The Magic of Lighting

The Magic of Lighting

When it comes to setting the stage, lighting is critical. Whether you’re using backlighting or gels, it is possible to create a unique effect and custom backdrop look. Check out our lighting gallery for examples of backdrops lit in various ways to create mood and impact. View the Lighting Gallery: What are your favorite techniques […]

Grosh Customs Keeps Busy!

Grosh Customs Keeps Busy

Grosh Backdrops and Drapery is one of the only backdrop companies with a fully staffed scenic department and painter’s studio!  As part of our commitment to excellence, Grosh would never think of outsourcing any part of the production process from designing renderings to the finished backdrop.  Grosh does not employ a production line, but passionate […]

Grosh’s Eric Mueller Meets Alice Cooper

Groshs Eric Mueller meets Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is described as the “architect of shock-rock,” performing fantastic and elaborate vaudeville horror concerts. His career of scare antics has spanned five decades; that’s a lot of boa constrictors, fake blood and guillotines! One would have wild ideas about the kind of conversation that would transpire with such an individual. But what if […]

A Paint Day at Grosh!

A Paint Day at Grosh

You would figure that every day is a paint day at Grosh, but not for Backdrop Consultants. Today they got out of the office and into the studio! Backdrop Consultants in the Studio This was uncharted territory for them and probably for most. Not many people can say they helped paint a 22’ H x […]

Visiting With a School Theatre Director

Visiting with a School Theatre Director

Dianne Martin Giddens is the drama director at Deerfield Windsor School in Albany Georgia, or at least she was. Dianne is now “retiring.” Her daughter Lindsey Stewart, who recently graduated from University of Northern Colorado with a Masters in Theatre Education, is now taking the reins. Although Dianne will not be fully stepping away; instead […]

How to Hang the Growing Christmas Tree

How to Hang the Growing Christmas Tree

This year, we are adding a few more Growing Christmas Trees to our inventory based on popular demand.  There is nothing better than a luminous, towering Christmas tree, center staged for your winter pageant or your production of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.  We think a Christmas tree that folds down flat, hangs tall, and doesn’t leave your hands dry from a the branches can be pretty convenient […]

Back to Basics with Dance and Choreography

Back to Basics with Dance and Choreography

    Guest Blog by Suzanne Blake Gerety www.DanceStudioOwner.com         Music Notes Backdrop – S2738   Back to Basics When I talk with dance studio owners and dance teachers about what they wish they had more time for one of the topics that always comes up is finding the time to get […]