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CITT Rendez-vous 2013 Schedule & Programming 

(Schedule and Programming are suject to change) 
  • For CONFERENCE DELEGATE Registration: click here
  • For TRADE SHOW EXHIBITOR Information & Registration: click here
  • For TRADE SHOW VISITOR ONLY Free Admission Pass, click here  
  • For Travel and Accommodation information, click here.
  • for the List of Conference Delegates and Participants: coming soon!

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

VIEW WORKSHOPS & SESSIONS PROGRAMMING BY DISCIPLINES (please note that some workshops & sessions crossover and therefore are listed in more than one discipline)
 

CONFERENCE VENUE AND REGISTRATION DESK

Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (SAJA) 1415 — 14th Avenue NW Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1M4

OTHER VENUES FOR SOCIAL EVENTS: 

  • Thursday Newcomer Meet & Greet: Location to be confirmed
  • Thursday Junk Challenge: Location to be confirmed
  • Friday Swag Bingo: Location to be confirmed
  • Saturday Cocktail Reception and Award Banquet: Location to be confirmed

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS AND CERTIFICATION CLASSES

(Schedule and Programming are subjected to change) 

WEDNESDAY August 14 | 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

DISPLAY FIREWORK SAFETY AND LEGAL AWARENESS COURSE 
Display Fireworks (Class 7.2.2) are high-hazard firework articles designed for use by professionals. Successful completion of the course is a prerequisite for entry into the field as an Apprentice.		  
Instructor: NRC-ERD
Level: General
Location: This course will take place at the LCC
Cost: $150.00 - you must register with ERD to take this course Click here to visit the ERD website and register
 
PROJECTIONS: FROM PROTOTYPE TO PRODUCTION
- Day 1 continued on Thursday This one day course explores several workflows and methods to achieve technical excellence with projected media.
 
Morning
  • Visualizing outside the Theatre using a scale model and pico projector. 
  • Visualizing with a 3D computer model.
  • Going full scale while maintaining flexibility: Demonstration of large scale projection mapping.
Afternoon
  • Handout and discussion: The Video Production Checklist 
  • Presentations and hands on time with Watchout, Resolume, Isadora, Millumin, MadMapper
Instructors: Owen Brierley, Show Stages (Erin Gruber, Joel Adria, & Elijah Lindenberger), Mel Geary.
Level: Intermediate 
Location: This workshop will take place SAJA
Cost: TBC
About the Instructors:  Coming soon!

THURSDAY August 15 | 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m

PROJECTIONS: FROM INSPIRATION TO SENSATION 
- Day 2 continued from Wednesday
This one-day course explores how video production can contribute to the creative process.
 
Morning
  • Building a production pipeline. Steps to maximize workflow, create options and time. Interactive volley of examples and confessions.    
  • Interactive technology or Faking it. Examples to trick the audience. 
  • Effective Cueing and Programming tips 
  • Lighting with projection. 
  • Future watch: LED projectors. How do lumens and watts compare when quantifying projectors and LED output.
Afternoon
  • The working relationship of the Lighting and Projection Designer 
  • Vidnery: What happens when scenic design is projected design
  • Take a chance on me? Projected Media in Regional Theatre
Panel and Presenters: Harry Frehner, Scott Reid, Owen Brierley, Show Stages (Erin Gruber, Joel Adria, & Elijah Lindenberger), Mel Geary
Level: Intermediate
Location: This workshop will take place SAJA
Cost: $150.00 +tx ($225 +tx for non CITT members) for both days
About the Presenters: Coming soon!
 
PYROTECHNIC SPECIAL EFFECTS SAFETY AND LEGAL AWARENESS COURSE
This one-day course is a companion to the Pyrotechnics Special Effects Manual and serves to promote the safe use of all pyrotechnics and special-purpose effects used in the entertainment, performing arts, television and film industries. Completion of the Pyrotechnics Special Effects Safety and Legal Awareness Course is mandatory prior to certification.
Instructor: NRC-ERD 
Level: General
Location: This course will take place at the LCC
Cost: $150.00 - you must register with ERD to take this course Click here to visit the ERD website and register
 
SCULPTING WITH FOSSHAPE
In this workshop we will explore different ways to “sculpt” with FOSSHAPE using various forms and methods of applying heat. We will look at different approaches to molding and modelling with FOSSHAPE and participants will have the opportunity to create a variety of samples using both medium and heavy weight FOSSHAPE. Both props makers and costumers will find this workshop applicable. FOSSHAPE can be used to create hats and masks, as well as numerous costume and props components. You are only limited by your imagination! Participants can expect to leave with a variety of samples as reference for further exploration of this wonderful product.

