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:-l8dqn *t Hwajtf ^ any secrets/* says San Juan Stage Go. President Rick Cay arte dywho*s seen the movie knows there*s ;a\;rambow/|;£il jfe: fHe is talking about the March production of * ‘The Wizard'of imsic^^bestaged by the company in cooperation with the San Juan Symphony Street::iU^hte* ’■* • *•*’.•.* 1 *v* sy v: *-i/*. *f»•• s.* ,'u ’ .'*’••• .*.* **.* ’ r.y. * *•' • * • *f Cavaness dons another hat as technical director for the production which is .loaded to the gills with special effects. In addition to the rainbow of song and legend, there’s also asnowstorm* torn^pi flying monkeys^ sihpke^^ to ndbrintotone/g^ Eme^d; (Sty and an enchanted forest all of which must be performed or produced “in such a way that the audience believes they*re being done when they-re not really being doiw/f Stage^^g-ic, -“Obviously,** says Cavaness, ‘*we can’t have a real snow-storinStW v^uge at theCivic0:^:So|h^will be accomplished with die backhghted OTeens|# tiBe only• • % «r1 1 • • . • m ^ x ■ • . . - iMexico Arts Division is spon-Jsotoi^^a3/‘5W2and.; the Arts”workshop for arts organizations Feb. 29 at 9:30 ajn. in the KiMo Theater at 419 Central N;W., Albuquerque.equal opportunities for disr abled persons will be conducted by Lany^Molloy, direc*-tip;s5 jsGonstituencies program of the Natiohal: Endowment for theRobert Wade, NEA generalpertise on the regulatons.For information on the work-• •. -'Vi/. . . . ■ . . • .** • • .”A: • . . . '..i . .* .* ; •; ... .. •••-.» .* . *- .. Y '*» •.shop or on 504 requirements, contact John Vincent, visual coordinator of the New Mexico Arts Division at 113 Lincoln Ave., Santa Fe* 87501; The phonitriimi^i W -v; A 7 lt;1 « * * • *1trouble being that at present, Cavaness hasn’t been able to locate a^rea^ projection screen dffthe requiredf fou^^f iTfcdvi tbrnado is the first effect It destroys one wicked wiM/i^ ease that problem ^inewhaty ichieu^cte^companied by effects of wind and devastation# noquestion there’s a tornado on*s/pqt$.gwdU #ef quire the most imagination and work. There’s a considerable amount happening at once^arSy^^tJbn |aridft':^;.::Mannap-;' pjroechsomag^ Kebreathes smoke, there aresmigl^,fto^varies!^ M a$? ^rk ®• . * • , • . * • .* % .\ * * • . 7 • . . • * v» * • . v.» ..........wizard’s i mask, smokemaking machine and giant snow-stormpach^^^^KKgiThe special effects director has. had some help from his friends Mike Oakley and Rick Nielson. He’ll need it still when it .comes to, operating all the gizmpsfteljpi^luce the effects.Three perspns will be required:itoio||^^Cavaness says. One will be Patty McCrary.gf;Gayahessgtold Co, are also stiH working on a means to ; Vdissblye** tjfe wicked vritch on stage. •‘Everybody knows how it ends/ * he says, ‘‘but how do/you:\dd::it ;bn: stage VP.:4 Cavaness, an avid balloonistin his spare timegets %;twinkle in his eye when asked ifc the stage version^ like the moyi^ wiU include a balloon in the final scenes where Dorothy and the ^wizard return home. ‘It’s go in g to happen; yes^ /There Will be an envelope (the^ colored cloth upper part) and a ^ndola (passenger seat) botft f The hardest thing is to get it to fly offstage/ because the Civic Center doesn’t have catwalks ^/a|;ily ^stem| te/^/ things i- up/’v^f /Light/gelS will ^olor- the -Emerald Cityv with the aid of cdldr-cbordinated cosU^e'S to give maximum: eff^t to ,theSlightin^/(:||p/^if ;With ah the obstacles, what|tes been the ^eatest a in the special effects depart-“The fact that I had three months to do it before I /star^/iys^
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Farmington Daily Times
Farmington, New Mexico, US
Sun, Feb 10, 1980
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