Chauvet DJ lights high-octane benefit show

USA - A large brassy blues and funk ensemble should be supported by a bold lightshow that covers the stage with intense, colourful and fast-moving light. Or so thinks Jeff Hinton, owner of 815 Productions, who put this theory into practice in late April when he lit a benefit show by Late Nite Blues Brothers and 10 of Soul with a high-octane lightshow created with a collection of 14 Chauvet DJ Intimidator fixtures.
“When I have a super energised band with a lot of people in it, I like to get a lot of light directly on the performers and keep my light sources close to the stage,” says Hinton. “In my view, this is the best way to support the music. If you don’t do this, you always run the risk that your lighting will get lost.”
With its high-domed ceiling and deep stage, the historic Dixon Theatre, where the benefit was held, and which was the beneficiary of the fundraising concert, did not offer the hanging points that Hinton was seeking. To get the proximity he wanted, he erected a 28ft goal post on stage.
Aside from the goal posts, Hinton also had four 3ft truss totems, located two apiece, stage left and stage right. He positioned four Intimidator Spot 255 IRC moving fixtures on these totems and relied on them primarily for side lighting as well as for aerial effects.
In addition to the four Intimidator Spot 255 IRC units arranged on the truss totems, Hinton flew 10 Intimidator Beam LED 350 fixtures on the overhead section of goal post truss.
(Jim Evans)

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