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WorksheetsRigging vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What type of fly system do we have at Angleton High School?
single purchase counterweight
hybrid system with counterweight line sets, electric winches, and pick lines
hydraulic winch
electric winch
The t-track that holds the weights for the system:
head block
lift line
purchase line
arbor
The individual lines that suspend the 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
Check ALL that apply. Before flying something in or out, you should:
Sing a song
Hold the line
Call what is moving and in which direction
Look for bystanders/hazards
A place to stand when loading/reloading weights:
loft
loading gallery
spiral staircase
outrigger batten
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 Up Stage to Down Stage.
main drape
leg
border
mid-stage traveler
Before flying something, you should call:
Heads up
Clear the rail
What line you are flying and which direction it is going
Clear and the line you are flying
True or False:
It is permissible for flymen to stand on the pin rail.
True
False
True or False:
It is permissible to reweight a line by yourself anytime you find one that is out of balance.
True
False
What do you call any pipe or bar that hangs from the ceiling that contains electricity? (the stage lights are hung from these)
What do you call the system of counter weights that brings curtains or set pieces onto and off the stage?
Fly System
What is the front, often decorative, curtain of a stage?
Cyclorama
What are the narrow curtains in the wings called? (used to mask the backstage areas)
What are the curtains that meet in the center called? (They “travel” across the stage)
What are the short curtains that disguise the lights from audience view called?
