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Donavan’s chapter on Accident Prevention 3/24/2020

I think the bulk of this chapter can be summarized by the one statement: "Rigging accidents are usually caused by a cluster of minor problems, any one of which would not cause an accident by itself."  There are 8 points... Continue Reading →

Question about Fire Safety on Span sets in Entertainment Rigging 3/23/2020

In Donovans book section 3 page 32 (Rigging 101), it has a few lines about adding a steel cables as a fire safety on ploy spansets.   Then it goes on to point out that there doesn't seem to be any... Continue Reading →

Entertainment Rigging section 2. 3/22/20

There is an example in here about walking a beam above a drop ceiling 2' below and everything is fine, until the rigger gets a glance of the floor 80' below him.   Then he gets very tense.  Nothing has changed,... Continue Reading →

The Basics, reading Entertainment Rigging 3/21/20

There is a ton of information in this chapter.     It might be better off if I take two days to blog about it.    This is the 101 of the rigging world.    It starts with diffrent types of... Continue Reading →

A rigging project for this break. 3/20/2020

I'm going to read a few pages of  "Entertainment Rigging" by Harry Donovan every day for the next few weeks as something I can do for self improvement during this down time.   Then I am going to blog about the... Continue Reading →

Follow this to see what Cobb County has Canceled so far.

Here is a link to all City events which are canceled or postponed. Please visit http://www.mariettaga.gov/1357/COVID-19-Information to view additional information relating to City Hall closures and events.

There are reasons to be optimistic regarding the coronavirus – The Washington Post

In dealing with the covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. has distinct advantages over the rest of the world. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/12/there-are-reasons-be-optimistic-regarding-coronavirus/

Something to help the live event production business survive the next few months:

To say this has been a hard week in the live event production business would be a joke.   This has been beyond tough.    Our business has evaporated over the last few days.  My insurance guy actually sent me an... Continue Reading →

Panama City Beach and a few thousand Scottish folks on our SL100 mobile stage.

Mike at HMX in Florida gave us a call to come play over the last weekend. Kinda an early Saint Patty Day. Here is a link to the event website: https://pcbeachscotfestival.com/ Thanks to Mike for getting us another mobile stage... Continue Reading →

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