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We are going on seminar hiatus while we go do some real life rigging.
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PAST SESSIONS Subscribe to our Remote Seminar YouTube Channel Playlist to receive notifications when recordings become available. |
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Wednesday, September 2, 2020 |
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Wednesday, September 9, 2020 |
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| Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Self Retracting Devices: Location. Location. Location. These devices are becoming more common. Unfortunately, it appears that not many technicians are being trained how to use them properly. This session will help fix that problem. |
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020 |
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020 |
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020 |
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020 |
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020 |
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| Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Entertainment (E-series) ANSI Standards: Pointing the way. The key word is ‘guidance’. Standards put together by industry professionals provide knowledge and guidance that isn’t available anywhere else. And it’s free! |
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| Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Manual Counterweight Rigging in the Theatre: Working with gravity instead of fighting it |
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| Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Motorized Rigging: Machines are great as long as you pay attention. |
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| Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Equity and Inclusion: Part 2 of an ongoing discussion to be held monthly. Resource Links from the chat |
Video for this session is available to registered participants only. The link to the discussion will be sent upon request. |
| Wednesday December 2, 2020 Performer Flying Winches Special guest Paul Sapsis talks about his experiences flying Pink, Lady Gaga and others. |
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December 16, 2020 The Sapsis Brothers Interview. Together again for the first time. Moderated by Eddie Raymond. |
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| January 6, 2021 Chain Hoists. Operational safety for everyone. |
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| January 13, 2021 Aerialist Rigging. The planning and the gear. We talked with special guests, Jonathan Deull and Andy Schmitz, about the planning and gear needed to put together an aerialist act. Jonathan is a co-founder of the Zip-Zap Circus USA and a leading trainer in aerialist rigging in North America. Andy is the Rigging and Facilities Manager at the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA). Prior to that he was a leading rigging specialist for a number of shows in Las Vegas. |
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Video for this session is available to registered participants only. The link to the discussion will be sent upon request. |
| January 27, 2021 Indeterminate Structures. Bill and special guest Bill Gorlin will try to demystify this elusive principle. |
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| February 3, 2021 Fire Safety Curtains. Everything you every wanted to know, and more, about these often misunderstood safety systems. |
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| February 10, 2021 Truss. Truss. We’ll be joined by special guest, Will Todd, COO of Tomcat Truss, to talk about the myths and truths about using aluminum truss. And yes, we’ll tackle the fine art of slinging truss. |
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February 17, 2021 Equity & Inclusion, Part 4. The discussion continues. Resource Links from the chat |
Video for this session is available to registered participants only. The link to the discussion will be sent upon request. |
| February 24, 2021 Aerial Rigging, Part 2. Special guests Andy Schmitz and Ginger Griep-Ruiz take a look at Aerial Rigging from the performer’s point of view. |
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| March 3, 2021 Risk Assessment. A game the whole family can play! Eddie Raymond and Jonathan Deull will join us to discuss the processes for identifying and managing risk in the live event environment. CHAT TRANSCRIPT |
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| March 10, 2021 Ground Support Truss Systems. We talked with special guest Elmer Veith about the do’s & don’ts on choosing and setting up ground support rigs. |
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| March 17, 2021 Behind the Scenes Mental Health Initiative. Lori Rubinstein, Executive Director of Behind the Scenes talked with us about this initiative and how it can help members of the entertainment community. |
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| March 24, 2021 Open Mic Session An opportunity for everyone to discuss whatever we want. |
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April 21, 2021 There are many people out of work and many others just entering the industry. We’d like to help out with some advice on finding a job. I’ve assembled some knowledgeable folks to talk about their experiences this past year as well as their insight into what’s going on in the job market right now and what we think will be happening in the near future. Our very special guests are: Anne Valentino, Senior Project Manager for Entertainment Controls at ETC (retired) |
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| May 12, 2020 Deck Winches & Tracks: Loren Schreiber, Chuck Adomanis and Bill Sapsis discuss cable and belt drives, push chains, self-driven units, etc. and carrying power/control to skids, pallets, wagons & turntables. |
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| May 26, 2021 Hemp House Rigging Join Eddie Raymond and Bill Sapsis for a seminar on Hemp House rigging. There are still active hemp houses out there and we thought it would be fun to have a look at them. You should join us, even if you’ve never been in a hemp house. You might just walk into one while out on a tour one day and it would be cool if you knew what you were looking at. |
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A few words about Bill Sapsis Bill’s career spans 5 decades (48 years, to be exact) and in that time he’s seen a lot and learned a lot. He’s been sharing his thoughts and experiences for many years and, in these challenging times, wants to continue. Hence this new seminar program. We hope you enjoy these sessions. Please let us know if you have any thoughts about improving these seminars and if you have an idea for a topic Bill can talk about in the future. These sessions are free. There’s no expectation of payment. However, if you enjoy the session and want to acknowledge the time Bill is spending putting these sessions together, you can make a donation, in any amount, to his favorite charity, Behind the Scenes. The details can be found here. https://wp.behindthescenescharity.org/ |
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NOTE: A registration link will be provided for individual sessions at about 10AM the Friday before that session. If you don't see the link or a status of the registration, first try refreshing your browser page, and if that doesn't work, please email the webmanager Please make sure you register with the email address and account you will be using to access the Zoom session. Once you register, you will be sent an email with the meeting link. (In the confirmation email will be a sentence that says: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: Click Here to Join.) The Details:
NOTE: A registration link will be provided for individual sessions at about 10AM the Friday before that session. If you don't see the link or a status of the registration, first try refreshing your browser page, and if that doesn't work, please email the webmanager Once you register, you will be sent a confirmation email with the meeting link and passcode. DO NOT LOSE THIS CONFIRMATION. Each registration is unique and if you lose yours, we may not be able to get you in once the session has started. |
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