Conductor Podium measurements

[Mark Gourley]

For our NC United Methodist Festival, we have a wooden conductor's podium that was made for our use in the late to mid 1980's.   The maintenance guys at the college where we hold this festival (and store the podium) want to build a new one for safety issues, etc.   It is built entirely of wood, and has a narrow staircase.  The floor is probably about 4.5 to 5 ft high and the floor measures about 4 ft by 4 ft.   It's on wheels that are secured in placed by wooden blocks.   Obviously, it's quite heavy, and these guys always have it in place each year and store it the other 363 days of the year.

 

This has been a very useful podium over the years, and am pleased that they want to build a new one.  I have suggested now that the railing around it be a bit higher and hopefully increase the floor space a little.   Does anyone have suggestions about preferred measurements or any other ideas i might pass on to them?     FYI, the festival is in a standard college gym, so the height is important for the ringers to see the conductor.

 

thanks,

 

Mark Gourley

NC UM Festival Committee Chair

 

Goldsboro, NC
ChoralCon...@gmail.com

[Carscadden]

Talk to Cathie Banks on Ontario.  The Ontario Guild has a great podium  cba...@execulink.com  Sylvia Carscadden

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I don't know about the measurements, but they might consider adding
lockable wheels for ease in moving. Bill Nelson

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Stacy Jovick designed a great podium for the Big Sky Festival in Montana. It was superb - it fit over the first few rows of arenas eating, but could be modified with all floor-length legs.  There's a picture of it on my website - Events page about 1/2 way down. Contact me for Stacy's e-mail.

 

Be careful about raising the front rail too high...it's hard to feel comfortable directing with a bar in sight-line with the ringers.  A back rail is very nice, too!

 

Kath Wissinger

KathWissinger.wetpaint.com

 

 

 

 

[Mark Gourley]

Stacy emailed me the article that was in their newsletter.  Thanks so much.

 

mark

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[Stacy]

Hi Mark,

The Big Sky Handbell Festival in Montana hosts it's annual conference
in gyms around the state. Each new host site has to build it's own
podium since their is no "home" for a podium. After hosting the
Festival two years ago I created the plans for a universal gym
podium. Kath Wissinger was our guest clinician and she "fell in love"
with our podium. The plans were published in the Area 10 online
newsletter the Campanolgist in the April 2011 edition.

The podium was designed to fit over the bottom set of bleachers and
can be placed as high up in the stands as needed so that the people in
the back of the room can see the conductor, it is 8'x8' so that more
than one person can stand on the platform at a time and not feel like
they are going to fall over the edge, and it has a 3' high handrail
around the front and sides. The podium was built with screws so that
it could be taken apart and the materials reused (or stored).

Hope this helps!

Stacy Jovick
Grace Note Community Handbells
Livingston, Montana
jov...@imt.net