Instructor: Angela Dale 
Level: General
Location: Off-site at the JV costume shop in the EPCOR CENTRE
Cost: $100.00 +tx including material ($175 +tx for non CITT members)
About the Instructor: 
Angela Dale has been designing and building costumes and props for over 25 years. She has worked in theatre, film, dance and opera and holds an MFA in Set & Costume Design from the University of Calgary, a BFA in Fine Arts from NSCAD University and a Certificate of Costume Studies from Dalhousie University.
FIREARMS FOR THE STAGE & PAL CERTIFICATION
Description to follow
Instructors: Guy Morrison and Brian Kent 
Level: General
Location: SAJA
Cost: $200.00 +tx including PAL Certification ($275 +tx for non CITT members)
About the Instructors: 
To follow
 

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME & SCHEDULE 

(Schedule and Programming are sujected to change) 

THURSDAY August 15 | OPENING NIGHT

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m
   REGISTRATION at the SAJA
     
12:00p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  
CITT ALBERTA SECTION AGM 
     
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
 
  
NEWCOMER RECEPTION 
sponsored by Cirque du Soleil location to be confirmed
     
7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
 
  
JUNK CHALLENGE  
sponsored by ROSCO location to be confirmed

FRIDAY August 16 | CORPORATE DAY  

VENUE: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (SAJA) 1415 — 14th Avenue NW Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1M4
 
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  
REGISTRATION at the SAJA
     
8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
 
  
PRODUCT SHOWCASE BREAKFAST 
sponsored by Trizart Alliance 
Confirmed presenters: coming soon!
     
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
   BACKSTAGE TOUR AND VARIOUS IN-DEPTH SESSIONS (please select one of the following)
Audio, Video, and Lighting Show Control & Design with Philip Cimolai and Wlad Woyno- Our session will use Theatre Junction's 2012 work "Sometime Between Now and When the Sun Goes Supernova" as a case study to look at what is possible when using Q Lab to control all aspects of audio, video and lighting production through distributed midi triggering. We will focus on why we made the choices we did and what the results were, the systems we used, and their advantages and disadvantages. 
- Level: Introduction; Intermediate Caucuses: Design, Lighting, Sound; Video, Show Control  This session is OFFSITE: transportation will be provided
 
Backstage Calgary East Village Venue Tour: The Pirates of Penzance Opera Calgary
- Level: General Caucus: All  - This session is OFFSITE: transportation will be provided
 
Eureka! The Genesis of the Lighting Console - Whether you love or hate your console, its layout is no accident. Join Robert Bell and Gary Douglas, who've created consoles for several different manufacturers, as they discuss the steps from conception to prototyping to market release and beyond. With specific reference to the Cognito by Pathway, they'll discuss how engineering, marketing, cost pressure and software development (to name only a few) influence the final results, with the occasional buyout along the way. Followed by LED Colour Control: Not as Simple as Changing a Gel - Has the widespread adoption of colour-changing LED lights led to a compromise in how we light shows? Robert Bell discusses the capabilities and complexities of LED fixtures, and offers some approaches for taming this new technology. - Level: Intermediate Caucus: Lighting
 
Rosco Goop and Splash Workshop - Playing with Texture and Paint (Day 1, with Day 2 continuing on Saturday all day. Please note that you must register for both days) - An intensive hands on opportunity to get familiar by "getting dirty" with Rosco paint and coating products will be lead by union scenic artist/Rosco Paint Product Manager, Jenny Knott. Participants will create a variety of textured surfaces using Foamcoat, Flexcoat, Flexbond and CrystalGel. There will be a unique project for the participants to create using some of the techniques and products they had an opportunity to sample on the first day. Creativity and thinking outside the box encouraged. Bring your wild side and sling some goop and paint with Jenny.
- Level: Intermediate Caucuses: Scenic Painting, Props
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
  
