Thursday brought nothing. It was a day of getting settled with the scenic pieces that had been loaded in. Some required some attention and some added electrical elements. At coffee, the pieces i needed for my next major project arrived. So I harnessed up, and with the help of a few local electricians on the ground, i installed the hardware needed to hang a VL2500 spot from the speaker towers. Then we ran the needed cable to it, and other lights hung with in the speaker towers. This was repeated for both SR and SL. We ended the day Thursday with a few more elements to complete on the speaker towers before we could our units up.
Friday morning, i finished up the Speaker towers, while Jason ran a few illuminators and Dim12's thru their paces, and figured out some problems we hadn't found before. Dan began sorting thru the patch and creating groups to allow us to move along quickly while checking out the rig. Some of the big, big scenic pieces arrived, the car, and another automated piece. It was a game of staying out of the way of the carpenters while they assessed their situation. Friday afternoon, the associate designer and an assistant arrived, and we began the FOH focus. We got through both box booms, before the end of the work day.
This morning, we rolled in, with the goal of getting a fair amount of the show focused. The morning was consumed by the Balcony Rail, which is full of templates, and zooms. Not a lot of fun to focus, but nonetheless, 5 hours were spent over the rail focusing them. In the afternoon, Jason focused overheads while Dan went over some console stuff with the ML Programmer.
Tomorrow is a day off, which will be very nice. I can't wait to sleep in. As well as being a day off tomm, it is also Drowsy Chaperones closing day of shows, so i just wanted to take a moment and give a little congrats to them. It was a pleasure touring with you all for 15 months, and it was a shame i wasn't able to finish out the last 2 weeks before a new project. I had an amazing time with them, and look forward to working with them all again.
Over and out
B
4 comments:
Thanks for the background info on preparing all the little things that go into touring a play.
I saw the play on Broadway and that band rail/balcony was very interesting.
Can't wait to hear about constructing the ice cream cone! :)
Thank you for posting your story about the behind the scenes workings of Grease. It is interesting as I look forward to attending the show.
MMMMMMMM... Did someone say ICE CREAM CONE?? KJC
Will there be an ice cream cone or due to the logistics of transporting this item, could the entrance for Teen Angel be another culinary delight? Maybe an ice cream cone that does not have the same "elevator" effect as the one on Broadway.
Perhaps Brian or Beth could let us know..............
cath
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