Friday, 22 January 2010
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| I want to talk I am Russian bears, ... Guest 22:56:07 |
| | I want to talk
I am Russian
bears, the winter, vodka |
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Saturday, 18 July 2009
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Call for Entries! Dream Quest One Poetry and Writing Contest  Andre 19:12:35 |
 | Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer or write a short story, 5 pages
maximum length for a chance to win up to $500.00 in cash prizes.
Awards(USD): Poetry First Prize: $250.00, 2nd: $125.00, 3rd: $50.00.
Writing First Prize: $500.00, 2nd: $250.00, 3rd: $100.00.
Entry fee: $5(USD) per poem, $10(USD) per short story
Postmark deadline: December 31, 2009
Visit http://www.dreamquestone.com for details and to enter! |
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Thursday, 19 March 2009
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| LED Instruments Guest 19:11:34 |
| | Has anyone worked with LED lighting instruments in a "realistic interior"
type of situation? I work in a space that is very power-challenged and am
looking for ways of adding flexibility to my designs that don't require
running generators outside the back door of the theatre.
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| Fold out legs strength Yrret 07:57:18 |
| | I'd like to make some small platforms with fold away legs. Strong enough to
stand on.
Anyone know a reference page for some leg suggestions or products.
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Sunday, 15 March 2009
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| Stagecraft school NA Islander 21:28:37 |
| | Are there any collages or universities offering an exclusively
Stagecraft. in North America. I see lots of Theatre schools but
Acting is the specialty with Tech stuff a sideline. I have a cpl of
students of my stagecraft course this year that wish to go further
with their education in this field.
cheers
Marv
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Saturday, 14 March 2009
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| Aeromodelling Workshop IIT Roorkee Publicitycognizance09.Iitr@Gmail.Com 16:51:45 |
| | Cognizance '09
IIT Roorkee proudly presents to you its Annual Technical Festival
Cognizance 2009. Being one of the largest Science and Technology
festivals of India, it witnesses the largest congregations of nearly
7000 enterprising students.
Cognizance is an agglomeration of over 150 events which encompass each
wavelength of the entire technical spectrum amongst 16 departments.
Ranging from Workshops, Guest Lectures to Chaos- the gaming festival
and quiz buzzes like Quizzotica and Enquesta, it promises to keep your
brains rattling from March 20 to 22, 2009.
Cognizance 2009 is introducing new dimensions to its already glorious
repertoire of Centrestage events by introducing Guest Lectures from
Nobel laureates of various fields and workshops of various genre.
Guest Lectures
Dr. John Ockendon
Director of Oxford Center of Applied Industrial Mathematics, Lecture
on Mathematics for Industries in the 21st century.
Dr. John C Mather
Post-Doctoral fellow at NASA Goddard Space Center, Nobel Laureate
(2006, Physics), Lecture on The universe from the beginning to the
Possible End.
Dr. S. J. Gates Jr
Director of the Center for String & particle Theory, University of
Maryland, USA. Lecture on his pioneering work in String Theory
Prof. Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
Scientist at HCRI Allahabad, lecture on physics of particles relating
to Large Hardron Collider.
Dr. B B Arora
Leading Scientist of Dept of Forensic Sciences, will reveal strategies
to track down terrorists in his lecture
Mr. M. C. Mehta
Environmental crusader and Magsaysay award winner 1997 will share his
experiences.
Workshops
Aeromodelling
Aeromodelling workshop brings you an opportunity to design your own
control-line airplane.
Robotics
Robotics Workshop
(i-robotricks, e-robotricks) to provide the right knowledge to the
aspiring Robotics geeks.
Flash animation
A stimulating Flash animation workshop to hone the web designing
skills and create various novel entertainment tools.
Six sigma
Workshop to explain set of practices, designed to improve
manufacturing processes and eliminate defects in business management.
Bioinformatics
3 day workshop to provide insight to the students in the rapidly
growing field of science, Bioinformatics.
