Seeing as there was some confusion when we were heinously attacked by obvoius Camarilla collaborators here is a description of the site. Mainly for the narrators.
The Revival is located in Levy Park. Levy Park is at the corner of Tharpe and Gibbs next to Raa middle school and about 6 blocks from the back of grrenwood cemetary. We do have a permit from the city for the revival. The park is mostly baseball fields.
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RBBW/BBGGS
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B= Baseball filed
P= Parking
W= Sidewalk
G= Grassy Area
S= Pool
C= Basketball court
N= Picnic Pavilion
L= Playground
/= slope/bull pen
R= street
We had the tent set up in the grassy are between the pool and baseball field. The entire area can be lit by the baseball stadium style lights. The entire park is surronded by a line of trees completly sheilding in from the public, except on the Tharpe street side.
The church is set up like:
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| C C | C= Chairs
| C C | A= Alter
|C C| B= Band Stage
| | S= Stage
| | X= Baptismal Box
| AA | H= Choir
| BB SSSSSS HH | O= Organ
| BB SSXXSS HH | E= Sound Equipment
| O SSXXSS HH |
| E SSAASS HH |
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The sides of the tent can be rolled up to let the breeze in and typically we have a van backed up to the organ side where we come and go. The public entrace being at the top. There is a table and water cooler in the top right corner.
There is a smaller tarp (no sides) that we use for a soup kitchen at times. With propane stoves. There are no open flames (that would generally be illegal anyway). Anyone "staying" the night must be a church member (ie. works for the church, not just a follower, groupies have to leave before dawn). and will typicaly sleep either in one of the vans or on the floor of the tent. In cold or wet weather hotel rooms are provided. Pack members get the bus [see below]. God's Nighingale's has thier own van and trailer.
The church owns a large tour bus, painted with the words" New Covanent Church of God" on the sides. There is a partition and door just behind the drivers seat closing him off from the rest of the bus. All windows have heavy cutains. One of the two baggage compartments is locked from the inside, outside locks have been removed on this one. An entrance to it has been made from the interior of the bus. This is where we sleep. We have also cut an entrace underneath in case of an attack (Warning! Do not use while the bus is in motion). It also locks from the inside only.
The bus has a large trailer to make up for the lack of cargo space. We halso have 3 15 passenger vans. For cargo on the road and intown use otherwise. In the current setup we are running 2 of the vans down to the winn dixie parking lot regularly so people have a place to park.
The Baptismal box is a 10x10x2 steel box with a pretty exterior on 3 sides. It is watertight. There 2 cover peices that slide in grooves to make a solid platform that can be locked shut. Typcially the box is kept closed and used as a raised part of the stage. There is a 6inx6in slot in the center rear for the placement of the cross. During Baptism the box is filled with water. During creation Rites we also put snakes in it. There are hardpoints on the interior bottom of the box for chains.
Snakes are not in the main tent except when actually being used in some sort of service. They are stored in one of the vans or the bus. Particularly Eve (See Clayton for details).
Did I miss anything you need covered?
-- If I actually could spell I'd have spelled it right in the first place. Shawn Moore <smoore@teuse.net> http://www.teuse.net -- If I actually could spell I'd have spelled it right in the first place. Shawn Moore <smoore@teuse.net> http://www.teuse.netReceived on Sun Jun 6 20:37:47 2004
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