CORPORATE LUNCHEON
sponsored by MDG Fog Generators
     
1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
 
 
 
  
CITT TRADE SHOW on the SAJA Stage
Exclusive time, no sessions during the trade show
- Click here to view the list of Exhibitors
- Click here to view Floor Plan
 
Special events during the trade show:  (to be confirmed)
  • ROSCO Gobo Sandbox - Come, see and build your own next great look. The Sandbox will have 100’s of metal and glass gobo’s and all the accessory equipment that fits standard Ellipsoidal spots. Build it. Photograph it. Record the recipe. Pictures will get posted to a web album to present many of the cool looks invented during the playtime. You might want to pack you gloves, and dig in.
  • ROSCO Paint Teaser Samples - Try out new painting products
  • Sennheiser Wellness Space - Come and enjoy a complimentary chair massage, put your feet up and listen to soothing music on a Sennheiser headset in a relaxing atmosphere setting at all new Sennheiser Wellness Space
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.    Free Time or enjoy a Power Walk downtown
     
7:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
 
 
 
  
SWAG BINGO 
location to be confirmed 
Collect your cards at the Trade Show Booths, join us later in the evening and let's play Bingo!
You’ll be swaged before you know it! There will be a silent auction as well a donated items
that will be auctioned off during CITT’s Live Auction. Don’t miss out on the fun!
 

SATURDAY August 17 | PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY  

VENUE: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (SAJA) 1415 — 14th Avenue NW Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1M4
 
8:00 a.m. -   5:00 p.m. 
   REGISTRATION at the SAJA
     
8:00 a.m. -   9:00 a.m.
 
 
 
   REGIONAL SECTION MEETINGS BREAKFAST 
This is a great opportunity to meet with the Section's board members
and fellow colleagues from your region to discuss topics pertaining to your Section.
9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
   CONFERENCE SESSIONS
  • Electricity Basics for the Stage with Art Wanuch (this is a 3-hour session, description to follow)
  • ETCP Updates and Behind the Scene Information with Monique Corbeil - Come and learn what you should know about the Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) for Entertainment Electrician, Arena Riggers and Theatre Riggers, as well as information on ESTA'S Behind the Scene program. Level: General Caucus: Health & Safety, Lighting, Management, On-Deck & Rigging
  • LED's & Micro Controller magic with Robyn Ayles & Angela Dale - In this session Robyn and Angela will share the trials, tribulations and triumphs of their adventures with LED’s and Micro Controllers. Beginning with the 100th anniversary celebration of the Calgary Stampede Grandstand show in 2012, they will share the approach, construction and outcome of a number of projects that incorporate programmable LED’s. Actual projects will be displayed for viewing. Level: General Caucus: Wardrobe
  • Scenic Painting Intensive Workshop (Day 2 continued) - An intensive hands on opportunity to get familiar by "getting dirty" with Rosco paint and coating products will be lead by union scenic artist/Rosco Paint Product Manager, Jenny Knott. Participants will create a variety of textured surfaces using Foamcoat, Flexcoat, Flexbond and CrystalGel. There will be a unique project for the participants to create using some of the techniques and products they had an opportunity to sample on the first day. Creativity and thinking outside the box encouraged. Bring your wild side and sling some goop and paint with Jenny. Level: Intermediate Caucus: Props & Scenic Painting, Props -  This is an all day workshop, participants must register for both Friday AM and Saturday all day. Limited Space.
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
 Coffee Break
   
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  CONFERENCE SESSIONS
  • Electricity basics for the stage with Art Wanuch (continued)
  • My Summer Vacations with John Madill - A look at some surprises found in 18th and 19th century theatres and their holdings, and a couple of words about visiting facilities and archives. I found out that at many of these sites the curatorial staff may still have no idea of the workings or applications of their holdings and that current printed illustrations in history books still blur important details. Unfortunately sometimes today's texts and web pages merely copy earlier published mistakes or do not reflect the current (lets say the last 20-30 years?) situation. Level: General - Intermediate Caucus: Architecture; Education; Sound; Wardrobe
  • Technology vs. Craftsmanship; maintaining traditional skills in a digital world moderator Robert Vernon - This session is a moderated panel discussion. As the use of computers, CAD, and computer aided manufacturing becomes increasing prevalent in theatre production what becomes of the traditional skills of theatre? Is technology usurping craftsmanship? With creativity becoming the purview of the computer tech where do we draw the line between art and technology? Is there still a need for the traditional craft skills in theatre? How do we maintain those skills? How do we keep the existing craftspeople engaged in a meaningful way in the process? How do we entice new theatre professionals to build their own skills in the traditional crafts of theatre production? Level: General Caucus: All
 
