CAMELOT Theatrical Special Effects

The current show I'm working on has some fun special effects in it, one being a "Snow Angel" that shows up with flapping wings, glowing halo and a pair of jumper cables. (If you don't know what those are you obviously live south of the 40th parallel.)

We're playing this for comedy so an obvious-looking wire loop is funniest. Lightning Wire (EL Wire) is the perfect solution for this gag. Three feet of EL Wire makes a halo about a foot in diameter (11.46 inches) and the whole thing can be lighted with a 9-volt battery or a pair of AA cells driving a small power inverter, all available from Fiber Optic Products Inc. at the above link. The power drain is so small that the batteries will last for weeks of intermittent use.

I wanted the largest diameter of white EL Wire I could find, 5 mm, but the order form on the site didn't offer that color in that size. I e-mailed the company and they fixed the order form. Cool! The entire apparatus was less than $12.00 which makes it perfect for school Christmas pageants as well.

posted by C. J. # 11:47 AM