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Venue Details

Sampson Centerstage Performaces are held in the Sampson County Exposition Center
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building layout | general facility info | load in | ladders & lifts | communications | dressing & green rooms | stage dimensions | fly system & curtains | lighting | sound | misc. a/v equipment

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Building Layout



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General Facility Information

1. Auditorium Information

Total Capacity:
912
Sampson Circle:
160
Dress Circle:
60
Orchestra:
564
Gallery:
104
Handicapped:
24

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2. Load-In Point: Directly on Stage (Dock Level)

Comments: Loading Dock will accommodate either one truck trailer or two short trucks.
Load in through one set of doors with the following dimensions:
5’-10" W x 6’-10" High.


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3. Ladders and Personnel Lifts

The following are on site and available for use as approved by Technical Director:
Handy Herman Personnel Lift (22’)
TCM Forklift 5000# Capacity (Lift Height-13’)
2-8’ Step Ladders
1-12’ Step Ladder


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4. Communications:

Type: Telex Clear Com Compatible Hard Wired
(XLR 3 pin connector single channel party line)
5-Belt Packs with Microphone and Headset
7-Station Locations: Stage Right, StageLeft, Dressing Room SR, Dressing Room SL,
Lighting Console (Middle FOH), Sound Console (Middle FOH), Spot Light and Green Room.

Note: Dressing Rooms have monitors that provide main house feed.

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5. Dressing Rooms – Privacy/Green Rooms

Dressing Room Stage Left: Capacity: 6-10
Shower/Toilet: Yes
Make Up Mirrors: Yes
Wardrobe Rack: 1
Sinks: 2
Internet Access


Dressing Room Stage Right: Capacity: 6-10
Shower/Toilet: Yes
Make Up Mirrors: Yes
Wardrobe Rack: 1
Sinks: 2
Internet Access


Expo Room Capacity: (Up to 25)
(No Public Access)
Shower/Toilet: Restrooms (Directly across Hall)
Make Up Mirrors: No
Wardrobe Rack: No
Sinks: No
Internet Access

Green Room / Bennett-Allen Room: Capacity: (Up to 16)
(No Public Access)
Restrooms (Directly across Hall)
Make Up Mirrors: No
Wardrobe Rack: No
Sinks: No
Internet Access

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6. Stage Dimensions

A. Proscenium: Width: 31’-0"and Height: 16’ (Main Border is dead hung at 12’-9)

B. Distance from Curtain Line to Edge of Apron: 4’-6"

C. Distance from Curtain Line to Back Wall: 28’-10"

D
. Offstage Wing Space: SR: 7’ SL: 7’

E. There is no crossover, however, when using the back traveler there is a crossover of 5’.

F. Stage may be entered from the SR Dressing Room, which is located adjacent to the Load In doors which lead onto loading dock. Stage may be entered from SL. At SL entrance are 4 steps which lead to a small area that can be used for changing etc. From this position entrance to the House may be obtained by a personnel door, which opens allowing entrance to the House. Entrance at SL is also adjacent to the SL Dressing Room. Entrance to the house may be obtained at the proscenium opening on both SR and SL by going down 4 steps. Or may be obtained through personnel door located adjacent to SL at bottom of steps.

G. There is no Orchestra Pit.

H. The stage floor is maple hardwood with a clear polyurethane finish. (The use of nails, screws, tacks or hooks is strictly prohibited on the stage floor, walls or doors of the venue.) Any equipment that may possibly cause damage to the stage floor should be placed carefully and should be placed on a mat that will protect the floor. (Limited protection mats are available, contact staff for availability.)

I. There is a handicap lift located a SL. (Lift may NOT be used to move equipment)

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7. Fly System-Curtains-Masking

There is no fly system available

Main Drape (Curtain) is Burgundy velour and is manual rope draw from SR.
3-Side Legs are Black Atlas (Permanently mounted SR and SL)
1-Back Traveler (Black Atlas and is manual draw.)
1-Scrim (38’ x 17’-5" White Seamless Sharkstooth mounted on track.)
3-Borders (Black Atlas permanently mounted.)

Note:
All curtains, legs and borders are permanently hung.
All curtains, borders and legs were installed in 1999 and 2000 and are in excellent condition.
The attachment of any object or the use of pins on any stage curtain is strictly prohibited.

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8. Lighting

A. Company Switch: There is a Company Switch located at SR and features a 400 amp-3 Phase connection. Artist or Production company must provide their own connections.

B. Dimmers and Control:

Total Dimmers: 88 Dimmers (Dimmers are 2,400 watts per dimmer)

House Light Dimmers: 16 Dimmers (All House Lights)
(2-NSI 2408CD)

Stage (FOH) Dimmers: 24 Dimmers at 2,400 watts each
(2-NSI 2408CD)
(1-NSI DDS 9800)

Stage (On Stage) Dimmers: 48 Dimmers at 2,400 watts each
(6-NSI DDS 9800)

64 Stage Dimmers are wired on Edison duplex receptacles (All Overhead)
8 Stage (4-SR-Rear and 4-SL Front) Dimmers are wired on Edison single outlet receptacles located at 15" off stage floor.

