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May Day in Memphis: A Near Miss at the Beale Street Music Festival - PLSN
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"It was a chaotic moment," admits Chamryk, who was well aware of the strength of the storm cell bearing down on the festival site. Knowing that the worst of the storm might only be 15 minutes away, Chamryk sought to minimize risk from flying debris by lowering the truss-mounted lighting fixtures and the roof - a task normally done over the course of 30 minutes to an hour.
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"The lighting crew decided it was a good idea to drop hot (lit with power) lighting trusses to the deck while we were still packing up the band gear. Then someone thought it was a even better idea to drop the roof while we were all on stage. Nobody," he says, "was watching the roof as it came down.
"One motor did not engage and the roof twisted and the motor broke loose dropping the roof onto us. Luckily, a few of us who were onstage at the time hit the deck and were spared as the truss stopped on the sidefills and other pipes...we got away with scrapes and bruises and a sprains.
"All the time that they were dropping trusses and the roof, we were screaming to stop, as they were dropping steel on us as we were packing up onstage. Had there been a professional stage manager at the event, this would have not happened."
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"It was a chaotic moment," admits Chamryk, who was well aware of the strength of the storm cell bearing down on the festival site. Knowing that the worst of the storm might only be 15 minutes away, Chamryk sought to minimize risk from flying debris by lowering the truss-mounted lighting fixtures and the roof - a task normally done over the course of 30 minutes to an hour.
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"The lighting crew decided it was a good idea to drop hot (lit with power) lighting trusses to the deck while we were still packing up the band gear. Then someone thought it was a even better idea to drop the roof while we were all on stage. Nobody," he says, "was watching the roof as it came down.
"One motor did not engage and the roof twisted and the motor broke loose dropping the roof onto us. Luckily, a few of us who were onstage at the time hit the deck and were spared as the truss stopped on the sidefills and other pipes...we got away with scrapes and bruises and a sprains.
"All the time that they were dropping trusses and the roof, we were screaming to stop, as they were dropping steel on us as we were packing up onstage. Had there been a professional stage manager at the event, this would have not happened."
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If everyone agrees that things could have been worse, Moshay, who sustained a minor injury to his hand, argues that things could have - and should have - gone smoother. He also voices skepticism that the damaged roof was fit for use the next day. It was put into service for the Sam's Town stage the next day, where Earth, Wind and Fire and others performed.
Premier Global Productions business manager Brian Andrews counters that view, insisting that there was a thorough inspection for weakness and cracks after the incident. "We're talking about steel here, not aluminum," Andrews says. "There were no cracks."
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If everyone agrees that things could have been worse, Moshay, who sustained a minor injury to his hand, argues that things could have - and should have - gone smoother. He also voices skepticism that the damaged roof was fit for use the next day. It was put into service for the Sam's Town stage the next day, where Earth, Wind and Fire and others performed.
Premier Global Productions business manager Brian Andrews counters that view, insisting that there was a thorough inspection for weakness and cracks after the incident. "We're talking about steel here, not aluminum," Andrews says. "There were no cracks."
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