3-D photography
World is 3D so why images are to be in 2D? Learn the art of giving
life into your images.
TechExpo
Exhibitions at TechExpo have been currently divided into 2 categories:
Open House: This exhibition provides a once in a lifetime chance to
have a look into the latest research and development work going in
various companies
Genesis: This competitive event is a platform for young minds from
different engineering streams to exhibit their innovations.
Cultural Night
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"
After lots of mental fatigue due to brainstorming session its time to
relax your brain cells by the flow of adrenaline with the thump of
music.
Cultural night has always marked a imposing successful end to
cognizance. Likes of Silk Route,Mohit Chauhan, Euphoria have performed
earlier. Talks are in progress with Farhan Akhtar. He is likely to
perform and rock on.
Above list of enriching events promises not only to increase your
general IQ level but also to provide you with knowledge of latest
concepts and the direction in which science and technology is moving
today.
So people learn from this extravaganza and be a part of this endeavor
to make the world a bit greener as "Think Energy, go Green" is our
theme this year.
http://www.cognizance.org.in
for further queries, kindly mail at
helpdesk@cognizance.org.in
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Thursday, 5 March 2009
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| International Physical Theatre Laboratory - Malta Artslaboratory@Googlemail.Com 20:39:57 |
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International Physical Theatre Laboratory
with the Russian theatre director and teacher Sergei Ostrenko
Malta - April 27-May 2, 2009
PROGRAMME: http://www.artuniverse.org/projects/theatre.Malta.php
To apply for participation, please send your CV/resume with photo and
a letter of motivation stating the dates of the event to
lab@artuniverse.org
During the Lab hotel accommodation and meals are organized.
Visit the Photo Gallery of the previous events:
http://picasaweb.google.ru/globtheatre
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Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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| Re: Lighting a False Background Charles 21:19:17 |
| | In article <AfOdnV8lNrrRWrTUnZ2dnUVZ8vednZ2d@pipex.net>,
P Vincent <lxdatvinntec.co.uk> wrote:
[Snip]
Ideas currently include white ropelights, 4-way floods (eg Coda/4) end-on either side, and picture lights on the top (like a museum would have).
I don't think Codas will be properly ventilated if side mounted. What I
have used in similar situations are the small (150w) floods which you can
buy at B&Q for instance. These are light enough to be screwed to the front
flat.
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From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"
Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11
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Sunday, 22 February 2009
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| Re: metamorphoses David Lawver 21:34:33 |
| | treger@gmail.com wrote:
anyone have ideas, thoughts, leads, etc on the materials to use to build a pool for metamorphoses? If you have any experience with building a pool for this we would love to hear how and what you did. especially pictures.
This is really a better question for rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft, and
I've added that group...
If you are truly doing a plunge-in-and-swim production, similar to what
was done in NY, there's no substitute for real pool equipment. Depending
on your venue, there are above-ground products that might work.
You'd better have a good sized budget and a deck that can take an
unbelievable amount of weight per square foot!!
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David Lawver lawvd@charter.net
"Without danger, Mr. Bardolph, there is no theatre." -Peter Shaffer
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Saturday, 21 February 2009
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| Re: frosting plexiglass Duncan Wood 05:28:42 |
| | On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:44:24 -0000, David Whitney <drwhitney@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Feb 19, 4:39pm, Tom <pyk...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: How do I frost plexiglass? The windows in our production of "Little Shop of Horrors" need to be more opaque. One easy, and permanent, way to frost Plexiglas is to sand it with a random orbital sander. Start with a 120-grit and move to an 80- or 60- to increase the opacity. Remember to do this with proper ventilation and/or a respirator to avoid inhaling acrylic dust. It will take about an hour per 4'x8' sheet to get proper even sanding. Hope this helps. -- David
Or sandblast it, or apply gel frost or buy a rol of adheive backed film
from the diy store.
