Cleveland Clinic / Intercontinental

Wow. another blog? I'm so glad that i have to do these blog posts. They totally enrich my learning experience and in no way take away from the enjoyment of the project.


Where we left our heros they were battling the rock hall, playhouse square, and passion pit.

Now lets jump forward a week in time to the following friday. This was another opportunity for me to go and help out on a production because there was nothing much happening in the shop. This week we were headed downtown to the intercontinental hotel ballroom for a cleveland clinic benefit. It wasnt a super large order (at least the day that i was there) but it was some truss and a few cases of lights and power distro and some control capabilities.

The loading dock at the intercontinental is in a really stupid place. In order to get gear off of the truck and up to the ballroom, you must unload the truck into the adjacent hallway, then take all of the stuff around the hall, into the elevator, around another hall, through a kitchen and into the ballroom. Its kinda a pain. and the best part is that the truss doesnt even fit in the elevator so we have to lean it at an angle and can only take 3 pieces at a time.

After we got it all up though it wasnt too bad. 70' of truss flying together with some 3" fresnels on it just to give a nice wash of the stage. Nothing too complicated but I was still able to learn a lot about the process. Attached is a picture of the truss with the lights on it about halfway up.

I also thought that since im always talking about orders, id attach a picture of one so you can see what it looks like...