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STAGEHAND
New member
That's a pretty great video. Neat.
Another Stagehand here - Local 38, also a Lighting Designer. Doing ~ the 1260th performance of Christmas Carol tomorrow. 30 years of magic for kids and adults. Kids come by the busload for morning matinees. They. Just. Keep. Coming.
hey! nice to meet a couple of bretherns.
I was local 311 for about ten years, about 15 years ago. Now Im the TD/LD at an old rope-and-sandbag place in Poughkeepsie, NY.For closure, here is the Load Out:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vOvaXvkBmbo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
And for grins, a Diana Ross show day in a minute
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1AnPfySnybE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
der ziegelstein
Brick Pilot
I make ice...at 200 mph
Thanks, most of my years were out in the field and never any serious mishaps...a few splinters taking the short way down, but that's part of the deal. I still cringe in T-storms when others like the light show as that used to mean a long night or two. Have made a few LEO's and Firefighters scramble for cover as the sparks flew a "few" times
All good times
Squarehead
Crazed Individual
this is extraordinarily beautiful, very nice work
Ken F
IBA #44567
Very humbled by some of the things I've seen here.....but here's my submission
http://s982.photobucket.com/albums/ae310/460Jetboat/SewingRoom/
http://s982.photobucket.com/albums/ae310/460Jetboat/SewingRoom/
ricochetrider
Out There Somewhere
me too.
IATSE Locals 98 (Hershey) and 97 (Reading) in Pennsylvania.
here's a gig i worked on this summer, t'was perhaps the highlight of the year. TONS (literally) of fun.
this was a LOT of fun, but some seriously hard work. i was on as a climber here, in Philly. i'd worked only the production load out in Baltimore earlier, but came on here as a climber, for the steel strike. we literally picked the whole rig up off the ground and broke it apart from the bottom up, dropping the whole thing little by little, until it was sitting on the ground! 5 minutes after we began, i was sitting on top of the rig, breaking the *skin* loose! what a way to begin a day.
ricochetrider
Out There Somewhere
hey! nice to meet a couple of bretherns.
For closure, here is the Load Out:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vOvaXvkBmbo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
And for grins, a Diana Ross show day in a minute
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1AnPfySnybE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
COOL!
howdy guys, from PA Locals 98 & 97! (see above) i had no idea that we had that many stagehands here at BMWMOA! cheers, to all, the gig is fun but not an easy way to make a living. it's all part time for me, so i run about a 100 mile radius to make it full time, working in Hershey, Reading, Philly, York, Shippensburg & Wilkes Barre here in PA, and also Baltimore (& surrounding area) with Local 19, and Wilmington, DE with Local 284
ricochetrider
Out There Somewhere
yeah but i used to
Build things. nice things. had a 30+ year career as a carpenter/woodworker/cabinet maker
as an example, here's a couple teaser shots of some work i did for a friend- a study in red oak & cherry
doors:
she had some antlers and wanted to have them as handles for her doors. we found a matched pair, and i had some cool old Brass screws so that's what i used. i put a Watco oil & wax finish on these. 10 years later, they're holding up pretty well.
stereo cabinet:
made this with fixed shelves to specified dimensions. i needed to vent the receiver, so i pulled an old floor vent out of her kitchen, which was due for a new flooring job, and cut it into the top of this cabinet for her. the old cast iron vent matched the little pulls we used on the doors.
found some great matched veneered cherry to use on the doors... something different. this cabinet was primarily veneered plywood and MDF, so i put an industrial grade Catalyzed Laquer finish on it. all mouldings and edgings are hardwood.
Build things. nice things. had a 30+ year career as a carpenter/woodworker/cabinet maker
as an example, here's a couple teaser shots of some work i did for a friend- a study in red oak & cherry
doors:
she had some antlers and wanted to have them as handles for her doors. we found a matched pair, and i had some cool old Brass screws so that's what i used. i put a Watco oil & wax finish on these. 10 years later, they're holding up pretty well.
stereo cabinet:
made this with fixed shelves to specified dimensions. i needed to vent the receiver, so i pulled an old floor vent out of her kitchen, which was due for a new flooring job, and cut it into the top of this cabinet for her. the old cast iron vent matched the little pulls we used on the doors.
found some great matched veneered cherry to use on the doors... something different. this cabinet was primarily veneered plywood and MDF, so i put an industrial grade Catalyzed Laquer finish on it. all mouldings and edgings are hardwood.
STAGEHAND
New member
me too.
IATSE Locals 98 (Hershey) and 97 (Reading) in Pennsylvania.
here's a gig i worked on this summer, t'was perhaps the highlight of the year. TONS (literally) of fun.
this was a LOT of fun, but some seriously hard work. i was on as a climber here, in Philly. i'd worked only the production load out in Baltimore earlier, but came on here as a climber, for the steel strike. we literally picked the whole rig up off the ground and broke it apart from the bottom up, dropping the whole thing little by little, until it was sitting on the ground! 5 minutes after we began, i was sitting on top of the rig, breaking the *skin* loose! what a way to begin a day.
That's U2's monster, is it not? The 360 stage? Couple of buddies of mine did some work on that.. You maybe know a Baltimore guy named Joe Yates?
YEah, tis funny, I had no idea there were so many of us here
ricochetrider
Out There Somewhere
That's U2's monster, is it not? The 360 stage? Couple of buddies of mine did some work on that.. You maybe know a Baltimore guy named Joe Yates?
YEah, tis funny, I had no idea there were so many of us here
IATSE rocks. no show would be complete without us. watching a film the other day, an older flick, The Manchurian Candidate- there was a scene where the IA film crew guys slipped a shot of an IATSE sticker into prominent focus! i thought, OK now!
anyway, bro- yes that's what that is, wasn't trying to say it out loud, but yep.
that gig was a boatload of fun, but the last couple trips up those vertical towers after 10-11 hours of ass bustin were a real MOFO. that was a really fantastic international crew.
i don't know Joe Yates by name tho there are a LOT of local 19 guys. i would probably recognise his face tho, as i work down there fairly regularly. is he a rigger by any chance? does he work up in Philly too, sometimes? i got onto the production OUT for Baltimore's U2 show at the last minute- didn't do the IN, and wasn't on as a climber or rigger there- got on in Philly as a climber, strictly for the *green steel* strike, after the production OUT. it was a daylight call, beginning at 7:00 or 8:00 AM, if i recall correctly, and went about 12 hours.
up in Philly i typically only get certain calls, mostly big gigs at the stadium where i go on as a climber. but sometimes the BA from Wilmington gets me onto smaller gigs there. Philly can be a bit of a PIA for assorted reasons (parking) but i always wind up working with good people there. sometimes the climbing calls are at weird hours- like 3:00 AM for Kenny Chesney, for example, this past summer... at least the parking at the stadium there is cake. those climbing calls are usually 10-12 hours.
cheers, man!
see ya around maybe.
