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Stagehand proverb #311

"Its nice to be important,
but it is more important to be nice."

stagehand proverb #240

... lack of preparation on someone else's part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on mine.

a slap on the back of the head is a wake up call...
a slap in the face is humiliating.

AGT clouds progress imagery


my colleges from Local 829 were stoked that i bothered to document our clouds for this weeks AGT.

here are some images for all to enjoy,

Stagehand proverb #92

if you can't smile today,  then you might as well go home.

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150' from The Big House Stage


Front Light Position at The Metropolitan Opera
circa. 2008

New York's City Center



This is how it appeared when it was completed in It took a great amount of labor with a large amount of skill to construct this magnificent structure.  i highly recommend see a show here.  New York City's Town Hall, The United Palace Theater and of course Radio City and The Met Opera are also bucket list venues. 


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The New York City Center, built in 1923, was designed by architect Harry P. Knowles and the firm of Clinton & Russell,[3] and was originally called the Mecca Temple, by the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, more commonly known as Shriners. The Shriners had previously held their meetings at Carnegie Hall. According to Broadway lore, Carnegie Hall management was disturbed by the amount of cigar smoke generated during Shriners meetings and evicted them.[citation needed] Although the Shriners owned a clubhouse at 107 West 45th Street, large meetings had earlier been held in Carnegie Hall and in the concert hall of Madison Square Garden[5] (the 1890 Stanford White building).


In 1921, Mecca Temple bought the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation movie studio site from Yale University for $400,000.[6] The cornerstone (visible today on West 56th Street) was laid on December 13, 1923 by Judge Arthur S. Tompkins,[7] Grand Master of Masons in NY State. The dedication ceremony took place onstage, December 29, 1924, with the invocation offered by Episcopal Bishop William T. Manning.[8] The first public musical concert took place late the next year, by John Philip Sousa's (a Mason) band, with Walter Damrosch and Willem Mengelberg among the audience.[9]
The building's design is Neo-Moorish and features elaborate interior and exterior polychromed tile work, murals, and a recently restored terra cotta tiled rooftop dome. The 102-foot (31 m) wide, 54-foot (16 m) tall dome is covered with more than 28,000 individual tiles. The building was designed by architects Harry P. Knowles (a Master Mason), who died before its completion, and Clinton & Russell. The auditorium and three Masonic lodge rooms included four M.P. Moller pipe organs.

Master Rigger from the MOH...

Past Performance will Never Guarantee Future Result.

Never.

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