Sapsis Rigging Provides Rigging Package for Third Annual Castleton Festival.

Sapsis Rigging, Inc. (SRI) designed and installed a self-climbing truss rig for the third annual Castleton Festival, which is being held in Castleton, Virginia now through July 24.

SRI installed a truss rig inside the festival tent to facilitate proper staging of the numerous concerts and opera performances to be held there. The rig, measuring 27' high, 53' wide, and 46' deep, included seven tower legs placed strategically to accommodate lighting and scenery needs as well as weight load considerations. The tent's unique frame offered additional weight load capacity at mid-span which SRI used to help support the six 50'-long cross trusses.

Mike Sapsis, SRI supervisor for the event, commented, "The rig was custom-designed to fit perfectly inside the tent which will greatly aid technicians during changeovers and production."

The Castleton Festival evolved from the Castleton residency program for young artists run by The Châteauville Foundation, established in 1997 by Lorin and Dietlinde Maazel. The festival brings together young talent with experienced professionals to present performances of opera, theatre, symphonic concerts, and cabaret. Lorin Maazel was the music director of the New York Philharmonic from 2002 to 2009. Castleton Farms, the main festival site, is Maazel's 550-acre estate located in rural Virginia at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.