LITITZ, Pa. (WHTM) – Students in Rock Lititz’s Academy of Live Technology Program acquired a hands-on lesson in what it takes to make stay leisure magic. The program is a part of a partnership with the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design.

“There’s a lot more behind the scenes than I ever thought there was and it’s all really cool stuff,” mentioned switch pupil Chavito Allen. “I didn’t realize how much collaboration that there is creating a stage and the mechanics and automation and bringing all of those parts together.”

Senior coach Brian Leister confirmed college students a few of the gear Columbus McKinnon Entertainment has to supply at Rock Lititz.

Rock Lititz is a world-renowned vacation spot for A-List performers to rehearse and plan their elaborate exhibits. Leister says what the scholars see at Rock Lititz is strictly what they’d discover at a venue.

“The structure that we have here is very representative of the entertainment industry as well,” mentioned Leister.

Students cut up into groups and raced to finish the sort of fundamental set-up that stay leisure staff do day-after-day.

“I’m super excited to one day get to work here and be in this environment,” mentioned pupil Caroline Lumsden. “It’s absolutely buzzing with innovation and it’s just such a cool environment and cool place.”

Some of this gear is model new to those college students, however it’s the exact same stuff Rock Lititz makes use of when acts like Aerosmith and Taylor Swift come by.

“You can see some of the eyeballs light up because they are seeing that innovation of what their theatre program used versus what the concert touring uses,” mentioned Rachel Hales, the expertise supervisor for Rock Lititz.

If the purpose was to encourage college students for his or her futures, it couldn’t have been a much bigger success.

“Man this place is amazing are you kidding me? They’re excited to get new students in. That’s something that has really stuck with me the entire day,” mentioned Allen. “The fact that I keep on hearing ‘We want you here, we want to teach you things, we want to show you things’.”

These college students are simply starting the Academy of Live Technology program. Their schooling will kick into excessive gear when a state-of-the-art facility opens subsequent spring on the Rock Lititz campus.