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Friday, 13 February 2009
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| Sound design for dummies John W Kennedy 01:20:25 |
| | My wife has had a play accepted for the American Globe's 15-Minute
Festival. <kermit>Yayyyyyyy!</kermit> The downside is that the two of us
have to produce it. Casting's no problem, my wife's a director anyway,
and costumes and props are modern and trivial.
But this is a piece that /must/ have sound. She hasn't done sound since
the 70s, and I've never done sound at all. And I don't think we'll have
any time to work on sound in the performance space.
On the upside, I do a little music, so I already have a digital mike and
mixing software. Also, I've already made a test recording of the sounds
I need, and can do as many more takes as I need to get it right.
But there is so much I don't know.
What is the usual medium these days? (CDs, I suppose.)
Can I expect to be able to mix two sources in performance?
Is it OK for ambiance to be monaural? If not, how do you record it in
stereo in, say, a railroad station, without taking enough space with
mike stands and cables to need a mountain of paperwork?
Should numbered cues have silent lead-in and lead-out? How much?
(At least I have some notion of what I don't know.)
Is there a website? A book?
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Monday, 9 February 2009
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| Sunset Moonrise Islander 19:10:41 |
| | Upcoming in a cpl weeks 5 show run of Waiting for Gadot. The
director wants to see a sun set... then a moon rise on the cyc. First
thing that comes to mind is Ique for our S4s.., cant find any for
rent locally. They tell me they are too fragile for rental. (do not
travel well) is the term. aside from a piece of string..or having to
construct a moonbox which is overkill for such a short run with litle
budget... any ideas..
cheers
Marv
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| Re: A Streetcar Named Desire John W Kennedy 08:28:16 |
| | On 1/31/09 3:12 PM, jmthomas wrote:
I have been researching the music needed for 'Streetcar' and I am having problems coming up with exact names of songs, and finding a copy of the song. For example, 'Paper Moon' can refer to a number of songs, with the words paper moon in the title, but I cannot find a specific song just named 'Paper Moon'.
That's explicitly given in the play -- "It's only a paper moon" by
Harburg, Rose, and Arlen.
Or did you mean "Paper Doll"? That would be Johnny S. Black's "I'm gonna
find a paper doll that I can call my own", recorded by many, including
the Mills Brothers and Frank Sinatra.
The same with 'Wiener! Wien!'
You mean "Wien, Wien, nur du allein". There are a dozens of recordings
listed at Amazon.
and of course, who can find a recording of 'Varsouviana'. After Google and Yahoo and several more searches, all I can come up with is a video of a guy playing a squeeze box.
Since it's a polka, an accordion is entirely appropriate. (In fact,
Amazon lists it as one of the numbers in an accordion method.) But it
doesn't seem to be readily available as a recording. You may want to
find a local accordion player, unless DPS has a rentable track.
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Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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| Re: Trying to design and construct a rain curtain Duncan Wood 23:59:16 |
| | On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:36:23 -0000, <tekod@hotmail.com> wrote:
I'm trying to design and build a rain curtain for the show three days of rain. I'm looking for any advice or resources (online or print) that might help in this endeavor.
I've done a couple, you need an awfully large amount of water to make it
"read", which means your 1st problem is working out how to catch it &
recycle it, your second problem is a large pump to lift that much water
high enough. The overhead pipe's just a piece of pipe with greenhouse
watering nozzles, the easiest solution to the pump is an agricultural
borehole pump, catching the water needs a trough, so unless you can make a
hole in your stage then you'll want to raise the stage about 8-12" & then
arrange a it so the water drains to one endwhere you collect it with a
sewage/sump pump, transfer it to a barrel where the high pressure pump
returns it to the overhead pipe. There's fancier solutions wher you then
use solenoid valaves on the overhead nozzles to let you do
wipes/opens/closes etc., but that gets very expensive, very fast. Try &
see if you can get the local supplier to large agricultural greenhouses or
irrigation supplies to sponsor you & lend you the kit or it's not cheap,
we used over 100gallons per hour per foot, but that's quite opaque.
