This week we started removing it from the Theater. The truss system featured nine 1-ton motors, 260 feet of box truss, 400 amps of three phase power, and articulating hinges which gave the system the ability to bend in half and contort into an endless amount of configurations.
The system, with it's original lighting, special affects, and video was the ultimate dance floor light show. The system was raised and lowered throughout the evening to accommodate the evening's programing. For example; The truss was raised while video was played on the movie screens, then lowered for a dance set, raised for the snow and wind machines to be used, then lowered to lift an aerialist for a trapeze performance, etc. It was an expensive piece of equipment that gave the space versatility.
The first thing we had to do was lower the truss to the floor to remove all of the electrical wiring.
"Me" posing as an electrician
The truss is disassembled and moved. Chains were dropped from the ceiling. Now it's final, Although it hasn't been used as a nightclub since 2005, the Hippodrome (Paramount) is no longer usable as one.
Steve and I took advantage of the fact that Anthony was there with his camera and started posing for pictures by pointing at things that don't exist.
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