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JR Clancy Has MORE Scary Rigging Photos on Facebook

How bad can rigging mistakes get?  That’s the question J. R. Clancy answers on a weekly basis with its Scary Rigging Photo of the Week, posted on the company’s Facebook page.

The photos of real rigging, sent to Clancy staff members by rigging inspectors and theatre managers, have generated more than one thousand friends to date for the page.

Here’s how it works: Each week, Clancy posts a new photo of a rigging accident-waiting-to-happen at www.facebook.com/JRClancy. These photos stand as vivid examples of amateur errors, often involving hardware that was never meant to bear weight.

The photos are so scary that they’re almost unbelievable, but these frightening scenarios come from real-life high schools, community theatres, worship facilities, and professional performing arts centers.

To see the photos, read comments from rigging professionals about each photo, and add your own comments, visit the J. R. Clancy page on Facebook and click “Like” at the top of the page.

To find a qualified rigging inspector and/or installer in your area, call J. R. Clancy at (800) 836-1885, or email info@jrclancy.com. About the photo attached: This frayed wire rope is barely attached to the winch. There should be a minimum of three dead wraps around the drum.

JR Clancy on Facebook, Show Us Your Scariest Rigging Photos

In JR Clancy’s latest Rigging Report email, they are calling for photos. No, not photos of your beautiful self, but photos of scary rigging. We have all been then.  We have walked into a theatre, looked up and had to do a double take. “Are they really hanging pipes with dog chain?!?”  Yup, I have seen that done and I RAN.

If you are like me, you take photos of these scary situations to show friends and co-workers just how un-safe that space is.  JR Clancy is looking for those photos to add to their Facebook page.  The collection of photos is not intended to make fun or laugh at a venue, but to serve as a remind why annual rigging inspections are so so important. Life would not be good if a schedule 40 pipe came crashing down from ANY height.

Dig through your scary rigging photos and be sure to add them to JR Clancy’s Facebook page to shed some light on some of the scariest rigging out there.  And yes, you can withhold your name and venue location by contacting JR Clancy to add the photo for you.

UPDATE:

In response to one of our readers comments, JR Clancy wanted to follow up about scary rigging photos of their products as well.  Here is what Patrick Finn from JR Clancy has to say:

This is Patrick Finn from J.R. Clancy. We want to see scary rigging photos of our equipment most of all. We can have fun posting the scary rigging photos on Facebook because we know that shortly after the shots are taken the issues are corrected. Please send me some pictures and let me know what theatre you are referring to. If this is an old system we can recommend an ETCP certified rigger who can inspect and repair the issues, and if this is a new installation the equipment may be under warranty. We want to know about all Clancy equipment installation good and bad so we can we address any issues. Thanks and I look forward to seeing your scary photos.

iSquint Profile Dead on Facebook, Revived as Fan Page

If you were a friend of iSquint on Facebook, you might have noticed that you lost a friend recently.  That is because iSquint has died on Facebook.  Not literally!  I just deactivated that account as a profile.  It just didn’t make sense.  I mean, how can a web site be a person?  That is what fan pages are for!

With that, I am proud to announce the new fan page of iSquint.net of Facebook!  When you have some time, stop by, say hi, hang out for a bit and don’t forget to tell your friends. Who knows, you might find a special treat in store on the fan page.

New Social Web Site For Theatre

theatreface_logoRecently announced at SETC and USITT is a new social web site aimed at theatre folks called, TheatreFace.com.  TheatreFace is a networking site for professionals, educators, students and the theatre community and is made possible by the delights industry magazine, Stage Directions.

TheatreFace as you may have guessed is a similar social networking site such as MySpace and Facebook.  The key difference is that TheatreFace is geared towards theatre people.  Members are allowed and encouraged to add content such as photos, videos, discussion topics and create their own blogs on TheatreFace.

We here at iSquint have signed up as a TheatreFace member and have also added an iSquint group.  For the time being, TheatreFace is an invitation only, but send us an email at info@isquint.net with your name and email address and we will be happy to send an invitation to join TheatreFace.

iSquint Now on Facebook

Facebook_logo.pngWe here at iSquint have added yet another feature to the site, a facebook page. Not only can you add iSquint as a friend, you can also follow us via an iSquint page through facebook. On our friends page through facebook, you will be able to be notified of new post added to the site as well as updates about what we have planned for the site.

We have added a facebook link on the site in the far right navigation at the top of the page for easy access to the iSquint page on facebook.

As always, if you have suggestions or recommendations for the iSquint site or any other technology we should implement, please pass along an email to info@isquint.net.

As always, thanks for reading!

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