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Sunday, 25 January 2009
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| Re: Happy New Year everyone! :o) Charles 02:08:08 |
| | In article <pan.2009.01.22.10.33.02@carnations.com>,
Carnations <Beautiful@Carnations.com> wrote:
Hiya,
What would be the tightest deadline that you've ever had to meet for getting a production ready to go?
Would it be unusual to still be getting technical details finalised in the last two weeks for a small/medium production?
not at all.
Director asking for extra sfx at the Dress is not unusual.
--
From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"
Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11
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Saturday, 24 January 2009
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| Re: Looking for experience Dave Vick 21:06:36 |
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<23a1f046-0107-4b9d-a0dc-9d2b3e4398b6@n2g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
kyle.poore@gmail.com wrote:
I'm a tech who lives in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, looking for a troupe or roadhouse that needs an extra hand.
Contact IATSE Local #357 and get on their Overhire/Extra list. I've
toured through Kitchener twice (Centre in the Square, I think?) and
they've been a really good crew to work with.
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Dave Vick
Asst. Carpenter/Rigger
"A Chorus Line" National Tour '08-'??
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Friday, 23 January 2009
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| Re: CCT Colour wheels Duncan Wood 19:48:27 |
| | On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:20:31 -0000, Gerry <gerry@billnot.com> wrote:
I'm after a few CCT colour wheels. Either complete with motor or just the colour wheel or just the central part that holds the magnets. Cheers Gerry
Where are you ?
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009
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| Re: Forwarded to groups-abuse@google.com Richard Crowley 01:22:24 |
| | "Torrance Bell" wrote...
I got an email from google with what looks like a case number in the subject line, but nothing in the message window, so at least there's someone or something there to recognize it.
Chasing spam after the slimeball has moved on is useless.
Spamming is like drive-by shooting from a stolen car.
Real Usenet server operators learned that a decade ago.
Google is caught in a big corporate management morass
that prevents them from properly operating a Usenet service.
The problem has been controlled for decades by consientious
management of the users (i.e. banishing the abusers). But
Google can't do that in a "everyone is served" big corporate
business model. Google have positioned themselves directly
between the rock and the hard place. IMHO, they should
return to their strength (providing the archives) and abandon
their attempt at being a web-based service provider.
This one to me looks like flagrant obvious spam, but what about the following post about the concert stagehand, is that just spam too? I assume it is, but the message is short and sweet so I have my doubts.
It is possible that it is legitimate. Surveymonkey is a legitimate
survey provider. But the tone of the message and the "separate
survey" intrigue just make it too questionable for my tastes. If
it really IS a student project, then s/he should learn that writing
a straightforward and unambiguous invitation is part of the task.
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009
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| Re: Any "Top Gear" fans? (slightly OT) Sean 01:21:35 |
| | Heath Roberts wrote:
Does anyone recognize the type of lighting instrument that's often shown in the panning jib shots that show the rafters? It's an open fixture with a parabolic-looking reflector... They seem to be illuminating the audience areas of the studio.
OpTex Aurasoft, apparently. Supplied by ELP.
(Haven't a clue myself, the question was asked, and answered on another
forum I read.)
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Sunday, 11 January 2009
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| Received Pronunciation S 01:23:28 |
| | I have entered a profession (in the UK) where my native accent is not an
advantage. I would like to learn to speak with Received Pronunciation or at
least something close to. Can anyone advise how to go about this? I am not
planning on becoming an actor.
Thank you.
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Saturday, 3 January 2009
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| Holographs projector Yrret 22:00:10 |
| | There was a thread over the summer about the Musion Eyeliner 3D Projector
system. I just saw Sarah Brightman (Winter Symphony tour) in concert and
was wondering if anyone could confirm if that was the same system used.
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