netHEADS! April 2010

News and Notes from · Sapsis Rigging Inc. · Spring! April 19, 2010

The Sapsis Rigging Team Converges on USITT in Kansas City

The USITT conference was held in Kansas City, MO this year and the Sapsis Rigging conference team took advantage of every opportunity to spread the word about SRI and its products. The team consisted of Bill Sapsis, Ildelis Cruz, Carla Richters, Greg Williams and Alice Neff. They were assisted on regular basis by members of the Long Reach Long Riders.

SRI Booth 2010

The festivities began with the New Products Showcase where Bill led the screaming hordes through a lesson in why the SRI Focus Track System was a great alternative to a genie or an A-Frame ladder. Moe Conn, who was introduced to the crowd as "the guy on the powder blue Harley, the swag hag of the LRLR" proceeded to pepper the audience with T-shirts, kazoos and calculators. The presentation finished off with Ildelis modeling a ProPlus harness that had been pimped out with every piece of shiny swag she and Carla could find on the expo show floor.

The SRI booth was always crowded with people looking for more information on the ProPlus Fall Arrest equipment and the Focus Track System. Many thanks to Garrett Sapsis for putting together the 10 minute promo video that we ran in the booth.

The annual LRLR/BTS raffle was a huge hit with hundreds of people surrounding the stage while Bill led the proceedings resplendent in his purple and white toga. Thanks go to Carla for providing the costume and encouragement to actually wear it.

And finally, Bill held court at the perennial favorite USITT session...Stump the Rigger where the Jack Suesse Memorial trophy was awarded to the guy who brought in some chain that had some very unusual wear marks on it. It was only after the session was over and most of the people had left that the panel realized that the chain was actually a snow tire chain for a farm tractor that had been pressed into service in a theatre.

All in all, a great time was had by all. My thanks go out to the SRI conference team and to all of you who stopped by to see us in the booth.

Bill

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Long Reach Long Riders
Announce Challenge Grant

The Long Reach Long Riders are pleased to announce that Clark Transfer is offering a $5,000.00 Challenge Grant for this year's Long Reach Long Rider charity ride. The grant, which will be divided between The ESTA Foundation's Behind the Scenes program and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will be in place until the start of the ride in July. The Challenge Grant was issued at the USITT Conference in Kansas City, MO.

Jonathan S. Deull, Executive Vice President of Clark Transfer noted, "Clark Transfer is proud to be a part of a community of caring people who take responsibility for their colleagues and their world. We support the LRLR initiative as an expression of solidarity with people who step up to take action for good."

Since 1949 Clark Transfer has moved the sets, lights and costumes for countless Broadway shows, touring theatrical, musical and television productions, ballets, operas, orchestras and other show business enterprises both here in the United States and abroad.

The Long Reach Long Riders charity ride begins in San Francisco on July 24th and ends on July 31st back in San Francisco. What was supposed to be a one time ride in 2004 has become an annual event that has raised over $200,000.00 for the two charities. For more information on the route, joining the ride or making a donation, please visit www.LRLR.org .

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Contest Time!

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room full of technicians and an unmarked access panel? You just KNOW they had to look!

This photo was snapped at the USITT conference in Kansas City and those of us who stayed home got to wondering just what the heck they found back there anyway.

Go to our Contest pageto find out how you can win free stuff with your smart-aleck answers!

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