not tell it was repaired unless you got real close.


Aloha,

Douglas



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Message-ID: <000601c5443e$4e2fbe20$66e0490c [at] briansbyukf8iv>
From: "Brian D Shipinski" <bshipinski [at] worldnet.att.net>
References: <list-21881986 [at] prxy.net>
Subject: Old Theater Fly System Oops in posting
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:44:42 -0500

Please forgive my overly long and un-seriously edited meandering post of 
yesterday.  My intent was to simply ask about some sort of ground isolation 
balls I had at one time seen on a hopefully long gone hemp fly system that 
was using bronze sash cord.

Brian Shipinski 



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Subject: Double-sided Gaffers Tape
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:12:35 -0400
Message-ID: <7AE59BA9B8D15D4787EB1C7A2DB6DFBA2A03F5 [at] jekyll-sbs.ollsi.local>
From: "Abby Downing" <aldowning [at] onlocationls.com>
Cc: jared.fortney [at] gmail.com (Jared Fortney)



Jared,

You were inquiring after double sided gaffers tape. I have a little more
information for you:

Permacel makes it.  Permacel P-50 tape.  In my catalog, it is listed as
double adhesive gaffers tape. I have not been able to find it on the
Pro-Tapes website, though they do sell it (It is in some literature I
have from them). =20

Have a great day!
Abby

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Subject: info on Lycian 1271
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:01:31 -0400
Message-ID: <B6C0A4018839F140919A76C4F114675B766DC1 [at] SERVER1.gevatheatre.org>
From: "Derek Madonia" <dmadonia [at] gevatheatre.org>

Has anyone worked with a Lycian 1271?

If so, how loud are they?

Thanks,

Derek Madonia
Geva Theatre Center
Master Electrican



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Subject: Panelists for USITT Louisville
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:13:09 -0400
Message-ID: <DEF9C5FC613BEC46BB08F973317F22A70227AAFF [at] email.ncarts.edu>
From: "Booth, Dennis" <boothd [at] ncarts.edu>
Cc: stagecraft [at] stagecraft.org

It looks like I will be chairing a session at USITT Louisville on =
"Advanced CAD Tips". This is a session topic that was kicked around at =
the Technical Production Commission meeting in Toronto, and we hope will =
prove to be very interesting.
=A0
I'm looking for some thoughts from this list as to specific "CAD Tips" =
and practical problems/solutions to focus on, and also for interested =
panelists. =A0Please contact me off-list if you've got ideas or would =
like to participate.
=A0
How's that for opening a can o' worms?
=A0
Thanks in advance,
=A0
DGB
=A0
=A0


Dennis Gill Booth
Technical Faculty & Assistant Dean for Operations
=A0North Carolina School of the Arts=20
=A0 School of Design and Production=20
=A0 1553 South Main Street=20
=A0 PO Box 12189=20
=A0 Winston-Salem, NC=A0=A0 27117-2189
=20
* Voice:=A0 (336)770-3232 x105=20
* FAX:=A0=A0 (336)770-3213=20
* Email: boothd [at] ncarts.edu=20
* D&P URL: http://www.ncarts.edu/ncsaprod/designandproduction/=20
* Faculty=A0URL: http://faculty.ncarts.edu/dandp/booth/


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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:27:59 -0400
From: Stephen Litterst <slitterst [at] ithaca.edu>
Subject: Re: info on Lycian 1271
Message-id: <4264265F.19AB4469 [at] ithaca.edu>
Organization: IC-Dept. of Theatre Arts
References: <list-21891067 [at] prxy.net>

Derek Madonia wrote:
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Has anyone worked with a Lycian 1271?
> If so, how loud are they?

We have the 1272s which look pretty close to the 1271s on the
website.  The fans on the 1272s are loud.  They put out a pitch in the
1 KHz range at around 40-50 dB.  Those numbers are estimates, I
haven't actually metered the unit.  (The dB estimate comes from the
comparison that our video projector puts out 33 dB and these are
significantly louder) It drives our Sound Designer nuts, but the I
like them because they overpower the noise from the MLs.  :)  

Aside from fan noise, our units (about seven years old I think) have
developed squeaky dowsers.  I'm talking fingernails on slate kind of
squeaks.  No amount of graphite has managed to alleviate this.

