Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:21:34 -0500
From: Dave&Ann Yates <monet-AT-lincoln.midcoast.com>
Subject: Re: PUPT: "Backdrop Blues" To Diane


Wow..outside how well does the scrim curtain work..? How do you handle the
lighting ?
really interested..
Annie



>When I do shows in windy conditions, I usually anchor my scrim curtain in
>the following manner:
>
>1) A long piece of black elastic is fastened to the middle bottom of the
>curtain with a safety pin.
>
>2) The other end of the elastic is stretched down and tied to a shock cord,
>which is hooked onto the two side bars which form part of the floor of the
>stage. (The stage is basically an aluminum-pole cube, like a tent.
>
>Maybe something similar would work for your backdrop.
>
>~  Diane
>   Freshwater Pearls Puppetry
>   Minnesota, USA
>
>*******
>
>>I have a continuing problem.  A single backdrop
>>cloth and pvc pipe frame in the wind.  The frame
>>is 7' long.  Should I..........slit the cloth........weight
>>the bottom of the cloth........get galvanized pipe...
>>cut half-moon air holes in the cloth .....OR   all
>>of the above?  I'm desperate in Dixie (outdoors)
>>
>>Conrad Hartz
>>Hartz Handcarved Puppets....since 1975
>>"Wizardry in Wood"
>>http://www.mindspring.com/~gkoepke/hartz.htm
>>
>>
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