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Retina
Circus
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I was
a member of Retina Circus starting in 1968. RC was founded in
1966 in San Francisco by Bob Carr and Conrad Keeler, shortly
thereafter moving to Seattle, becoming the resident lightshow
at the Eagles Auditorium until 1970. Members then included Bill
Duncan, John Moehring, Doc Eskenazi, Gary Christenson Clark
Higgins, and myself. The Eagles was Seattle's "Fillmore",
so all the bands who played the West Coast circuit played there.
We did outdoor shows for the Seattle Pop Festivals and Sky River
Rock Festivals. RC also did gigs for other than rock concerts,
including special presentations for a Seattle Mayor's inaugural
party, the Seattle Art Museum's 50th anniversary, the US introduction
of the Mazda automobile, performances of the Joffrey Ballet,
and a special self-contained Quad-sound Multi-Media show called
the Journey Through Inner and Outer Space we presented around
the Pacific Northwest.
We used 3 Beseler Transpaque overhead projectors (with the front
surface parabolic mirrors) with 1000 watt bulbs, 4 Carousel
slide projectors modified to 900 watts with external fans (required
glass mounted slides)
powered by 1000 watt variacs, a kaleidoscope projector (1000
watt), a Bell & Howell 16mm projector with Marc 300 xenon
lamp, and a home-built strobe light with an airport-size lamp
(5-turn coil ~1.5" diameter). I still have
all the gear except the strobe which died from exposure to the
elements over the years. The 16mm is in need of service - it
was out of my hands for 15 years or so (that's another story).
The rest is in ok shape - needs some TLC to come up to snuff.
Andy Neddermeyer - InVision
Productions July 2002 |
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