Effects: New Snow Machine.

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Wish I had these 10-15 years ago .. Used to do a lot of back stage work for my daughters ballet group and one of the things was setting up and running the "snow" bag for the various Nutcracker dances. The bag was a 50' long canvas sheet folded like a small trench with pipes running the length of the 2 lips hung way up (so filling it was a chore). Bag had small slits on one side, so when that side was lowered by our rope and pulley system, small bits of white confetti drizzled out. Had to shake that bag constantly and slowly to get a snow fall effect. Sometimes you'd hit a rip in the bag and a handful of "snow" would fall on the stage or worse, one of the kids.
 
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I am wondering if it will present the same problem as bubbles on the floor. Could things get slippery?
 
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Not sure .. no experience with either indoors.
 
I've read online somewhere that since snow machines use a light soap detergent, that it will make the area temporarily slippery. Especially on wooden floors. Probably not so much on concrete.
 
I've used them. They are bubble machines - albeit they produce very tight bubbles like you get from dish washing soap. It creates a very realistic effect but the DJ class machines are very noisy. (Loud like a hair dryer.) That makes them hard to use in theatrical work unless there's an equally loud musical interlude to mask the noise.

I had a couple of these in the proscenium with a band and literally had snow "accummulating" on the monitors and front of the stage - don't recall any lasting issues with the suds. It would make a dance floor slippery though - just like foam and bubbles. (Snow fluid is basically a foam fluid with less cling.)
 
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