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Technical Package

The Centrum

6823 Cypresswood Drive

Spring, Texas 77379

CCCC House Manager:  Steven Talac

FACE Technical Director:  Cory Frederick

E-mail: cory4@earthlink.net

E-mail:  steventalac@aol.com

General Information

DIRECTIONS:     Click here to view the Google Map

I-45 north, exit Rankin/Kuykendahl, turn left under freeway to Kuykendahl, then right.  Proceed north, cross 1960 to Cypresswood. Turn left on Cypresswood to Yorkminster.   The Centrum is the closest building to the street, between the Barbara Bush Library and the Harris County Courthouse Annex.

Beltway 8 north, exit Hwy. 249, then north to Cypresswood.  Turn right on Cypresswood , go east 4.0 miles.  The Centrum is one block east of Stuebner-Airline on the right. Loading dock is on Yorkminster.

DRESSING ROOMS:

Artist’s Dressing Room #1- upstairs stage right

Artist’s Dressing Room #2- with shower, upstairs stage right

Dressing Room #3-stage left downstairs, 6-10 people

Dressing Area #4-4 changing rooms, one bathroom, upstairs, rear stage

Dressing Area #5-adjacent building-10 people

REHEARSAL ROOMS:

Rehearsal #1-378 seat performance space with grand piano and tracker organ for warm-up

Rehearsal #2- 30X30 area in the Forum with spinet piano

Rehearsal #3- 30X40 choral warm-up room with studio piano

Rehearsal #4- 30X40 rehearsal space with spinet piano

STAGEHANDS:

All arrangements for union stagehands are made through FACE Technical Director Corey Fredrick.

ORCHESTRA PIT:

See Illustration #1, Area 56.5’ wide and 6’ deep pit in front of stage.

Miscellaneous Information

HOUSE CAPACITY:  887   (943 with additional seating)

Orchestra--------------  476

Orch. Vineyard-------110

Balcony Vineyard---- 80

Balcony----------------- 211

ROAD PERSONNEL:  The Centrum requests that all road personnel who work in front of the house, such as Sound and Light Board operators, wear appropriate clothing while in the house during the run of the production. Please, no shorts, hats or sleeveless shirts.

STAGE DIMENSIONS: See illustration #2

                Height: Cathedral (no fly or curtain) 59’

                Width: 56.5’ (extending to 87.5’ on sides to entrances)

                Depth: 20’ to 17’ (after the center 20’)

                            4 permanent stage risers at rear of stage

    14” high, 40” wide w/recess for music stands

TRUCK LOADING:  Entrance from Yorkminster. 

Room for one vehicle at dock.

Loading Dock Door  20” off ground, 6‘ wide, 8‘ tall

Ramp up to work area 13’ wide and 25’ Long (+ street

Work area is 20’ X 7.5’

Doors from work area to stage is 7’ X 7’

BANKING:

Our bank is-  Trustmark Bank

                         6809 FM 1960 W

                         Houston, TX  77066

                         Larry Parker, Pres./Bank Officer    (281) 537-3155  (281) 315-1100

Lighting Inventory

February 2003

75 Instruments including:

Available above stage (fixed and inaccessible positioning): 

96 channel- 2.4 kw dual CD80sv Dimmer Bank (48cap.3 phase, 4 wire 90-270 v)

Overhead-32 fennels  HPL 575W

Side Stage-16 fennels  HPL 575W

 Front-of-House Cove Positions (movable only if returned to original positions):

16- Fennels, deuces and color frames

7- Lekolite 20° (6X16)  Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlights (500-1000 W) and color frame

4- Scoops

Premiere System Processor-located next to sound board

2020 Processor for 64 stateion/4 LAN/512 Dimmers w/disk drive

6 Smart Jack Receptacle for portable stations

2 Receptacle Station-DMX(D5M)

ETC Express 24/48 with flat panel monitor

Electrical Service

February 2003

General Building Specifications:

                Amperes:       1600

                Volts:             480

                System:          3 phase, 4 wire

                Road Box:     ITE Indoor Circuit – 225 AMPS Max

Sound Inventory

February 2003

This beautifully live facility, acoustically sound with minimum amplification, still provides a powerful, diverse sound system.

Booth

Booth located left and front of balcony-open construction

Mixing Board

Mackie SR 32X4-  32 channels (main mix, 4 sub mixes)

                                 14 jacks from stage (14 floor boxes w/AC)

                                 12 jacks Choir/riser area (6- right, 6- left)

                                 8 jacks on performing balconies throughout the facility

                                 8 wireless receivers

                                 Williams Assistive Listening System for hard of hearing

Speakers

Main cluster (split left and right)    Renkus-Heinz CEMH95 fill for house

                                                        Renkus-Heinz SR81/9 enclosure for Vineyard

                                                        Renkus-Heinz CELF 12-1 Low frequency enclosure

                                                        EAW JF60 system  Front fill

                                                        Lowell CT 830/T70 ceiling speakers

House: 2- Bose  802

Remote speakers:  Lobby, Brides Room, Office, Equipment Room

Monitors:  2- Fender Stage 100

                  2- TOA powered monitors

Amplifiers and EQ

OSC –CX12, CX12T, and CX6 Power Amplifiers

Rane GE 130 and ME15B Equalizer

IRP- DE4080 Automatic Mixer

Lyntec PDS8  Power Sequencer

Microphones

2-   Sennheiser MD735 Handheld

3-   Sennheiser MKE22R  Lavaliere

3-   TOA WM280 Handheld Wireless

3-   TOA WM370 Lavaliere

1-      Shure headset (wireless)

3-    Shure lavalier mic

2-      Shure SM57 mic

1-      Shure SM58 mic

2-  Octava Condenser Mic

2-      Audio Technica AT853R Cardioid Mic

3-      Audio Technica AT857QM

Playback

Tascam  DA20  2-track Digital Recorder

Denon Dual Cassette Recorder/Player

Augmentation

Arrangements for augmentation of existing sound and lighting system can be made not to exceed a level to be set by Centrum director and by the agreement of FACE Technical Director,  Corey Frederick 281/583-7414.

House Lighting is a general stage wash with capabilities of adding up to a maximum of 4 Super Trooper Spots.  Augmentation is limited to addition of colored gels for cove lighting, moveable spots and other equipment that can be reasonably accomplished within agreed budget and through existing power sources. House Stage power and lighting configuration will not accommodate complex lighting design.

Venue is a very beautiful concert stage setting with no curtains or scrims, oak flooring and four tiers of built-in orchestral-width risers.

Marley flooring can be brought in for acts involving dance.  Riser width can be expanded with staging.  Staging can brought in at additional charge to extend the front depth of the stage by 6'.

Sound is beautifully live, natural acoustic setting with minimum amplification required.  Modest level stage monitoring produces excellent results.  High level stage monitoring is detrimental to proper showcasing of performers.