All circuits are wired with hot, neutral and ground.
Stage Lighting is DMX-512 Compatible with connections located at Middle of FOH and at SR. (SR location has DMX in/out.)

Control Boards:
ETC Express 48/96 (New June 2002)
NSI Model 7514 Microprocessor that is DMX-512 Compatible

C. Lighting Instruments

Quantity
Type Brand Wattage Gel/Gobo Holder
4 Source Four-36° ETC 575 Yes/Yes
8 Source Four Jr.-36° ETC 575 Yes/Yes
14 Source Four Jr. -26° ETC 575 Yes/Yes
3 6 x 12 Altman 360Q 750 Yes/No
2 Vari-Focus 18-32 Strand 15/32 SL 575 Yes/Yes
6 Source 4 Par ETC 750 Yes/NO
6 Source 4 Parnel ETC 750 Yes/NO
12 6" Fresnels
(4-6" Barndoors)
Altman 165Q 500 Yes/NA
38 Par 64 n/a 500/1000 Yes/NA
12 Single Cell Cyc Lights Strand CODA 500 Yes/NA

Note: All instruments are wired with Edison connectors.

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D. FollowSpot(s)

Quantity Brand
Model
Wattage Gel Holders
1 Lycian Midget 1209 HP 575MHI 7 Colors
1 Altman   1000 7 Colors

E. Hanging Positions

Front of House Positions: Distance from Curtain Line Height from Stage # Circuits
FOH # 1Electric:
19’-6" 17’ 24

Stage Positions:
1st Electric: 2’ 16’-2" 16
2nd Electric: 8’ 16’-3" 8
3rd Electric: 16’ 16’-2" 12
4th Electric (Cyc): 23’ 17’-0" 4
Ground Row SR: 18’ 15" 4
Ground Row SL: 0’ 15" 4

All lighting will be dead hung.

The facility has on hand various electrical cables, which will allow lighting instruments to be adjusted and located as necessary. We are currently adding extension cables to increase the flexibility of our lighting arrangement.

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9. Sound System

A. Sound Mixing Console #1 : Soundcraft Spirit 8 32 Channel
Number Input Channels: 32 Number of Monitor Channels: 4

Accessories include: Furman PL-8Power Conditioner and Light Module
Compact Disc Player (JVC XL-282BK)
Double Cassette Player (JVC TD-W354 BJ)
4-Ashly MQX 2150 15 Band Graphic EQ*
(*This is for 4 FOH controlled stage Monitors)

Snake (FOH # 1) for Channels: 1-9, 4 Channels for Choir Microphones and 3 Channels for Wireless Microphones.
Snake (FOH # 2) for Channels 10-32
Small Snake and Box (Channels 1-9 XLR inputs)
Large Snake and Box (Channels 10-32 XLR inputs)
32 Channel Splitter Snake**

**(Channels 1-29 are XLR wired and 30-32 are for Wireless.)
4-On stage connections for monitors controlled from FOH.

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B. Sound Mixing Console #2: Soundcraft Spirit Folio SX 16 Channel
Number Input Channels: 16 Number of Monitor Channels: 2

Accessories include: Power Conditioner
Compact Disc Player (JVC XL-282BK)
Double Cassette Player (JVC TD-W354 BJ)
Snake (In Mobile Rack) for Channels 1-9, 4 Channels for Choir Microphones and 3 Channels for Wireless Microphones.
Small Snake and Box (Channels 1-9 for XLR inputs)
32 Channel Splitter Snake (Can Use Channels 1-9) with Sound Mixing Console # 2**
**(Channels 1-29 are XLR wired and Channels 30-32 are for Wireless Microphones.)
2-On stage connections for monitors controlled from FOH.
(1-Compressor and EV 7300 Amp for Portable Use outside facility.)
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C. FOH Sound System Description

The house is comprised of 24 – 12 inch high quality EV-PRO12B coax speakers overhead distributed ceiling speakers in tuned ported enclosures supplemented with 4 – overhead EV TL18-1 sub bass speakers. The speaker system is time-delayed front to back with Sabine digital delays. The system is crossed over at 100 hz with an EV EX-24 24 db /octave electronic crossover. Tuning is accomplished using 2 – IRP (Industrial Research Products) 31 band Transversal EQ’s. Two EQ’s are used so the front half of the room can be equalized separately from the rear half when the room is split for different functions and two independent sound systems are required. The system has been tuned and aligned for maximum headroom and signal to noise with an Audio Control SA-3050 RTA and Crown TEF20. The system max SPL is set at 118 DB at 4 feet or ear level for even coverage of the seating or main floor area. The system is limited with an Aphex compressor limiter with a slow attack time to allow maximum bass dynamics. Limiter operation is very transparent to kick and snare drum mixes.
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D. Monitoring Systems

Three modes of stage monitors are possible in this system

(1) For simple applications where one or two monitors are required, the stage monitors are fed one monitor mix from either the IRP automatic mixer (simple 1 to 4 mic setup) or the small 16 channel console that can be set up in the center of the venue.

