This adds to its already substantial stock of Robe moving lights, bringing the total to around 100 fixtures, and to its existing stock of Glux, bringing the current total to 60sq.m.
The Pointes will make their debut on the two-day 2013 Chilfest music festival staged in Tring on 5 and 6 July. The production design will also feature 60sq.m of Glux, which UEP first had designed and built last year.
Chilfest, the first UK music festival to be promoted by an industry rental company, sees UEP celebrate its 15th birthday in style, with two nights of action packed entertainment and fun for the capacity audience of 7,000 people.
UEP has been buying Robe moving lights for the last 10 years - since the brand was launched - during which time the products have proved reliable and versatile.
The new Pointe is a dynamic beam, spot and wash fixture and a small, super-bright and very fast 'signature' unit with an intense, sharp parallel beam plus a host of features. It has already become a best-seller for Robe since the launch at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt.
Says Butcher, "As soon as I realised the brightness of The Pointe and what it could do, I knew we needed to have some. It's small, very fast and offers a load of features that will be ideal for all our work," which features a wide variety of high end corporate events.
Chilfest's production lighting and visual design is being created by James Fickling and Ben Cash who will be using a grandMA console and a Catalyst media server system for control.
UEP is also supplying audio for the event, which will be staged at Pendley Activity Meadow in central Tring.
It's the first live pop concert on this scale to be held in the picturesque Hertfordshire town and will feature a night of contemporary pop on the Friday - starring Little Mix, Loveable Rogues and Heather Small, followed by a Saturday getting into the groove with some of the best sounds of the 80's including Tony Hadley, Howard Jones, Rick Astley, Midge Ure, Carol Decker and Hazel O'Connor.
Chilfest was instigated by UEP's MD Steve Butcher and it will also help raise money for local charity, the Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care (IRGH).
(Jim Evans)
