Theatrical Fly System

What type of fly system do we have at Angleton HS?

• single purchase counterweight

• double purchase counterweight

• hybrid of single purchase counterweight line sets and electric line sets

• electric

The t track that holds the weights for the system:

• head block

• lift line

• purchase line

• arbor

The individual lines that suspend the batten (we have six for each batten).

• purchase lines

• block lines

• lift lines

• deck lines

The line you hold while flying something in or out:

• Lift Line

• Pulley

• Purchase Line

• Rigger

When you are flying something down to the ground, you are flying it:

• In

• Out

• Up

• Away

When you are flying something up toward the roof, you are flying it:

• In

• Out

• Down

• Away

A seamless white curtain often used for the projection of colored light at the rear of the stage:

• cyclorama (cyc)

• mid traveler

• main drape

• leg

The main drape is what type of curtain...?

• leg

• border

• traveler

• roadie

This is at the top of the purchase line. It takes all of the lift lines and turns them 90 degrees to the loading gallery.

• head block

• loft block

• tension block

• outrigger

A travelling curtain that divides the stage in half from Upstage to Downstage.

• main drape

• leg

• border

• mid-stage traveler