Spectacle of Lights - PLSN.com

LIVERPOOL, UK — Liverpool Culture
Company’s Special Events team staged three
fireworks displays city-wide on November 5.
Traditionally Liverpool’s November 5 celebrations
have been a hectic night. They have
been staged in triplicate for some years, and
usually two displays are park-based with the
third on a prominent river site, but this year,
due to redevelopment, there was nowhere
to accommodate the audience for a river display.
Instead, LCC took on a new park venue at
Temple Newsham in the Tuebrook area.
To add depth to the overall visual image,
the trees and foliage in the parks were illuminated
this year for the first time — using Studio
Due City Color lighting fixtures. These and
the sound systems for all three parks were
supplied by Manchester based Audile.
The fireworks themselves contained
multi-color effects and aerial arrays. They
were all fired from Pyromate controllers, with
Sefton Park featuring a Pyromate Nighthawk
digital system and the others standard analogue
systems.
All three displays were designed and coordinated
by Steve Boothman of Fantastic
Fireworks, working closely with the Culture
Company team, including event manager Bill
Howard. Boothman ran the Sefton show, Andy
Howarth ran Walton Park and Charlie Purton
ran Temple Newsham. Generator power for all
three sites was supplied by Pyramid, barriers
by Event solutions, cabins from Search, stewards
from Paramount, and SES looked after
the security.
INTERNATIONALNEWS
Enter the Beam of the Ball
LONDON — Production Plus has purchased
16 Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash
575 AT fixtures — eight of each type. One
of the first outings for the new 575 AT
fixtures was a gala ball at the Hilton International
Hotel, Park Lane, London, for
the Hilton Community Foundation Ball
charity. The gala was staged in the Grand
Ballroom and featured a lighting design
by Dave Gibbon. Gibbon is a regular on
the Production Plus live event team.
The stage was built in the center, and
the 16 Robe 575 Spots and Washes were
flown on the front and back trusses over
the stage — Washes on the front and
Liverpool Gets Fired
Up for November 5
Spots on the back. Gibbon also specified
a further sixteen Robe Spot 250s and
Wash 250s. These were joined by Source
Fours with break-up gobos for illuminating
the audience and pinspots, with
LED PARs used to illuminate the upstage
drapes and the drum kit.
The front truss ColorWash and Spot
575s produced general and effects lighting
of the band while onstage. The 250s
were used dotted around the room during
dinner and for dance floor lighting
and effects after dinner.
Gibbon ran the show lighting from an
Avolites Pearl 2004 console.
Robe lights the performers at the Hilton Community Foundation Ball.
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Fireworks detonate for Nov. 5.