Clyde Derberry:  

A 'GIG IN THE LIFE' OF A HIGH SCHOOL ROCK BAND I remember once when our band, The Shades, played at the Mt. Holly Community Center after a footgball game. Let's see now, I believe there was Scot Pope, James (Arlond) Hoyle, Mackey Phieffer, Steve Waldroop, and yours truly. I had build my first light system. Oh it was a beauty, color flood lights controlled with toggle switches on one circuit and a strobe light on another. It was so cool and gave us that "atmosphere" & "look" on stage (at least we thought so). Well.....needless to say, I didn't have much technical knowledge about such things as fuses or ground fault protection. About halfway through the show someone must have stepped and/or stomped on a power cable to the flood lights creating a 'dead short' condition. >> I tell you, it was a true thing of beauty to see twenty feet of light cable melt under 110 volts of electrical power, WOW MAN!! Fortunately (besides no one getting electrocuted...Expand for more