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  • 1.  Raining flower petals

    Posted 01-21-2020 15:17
    I need a somewhat low tech solution to make it rain flower petals onstage.  We don't have a fly system or much of a grid, but I could could mount a pipe overhead to hold whatever the petals fall from.  Thoughts?

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    Stephanie Vitulli
    Middle School Theater Director
    Highlands Ranch CO
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  • 2.  RE: Raining flower petals

    Posted 01-22-2020 09:52
    Perhaps you could trap the petals in a roll of large-hole mesh of some sort that will release them when jostled.  We've used something along these lines for snow.

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    Penelope Haskew
    Director of Education
    San Juan Comunity Theatre
    Friday Harbor WA
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  • 3.  RE: Raining flower petals

    Posted 01-22-2020 10:11
    Funny you should ask.  I am getting ready to do a similar effect in a couple of weeks.  When I did it before we used a long piece of muslin and had 2 people shake it from both sides.  The muslin was not as fluid as I wanted.  With practice it would probably work very well if your shakers don't get nervous and rush it. The mesh idea from Penelope  is good to.  Another thought that I was told at some teacher workshop somewhere was to create a double roller system.  Roll your petals into a roll of material and then roll the same material over to a second roller when you want the petals to fall.  Then they will drop as you roll from one side to the other.  I think I may try that method this time.   Hope that helps.

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    Andrew Fisher
    Canon City CO
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  • 4.  RE: Raining flower petals

    Posted 01-22-2020 13:56

    Try getting one or two or three of these machines: 

    Wonderfall confetti machine.  They have different styles of material you can drop.  Flower petels beginning one of them.  They run on a remote control device and totally quiet and about the best snow, confetti, etc dropping on stage I have ever used.  They sell them on Amazon as well as through their website. 

     

    https://www.mywonderfall.com/shop/

     

    Break a leg and may all you theatre seats be filled,

    Kelly M. Thomas

    Department of Theatre

    Dr. Ralph H. Poteet High School

    3300 Poteet Drive

    Mesquite, Texas 75150

    972-882-5300

    Kthomas@mesquiteisd.org

     



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    Kelly Thomas
    Mesquite TX
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  • 5.  RE: Raining flower petals

    Posted 01-23-2020 11:33

    Hi Stephanie:

    What about using a projection (saves you cleaning up the flower petals too) or a gobo.  If you want to mount a projector, we have the hardware to do so and could loan it o you.  We are in Castle Pines and Parker.  Thanks!



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    Mark Middlebrooks
    Specials Department Director
    Castle Pines CO
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