Hope this helps you.

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

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Message-ID: <1964cf3b0504181451254ce291 [at] mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:51:42 -0400
From: David Carrico <daveffreep [at] gmail.com>
Reply-To: David Carrico <daveffreep [at] gmail.com>
Subject: Re: looking for furniture
In-Reply-To: <list-21846472 [at] prxy.net>
References: <list-21846472 [at] prxy.net>

George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey just did that producti=
on.

There's some nice Art Deco furniture that I had a hand in building,
that may have been kept in stock, don't know if it was kept as I moved
on to a new job after opening the show.

Jay Duckworth is the Props Master there.  His number is: 732-846-2895 x175
Chris Bailey is the Production Manager. His number is: 732-846-2895
x178, but good luck getting him.

They have the coffee table and night tables, can't recall about the others.

Hope that helps
Dave Carrico

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Message-ID: <BAY24-F56C6616DA42F7C223CFB8F8290 [at] phx.gbl>
In-Reply-To: <list-21891184 [at] prxy.net>
From: "Weston Wilkerson" <weston_wilkerson [at] hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Panelists for USITT Louisville
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:51:59 -0400

Is this CAD as in AutoCAD, or general CAD design?


<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Weston Wilkerson
University of Tennessee Theater Lighting Design
e: Weston_Wilkerson [at] hotmail.com
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>



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From: "Dr. Randall W.A. Davidson" <doomster [at] worldnet.att.net>
Subject: RE: theatre company reference
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:56:33 -0700
In-Reply-To: <list-21863332 [at] prxy.net>
Message-ID: <auto-000021891689 [at] prxy.net>

Exactly. With all of my industrial clients,i.e. Northrup, Atomic Energy
Commission, aircraft organizations, as well as the Mouse, every document was
tracked, signed, photographed from h to breakfast. Always documentation.
Always. Doom

-- 
Dr. Randall W.A. Davidson, Risk International & Associates, Inc. -
www.riskit.com   Latest workshops for Educational and Entertainment Industry
Performing Arts Personnel (Riggers, and Public Assembly and Educational
Technicians) www.riskit.com/workshops    International Secondary Education
Theater Safety Association (ISETSA) - www.isetsa.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Jerry
Durand
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:16 AM
To: Stagecraft
Subject: Re: theatre company reference

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At 11:07 AM 4/14/2005, you wrote:
>I had worked with other, trickier gear, when we used to log the positions
of
>the controls. This made the assumption that you could do the line-up. It
also
>showed you to see when the controls were walking off to their end stops,
and
>you needed to do a major overhaul.

Many moons ago when I did qualification testing (both military and civilian 
items, like Space Shuttle parts), we kept photographs of all test setups 
with the dials visible.  We also logged all settings, calibration dates, 
and serial numbers (of the test equipment).  This all had to be signed and 
stamped (we each had a personal inspection stamp).  The items tagged "For 
Manned Spaceflight" had to get even more logging.  All logs had to be kept 
for 20 years.  A good part of the cost of these parts was all the labor to 
log them.

I had an assistant who was constantly trying to shortcut the rules.  She'd 
write in pencil, use colored ink (black photocopies best and was required), 
use White-Out correction fluid, not log everything, etc.  She never could 
understand why we kept making her do the log sheets over, I guess it was 
too much time spent running the marking machine (she loved working on that, 
the solvents used in those days got her really high).


----------
Jerry Durand
Durand Interstellar, Inc.
219 Oak Wood Way
Los Gatos, California 95032-2523  USA
tel:  +1 408 356-3886
fax:  +1 408 356-4659
web:  www.interstellar.com



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Message-ID: <42643056.8050107 [at] att.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:10:30 -0400
From: David Marks <davidmarks [at] att.net>
Subject: Presidium stage

Ok, I'm a video/sound guy.....

I'm trying to find out what a "presidium stage" is.
I've found references but no clear explanation.
???

