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Original Message:Sent: 04-04- 07:12From: Dana TaylorSubject: Portable Stage Lighting: What's good?Hi,Sounds like a challenging production and a good experience for the students. Neither of the lighting systems described will provide adequate light for the stage set up you describe. These systems are generally purchased by DJ's to add some flash and trash to the dance floor and aren't really intended for theatrical use on the scale you describe.I would advise speaking with a local lighting rental shop about their thoughts on lighting the area described and the costs of providing adequate lighting.Another option, that might be part of the same conversation is to see what you can move from your theatre into the gym and what would be needed in terms of hanging light and providing adequate power and control.Depending on your budget, you may be able to come up with a more effective alternative to the purchase the systems described.Best wishes,Dana-------------------------------------------Dana TaylorMSD of Mt. Vernon-------------------------------------------Original Message:Sent: 04-03- 11:56From: Phillip GoodchildSubject: Portable Stage Lighting: What's good?Greetings, one and all!For our upcoming production of Fagles' translation of Sophocles' Antigone, we will be performing in our school's gymnasium rather than our auditorium. The idea is to give the students a new challenge as they perform on a traverse stage (audience on both sides of the performance area). It's going well, and the students are really digging the contemporary additions (embodied in a very driving, pounding techno soundtrack - of course).I am looking to purchase some kind of portable lighting. I am, for my sins, looking at Amazon and have found two potential candidates for lighting purposes.American DJ Supply Jelly Par Profile System Bright LED Stage Wash Light System Rgb Color Mixing with Stand/Case/Foot Controlleris one of them. Here's the link to the amazon page:This set runs to $270 or so, and I'd probably need two. I need to light an area that is 45 foot long and 19 foot wide.The other isMBT Lighting PARPACK_ Mobile Lighting Systemlink:and is about $175. The reviews are good, but seem directed to DJs or musical acts, so I'm wondering, because in my previous professional life as an actor, I never paid attention to all the technical stuff (something I'm desperately trying to remedy as a first year theatre instructor), so can anyone tell me if these lights will light up my stage enough for my performers to be seen? I'm finding it really hard to choose between the two; I kind of like the idea of the LED ones as they have some features that could be used to great effect. I am also thinking that these lights would be useful for other shows that are planned that won't be in the auditorium, as well as being a potential teaching tool for the mammoth amount of technical theatre students I am gaining next year.Any advice on either of these units, or an equivalently priced but more practical alternative, would be really, really appreciated!-------------------------------------------Phillip Goodchild-------------------------------------------

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