Miss America Serves Day
Happy Miss America Serves Day! Unfortunately, I can’t be with my Miss DC sisters because I’m at NCA College Cheerleading Nationals, but good luck to them as they perform at Children’s National, Fisher House, and the Washington DC VA Medical Center. 
I’m also fundraising today at https://www.helpmakemiracles.org/index.cfm… so make a donation to support Children’s Miracle Network by clicking the link!
Knowing Your Theatre: Stage Lighting for Dummies Part 4
Battens, Electrics, Support Beams, Catwalks “Don’t fall.” Some simple vocabulary to start with: Batten A metal bar hung in the flyspace/ceiling that lighting instruments are hung on Electric A Batten that is above the stage (rather than above the audience) Support...
I Don’t Mean to bring Math into this But… Stage Lighting for Dummies Part 3
Beam angles and Lighting theory “One Buffalo….Plus Two Buffalo……...Three Buffalo!” Whether we like it or not (or know it or not) a lot of math goes into lighting design. While it is not necessary to think about it all the time, it is important to have a basic...
It’s pronounced Phur-Nell: Stage Lighting for Dummies Part 2
In the second installment of “Lighting for Dummies” (and self-teaching student techies), we learn about the different types of stage lighting instruments and their uses. From Fresnels to Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlights to those little can lights you see at museums: “It’s pronounced Pher-Nell” has got you covered.