Thanks.
dave marks


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From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com
Message-ID: <146.430afa0c.2f958aaa [at] aol.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:11:54 EDT
Subject: Re: Old Theater Fly System Oops in posting

In a message dated 18/04/05 18:45:35 GMT Daylight Time, 
bshipinski [at] worldnet.att.net writes:

> Please forgive my overly long and un-seriously edited meandering post of 
>  yesterday.  My intent was to simply ask about some sort of ground 
isolation 
>  balls I had at one time seen on a hopefully long gone hemp fly system that 
>  was using bronze sash cord.

Forgiven. Myself, I found it an interesting catalogue of problems, and a 
story of someone trying, even if untrained and under informed, to overcome them in 
the face of uninterested management. It was good that you credited them with 
keeping the theatre open through the difficult years.

I do have two questions, though. First, just what is bronze sash cord? 

Second, why would you want to isolate the flying system from ground? Here in 
the UK, it is axiomatic that all exposed metalwork is bonded to ground, unless 
it is double-insulated equipment, which is usually portable, and is subject 
to different, but equally stringent standards. It's usually for domestic use, 
and can cause problems in the sound area.


Frank Wood

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Message-ID: <001f01c54463$709aa040$6401a8c0 [at] cz1lbfinkbrlun>
From: "Chad Croteau" <cpcroteau [at] kelcom.igs.net>
References: <list-21891870 [at] prxy.net>
Subject: Re: Presidium stage
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:10:31 -0400

Hi Mr. Marks,

Could you be referring to a proscenium stage?  If so, it's a stage where the
audience sits in front, and is framed by a wall with an opening through
which the audience watches the show.

Since a picture is worth a thousand words, check out
http://www.chryslertheatre.com/photos.htm
and look at the second picture from the top of the page.

Hope this helps,


Chad



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Marks" <davidmarks [at] att.net>
To: "Stagecraft" <stagecraft [at] theatrical.net>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 6:10 PM
Subject: Presidium stage


> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Ok, I'm a video/sound guy.....
>
> I'm trying to find out what a "presidium stage" is.
> I've found references but no clear explanation.
> ???
>
> Thanks.
> dave marks
>
>



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From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com
Message-ID: <75.437cf0d3.2f958bc3 [at] aol.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:16:35 EDT
Subject: Re: info on Lycian 1271

In a message dated 18/04/05 22:28:54 GMT Daylight Time, slitterst [at] ithaca.edu 
writes:

> Aside from fan noise, our units (about seven years old I think) have
>  developed squeaky dowsers.  I'm talking fingernails on slate kind of
>  squeaks.  No amount of graphite has managed to alleviate this.

Try the copper-based lubricants sold to stop the interchangeable bits in 
soldering irons from sticking in their holders. Obviously, they are rated for use 
at very high temperatures.


Frank Wood

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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:13:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Presidium stage
From: "Tom Heemskerk" <tommy [at] etainternet.com>

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>
> Ok, I'm a video/sound guy.....
>
> I'm trying to find out what a "presidium stage" is.
> I've found references but no clear explanation.
> ???
>



Uh-oh... sounds like phonics trouble to me.

Are these "references" from Google? I got 22 Google hits for "presidium
stage" (which seemed to mean proscenium stage), 16,000 "for proscenium
stage".... and 67,300 hits for vidiot.

th




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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:33:14 -0500
From: Mike Brubaker <mdbrubaker [at] insightbb.com>
Subject: Re: Presidium stage
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I'm not so sure...the definition of presidium from the American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language is below.&nbsp; Couple that with
stage, some interesting possibilities come to mind.<br><br>
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tp%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dpresidium">
&nbsp;&nbsp; </a> ( P )&nbsp;
<a href=3D"http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html"><b>
Pronunciation Key</a></b>&nbsp; (pr-sd-m)<br>
<i>n.</i> <i>pl.</i> <b>pre=B7sid=B7i=B7a </b>(--) or <b>pre=B7sid=B7i=B7ums=
</b>=20
<ol>
<li>Any of various permanent executive committees in Communist countries
having power to act for a larger governing body.=20
<li><b>Presidium</b> An executive committee of the Supreme Soviet headed
by the president.=20
</ol><br>
<hr>
[Russian<tt> prezidium</tt>, from Latin<tt> praesidium</tt>,
<i>garrison</i>. See <b>presidio</b>.] <br><br>
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At 10:13 PM 4/18/2005, Tom Heemskerk wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite=3D"">&gt; I'm trying to find out w=
hat
a &quot;presidium stage&quot; is.<br>
&gt; I've found references but no clear explanation.<br>
&gt; ???<br><br>
Uh-oh... sounds like phonics trouble to me.</blockquote></body>
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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:42:12 -0400
From: David Marks <davidmarks [at] att.net>
Subject: Re: Presidium stage
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Mike Brubaker wrote:

