LRLR raise funds for BTS at USITT raffle
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A myriad of activities including sales of raffle tickets, a live and silent auction, challenge grants, swag sales, and sales of Neal Preston’s books, posters and prints raised over $18,000 for the charity. The LRLR 2019 ride, dubbed the Altimeter Tour, starts on 7 July in Denver Colorado. The riders cover all their own expenses so everything they raise goes to the charity. Sponsor a rider today at www.behindthescenescharity.org/lrlr.
The booth featured a display of some of The Lightpower Collection’s photographs by Neal Preston including those of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Robert Plant, Bob Marley, Ray Charles and others.
Raffle festivities led off with the traditional kazoo parade led by Bill Sapsis and Eddie Raymond (yes, they were the T-Rex’s), and many of the LRLR. Following the parade, BTS Pledge-a-Product partners ETC (irFR and aRFR application for iOS and Android devices), ACT Lighting (The dot2 Series of Lighting Control Solutions from MA Lighting) and InCord (Theatrical Safety Netting Systems) presented checks from the sales of their products pledged to BTS.
Live auction items included a hand-tooled seam ripper and serving tray created by Shan and Trish Ayers, a special pack of Amberient’s industry trading cards which included a signed Richard Pilbrow Rookie card, and a hand crafted pen and pencil set donated by Indianapolis Stage in association with Penchant4.com. Amberient also held a silent auction in their booth throughout the show featuring custom furniture made from old lighting equipment including a recliner made from a Kliegl Dyna-Beam. Bob Scales’ ever popular ghostlights were sold out by the end of the show.
The winners and their prizes are: Grand Prize, Vectorworks Spotlight with Renderworks won by Matthew Easley; BTS Ghostlight from Altman Rentals won by Sara Gable; $250 American Express Gift Card from Barbizon won by Christian McKinney; Prostar 300lb capacity 115 volt, 10ft lift with chain bag won by Carolyn Satter; Event Safety Summit 2019 Registration from Event Safety Alliance won by Jennifer Estremera; Nespresso CitiZ Espresson Machine with Milk Frother won by Paul Winnick; Stagehands Dream Kit from Monkey Wrench Productions won by Kim Pelle; $250 Gift Certificate to musson.com from Musson Theatrical won by Alexi Carlson; $250 Gift Certificate from Sapsis Rigging won by Heather Brown; USITT 2019 Full Conference Registration from USITT won by John Mitchell.
All proceeds go to the Behind the Scenes charity which assists entertainment technology industry professionals or their immediate family members who are ill or injured. For more information about Behind the Scenes, to donate, or to apply for a grant, visit www.behindthescenescharity.org. For more information about the Long Reach Long Riders visit www.lrlr.org.
(Jim Evans)
