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(4) BUTTON BOOTH The Button Booth is suspended under the Fly Rail on Stage Left, (3) stories above the stage. From this vantage point, (2) operators can see to operate the Elevators, moving Curtains, special effects and other important mechanical functions in the Show. Under the direction of John Birch, the Button Booth consists of 469 buttons, switches, potentiometers, etc. * The Elevators measure 36' X 72' for a square footage of 2,592 square feet. They are divided into (3) different Elevators, each having a lifting capacity of ....144,000 lbs.. The total lifting capacity of the (3) Elevators when coupled together is ....432,000 lbs. or 216 tons. * The Elevators travel at a rate of speed of...40 feet per minute and travel the 25 foot distance between Lower Ziegfeld and the stage in 28 seconds. * Operated from the Button Booth, the "Living Curtain" is the largest suspended piece of scenery in the World. Providing the backdrop for the "Disco" number, the structure weighs 20,000 lbs. or ...10 tons. * The Button Booth also controls the water flow and during the Waterfall scene, 4,000 gallons of water flow through the system and into the rain trough that drains the water into a holding tank in Lower Ziegfeld. The (3) large pumps in L.Z. are capable of pumping up to 20,000 gallons of water per minute but this is greatly reduced to 4,000 gallons per minute to eliminate spillage. * The Button Booth crew push....459 during each Show, and that's just during show hours. After 6,000 Shows, the crew has pushed an amazing 2,754,000 buttons during show time. CAMERA PERSONNEL When attending the Show, one needn't look far to see someone with a Camera taking pictures throughout the Showroom. These people work hard and play an important role for all those customers that want a remembrance of a very special evening at the Show * Prior to each Show, Camera personnel snap an average of (30. pictures per Show. After 6,000 Shows, an estimated 180,000 pictures have been taken in the Showroom. CAST Considered the largest Cast in the Country, the Cast boasts a Company of 97 Singers, Dancers, and Specialty Acts. Jillian Hrushowy is the Cast Manager and Adrian LePeltier is the Assistant Cast Manager of a Company that is not only considered the largest,