(2) For more sophisticated applications, four separate monitor mixes can be fed to the stage using the Spirit 32 x 8 mixing desk, again from the center of the venue. Aux-1 through Aux-4 is routed through a portable effects rack that houses 4 channels of Ashley 15 band EQ and then routed to two Crown CE-1000 amps on stage, then to 4 separate Neutrik connectors to monitors, 4 – EV Sx200 12 inch two way systems.

(3) For more on stage monitor mixes a 29-channel transformer isolated splitter snake is provided. In house wireless mics 1, 2, and 3 show up on the monitor splitter snake as channel 30, 31, and 32. The client can bring their own monitor desk, power amps, eq’s, and monitors, and split out any of the 29 channels from front of house. Any phantom power must be provided by the FOH console.
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E. Amplifiers for FOH

Quantity Brand Model Wattage Condition
6 EV 7300 300 w/ch Excellent
5 EV P1200 550 w/ch Excellent

F. Amplifiers for stage monitors

Quantity Brand Model Wattage Condition
2 Crown CE1000 250 w/ch Excellent

G. Main (FOH) Speakers

Quantity Brand Model Wattage Condition
24 EV Pro 12B 12" Coax 120 Excellent
4 EV TL18-1 Subs 800 Excellent

H. Monitor Speakers

Quantity Brand Model Wattage Condition
4 EV SX 200 300 Excellent
(All Monitors have Speakon Connectors)
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I. Microphones and Cables

Quantity Brand Model Condition
6 Electro-Voice ND-267S Excellent
1 Electro-Voice MC-300 Excellent
6 Shure SM-58 New
4 Audio-Technica AT 853 RX Choir Microphones Excellent
2 Electro-Voice MT 2500 Handheld Wireless
/with Lavaliere Microphone
Wireless #1 Frequency 169.505
Wireless #2 Frequency 184.025
Excellent
1 Shure ULX Professional Series
Wireless #3
Selectable Frequencies
New (March 06)
25 Rapco RSMCA Microphone Cables (XLR) 25’
1 Rapco RSMCA Microphone Cable (XLR) 50’
4 Monitor Cables (Speakon) 25’-30’
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J. Miscellaneous Sound Equipment and Instruments

Quantity Brand Model Condition
1 Yamaha C7 Conservatory Grand Piano with adjustable bench
New (May 2005)
1 Young Chang Studio Piano (On Stage) New (Nov. 1999)
1 Studio Piano (Floor Level Only) Fair
9 Atlas Straight Mic Stands (Chrome) Excellent
6 K & M Boom Stands Excellent
2 Rapco Model DB 101-SL Direct Boxes New
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K. Hanging Points

There are two (2) sound system hanging points located FOH stage left and stage right. These points are rated at 1-ton. Sound company or artists must provide chain hoist. All use subject to approval by executive director.
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K. Sound System installed and serviced by:
Cathedral Sound and Light
Ellis Guy
6201 River Ridge Road
Fayetteville, NC 28311
(910) 488-7060 Office
(910) 624-0061 Cellular
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L. Sound and Backline Service Provider:
Soundwave Audio, Inc.
Michael Thrift
102 Port Watch Way, Suite A
Wilmington, NC 28412
(910) 794-2858 Office
(910) 762-9010 Fax
Email: soundwaveaudio@worldnet.att.net

10. Miscellaneous Audiovisual and Stage Equipment

This facility contains many audiovisual components, listed below are several of importance.

1. EIKI Led Projector: Used to project TV/VCR/CABLE TV/Satellite-Pay per View (Prestage Hall)
2. Remote controlled Camera for recording on stage or projection of speaker. (Prestage Hall)
3. Rear Projection Screen (Prestage Hall)
4. Four Sections SICO Choral Risers Excellent Condition
5.  Staging Risers (Assorted Sizes and Heights)
6.  Assorted Hand Tools
7.  Limited Sewing Kit
8.  Assorted Tapes: (Spike, Gaffers, etc.)
9.  Soldering Iron
10. Amp Metter
11.  Iron and Ironing Board
12.  (2) Hand Trucks
13.  Mop Bucket and Mop & Dust Mops & Brooms for Stage Use Only.
14.  Wireless Internet Access
15.  Miscellaneous Gobos
16.  Washing Machine and Dryer (New 6-2005)
17.  Forklift (TCM) Lift Capacity 5,000 lbs.



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