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<p>On 28 September 2015 at 22:56 Bill Conner via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:<br /><br /><br />> In January I will giving a short talk to high school educators about<br />> lighting on a budget. While I have some ideas and advice to offer, I<br />> was wondering what everyone else might think is important for these<br />> educators to consider when trying to light a show with a minimal<br />> budget.<br /><br />My first reaction was to talk about lighting positions and the<br />necessity for safe access. Whether it's catwalks or motorized battens<br />and bounce focusing or focus track or other FOH, and Genies or scissor<br /></p>
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<p>I agree with that. When I was young and agile, I accessed luminaires in all sorts of fashions, some of which were distinctly hazardous. I survived. Most of us will have done that sort of thing.<br /></p>
<p>There is, these days, a very sharp distinction between "the show must go on" and "the safety rules must be complied with". The lawyers seem to have pre-empted the second of these.<br /></p>
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