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National High School Dance Festival

Thursday March 13 to Sunday March 16, 2008

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Technical Specs. – Merriam Theatre

250 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, Pa.
From Jay Madara: Technical Director/Lighting Designer
215-717-6650, jmadara@uarts.edu

Stage


Dance Floor will be 40 ft wide by 30 ft deep
Black Marley
Background is black drop or natural muslin cyclorama
No crossover behind cyc on stage. (The only crossover is upstage of stage house through dressing room area.)
Act curtain is guillotine type, split @center, however does not travel.

Lighting


Strand Pro Palette lighting control board
Front of House – 2 color wash ( x-33, x-64 ) from high balcony rail
sidelight: 4 -14 ft booms each side w 5/ lamps each boom:
kickers – no color ( open white) @ 1'-6" off deck
lo mids – roscolux-36 @ + 4'-0" off deck
hi mids – roscolux-72 @ + 7'-0" off deck
lo top – lee 141 @ + 11'-6" off deck
high top – lee 147 @ + 13'-0" off deck
pipe end sides – par 64 mfl 1kw. , 2 color wash, roscolux-17 and lee 165

downlight specials:
9 areas including 4 corners, center/center, up center, dn center, left center and right center. All in Open white (no color)

1 center/center fresnel down light 2kw. Open white
flood focus

warm backlight
par 64 1kw wide flood from 4th elec. roscolux-37

cool backlight
par 64 1kw wide flood from the 4th elec. roscolux-68

no color ( open white ) template wash from pipe end position on #2 and #3 electric. (foliage breakup)

Cyclorama
3 color wash from above - roscolux-26, roscolux-80, roscolux-93

Lighting Note:
It is essential that you have a clear idea of when your light cues happen, including fade times, and the result of said cue.
Example.
Cue 1 time 7 center special up to half , red cyc @ 30%
Cue 2 time 2 center special fades out with dancers movement, Cool backlight and clear kickers at 50%
Cue 3 time 10 fade to black when group freezes at ctr.

Sound


CD playback through mono house equipment. Run from offstage left.
FOH-
Orchestra Level Main Mix
Balcony Level Fill Mix
On Stage-
2 stage monitors ( DSL & DSR )

If you burn your own CD, please check that it will be read and play through a consumer grade CD player.

Please note


All groups will have a fifteen minute tech time.
The schedule will be tight and controlled. Please be prompt.

The more concise you have your notes, the better we'll be able to make it look good. Remember, you know your work intimately, we however, have never seen it before.
Fifteen minutes of tech time will seem like a mere blink of the eye. Keep it simple and keep it clear.