>I'm not so sure...the definition of presidium from the American Heritage
>Dictionary of the English Language is below.  
>

No idiots here.  I *know* what a proscenium stage is (and the other
permuations of staging).  However an acquaintance got all bent out
of shape insisting that there is a "presidium" stage and before
I correct him, I wanted to ask the experts.

dave marks


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From: "Jon Ares" <jonares [at] hevanet.com>
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Subject: Re: Presidium stage
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:18:00 -0700

> No idiots here.  I *know* what a proscenium stage is (and the other
> permuations of staging).  However an acquaintance got all bent out
> of shape insisting that there is a "presidium" stage and before
> I correct him, I wanted to ask the experts.


Could be a semantics or spelling issue, but I have heard of "presidium 
staging" as meaning a raised platform area or dais with a panel table-type 
setup (head table for VIPs and perhaps a lectern).  If it were me, I'd 
examine the context of the setup to determine the implication.

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


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From: "Fred Schoening" <bigfred [at] mindspring.com>
Subject: RE: Panelists for USITT Louisville
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:49:58 -0500
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Hiya, Dennis! Here are a couple of not-quite-CAD CAD tips that I thought
might come in handy:

- Trackballs ROCK! I especially love my Kensington 4-button programmable
optical one. No slipping, you can program the buttons in chords, much
less strain on the arm, takes up less space on the desk, all kinds of
ergonomic goodness.

- Raise your monitor! Art teachers will tell you that a painting or
photograph should be hung with the top third above eye level. Why not
your monitor? I was having all kinds of shoulder cramping and hunching
over (and you know what a big guy I am!) until I built a plywood box to
raise my monitor at least 8". Makes a WORLD of difference. And, as a
bonus, you get a neat little cubbyhole to park your stapler in.

- Speaking of monitors, turn your brightness way down and draw with a
white background. I can't tell you how annoying it is to have to go
through somebody else's CAD drawing and change all the colors so that
you can see them when you plot it out. The pastels all look great on a
black background, but they don't work so well on plotter paper. Draw it
the way you want it to look in the end.

- Arrange your furniture so that your monitor is between you and the
door to your office. It's terribly distracting to have people come up
and peer over your shoulder and ask "Whatchyer drawrin'?" (This is good
for keeping prying eyes off your e-mail, too.)

- Remember, there's a chance that someone in your shop is color blind.
Line weights and types are important! Color is a wonderful thing, but
don't rely on it exclusively to impart important information.

- The carpenters WILL cut up your drawings, no matter how many times you
tell them not to. Therefore, fear not the redundant note.

- Sometimes the fastest program is NapkinCAD(tm). It's OK, really, it
is. ; )

I'm sure I'll think of many exciting little AutoCAD oriented tidbits
later, but this is what springs off the top of my head.

Fred

"Big Fred" Schoening
Technical Director
Dallas Theater Center
Dallas, Texas, USA
=20
"...a root word of technology, techne, originally meant 'art.' The
ancient Greeks never separated art from manufacture in their minds, and
so never developed separate words for them."

- Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance


-----Original Message-----=A0
I'm looking for some thoughts from this list as to specific "CAD Tips"
and practical problems/solutions to focus on, and also for interested
panelists. =A0Please contact me off-list if you've got ideas or would =
like
to participate.
=A0
How's that for opening a can o' worms?
=A0
Thanks in advance,
=A0
DGB


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