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 
 
  
CITT AGM LUNCHEON 
Join us in the presentation of CITT's annual reports by the Board of Directors, 
the National Coordinator and the Regional Section Representatives.
     
2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m   CONFERENCE SESSIONS
  • Boo! The Importance of Horror in the Development of Stage Technology in the 19th and Early 20th century with John Madill - Guess it speaks for itself-but I can guarantee some surprises even for specialists. Basically the integration of new technology and staging and perception. I have my own phantasmagoria/ magic lantern slides to go with it. Level: General Caucus: Architecture; Education
  • Panel Discussion with Expert Riggers with David Bond, Ron Clark and Bill Sapsis Moderator: Wes Jenkins Level: Intermediate Caucus: On Deck, Rigging
 More sessions to follow.... 
 
3:45 p.m. -  4:00 p.m.
   Coffee Break 
     
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.   
   CONFERENCE SESSIONS
 
More sessions to follow... Some of the sessions we are working on include: 
 
•  Hands on Audio Consoles 
•  Hands on Lighting Consoles 
•  Venue sustainability
... with more to follow... 
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.   Free time
     
6:30 p.m. -  7:00 p.m.    COCKTAIL RECEPTION
     
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.  
CITT AWARDS BANQUET
 

SUNDAY August 18 | FORUM DAY

Sponsored by Mirvish Productions

VENUE: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (SAJA) 1415 — 14th Avenue NW Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1M4
 
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.   REGISTRATION at the SAJA
     
8:00 a.m.  -   9:00 a.m
 
  
BREAKFAST CAUSERIE
Award-Winning Sustainability with Donyale Werle
- Donyale Werle is a winner of the 2012 Tony Award for scenic design
and a leader in the Broadway Green Alliance. Her session will focus on
producing greener theatre. She has gained much acclaim for her use of
salvaged materials in her sets and for her creative designs; she won her
recent Tony for Peter and the Starcatcher, whose set was made entirely of recycled materials.
     
9:15 a.m.  - 10:45 p.m
  
CAUCUS FORUM 
  • MANAGEMENT & ROADHOUSE CAUSUS  - Occupational Health and Safety Program: getting it started with Amy Peterson - An explanation about the process of developing and implementing the Alberta Jubilee Auditoria Occupational Health and Safety programs using the program outlined by the Government of Alberta. Amy will talk about the difficulty of getting started and the task of updating and maintaining the programs. Topics include: hazard assessments, inspections, near miss/incident reporting, emergency response plans, evacuation plans and drills, developing policies and procedures, etc. 
     
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m   Coffee Break 
     
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m  
CITT PLENARY : Apprenticeship, Internship & Mentorship Initiatives
Panelists:  Al Cushing, Don Parman, Gerry van Hezewyk and Sarah Zeilstra, description to follow 
     
12:30 p.m. -  1:30 p.m.  
BROWN BAG LUNCH TALK sponsored by Christie Lites
 
Theatres in Cuba: The Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy literally blew the roof completely off several theatres in Santiago de Cuba
and the CITT is embarking on a project to help get them back on their feet. Robert Hamilton
and John Mayberry visited in February 2013 to see what is needed and to get the project started.
This presentation will highlight what Canadian Theatre could do to help rebuild these vital
cultural facilities. 
 
2:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Backstage at the Banff Centre - A shuttle will leave the SAJA and take attendees to the
Banff Centre to a backstage tour of the outdoor venue, there will be discussions on safety issues
pertaining to outdoor venue and performing arts. The attendees will get to see a performance
of the group Whitehorse at 7:00 p.m. and return to Calgary in the evening.
Dinner can be taken on site and is on your own. 
** This event is reserved for CITT members only, and is limited to 20 attendees.