Friday, January 25, 2019
A 4-Point Checklist for Portable Church Staging Safety
Church Production Magazine: Everybody knows the importance of safety on the job. But it can oftentimes be overlooked by small teams who are rushed to set up an entire church--sound, video, lighting, chairs--in just a couple of hours. Keep these points in mind to help keep you and your attendees safe.
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These safety issues are really ones anyone should be considering when setting up anything for an audience, particularly when things, like speakers and cables, are placed in or next to the audience. I get that in a rush it is the small things you miss, the things that you take for granted for just being done because they should be, but a few of these seem just too obvious to be on a checklist. Taking care of tripping hazards, for example, that just seems so obvious to me. Although I guess they could be thinking of the tripping hazards in walkways you might miss; the ones were a patron may take a path untraveled or go the wrong way down a hallway they aren’t supposed to be in. I agree, however, that it’s important to check over your safety hazards before finishing your set up. It is important not to get to caught up in the time pressure that you are sloppy and skip over what tend to be really important steps.
To be totally honest I’ve never really heard of portable church staging. Who knew there even were churches that flocked into local high schools come sunday morning. Given that I strongly believe safety is important everywhere, I appreciated the theme of this article. I also see its worst problems can also be true for many found spaces theatre venues as well or even just any theatrical space. Cable management comes to mind immediately. Not only can poor cable management damage a person it is also often detrimental to the equipment or setup. One aspect I found surprising was the the emphasis on top heavy items being properly fashioned. The portable speaker stands we used in high school were haphazard to say the least, no sandbags included, giving me pause while I was reading this article. I’m curious to learn more about this industry in general, considering my limited knowledge of portable churches.
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