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Adam's Festival Of Hope With a capacity of 5000 people, we needed something substantial as not to
"bounce" the sound all over the massive hangar so we agreed on bringing in a BIG
20k OHM rig. It took a team of 4 of us, nearly three days to complete the stage & lighting
rigs. A specialist team of scaffolders were brought in to erect the lighting rigs
in the roof of the pavilion with were to hold all the lights that were used. The
guys worked hard during probably the hottest week all year, nearly 7 meters up
in the roof 6 inches away from the insulated box profile sheets that cover the
roof. The heat inside was tremendous, topping 29 degrees at most points, and
this was inside remember! Upon arrival of the lights & sound systems, we worked into the early hours of
the 16th to get everything in place & working. 8 massive DMX controlled robotic moving heads were placed up in the rig, with
1000's of yards of cables to run to the lighting control desk. The guys did a
tremendous job setting up for this event. At one point, even I was hanging by
the skin on my nails, 7 meters above the floor to get everything right. At 2am, it was time for home, bed & sleep - bit I didn't have a chance. I had
the days formats to re-write & print, lists of performers names & performance
time to work out. I finished about 4am, had an hours kip, jumped into the shower
& was back in Carew by 6am, stopping quickly to pick up a crate of RED BULL to
see me through the day. haha The day went without a hitch, careful planning along with last minute program
adjustments made it all run effortlessly. 5pm saw the arrival of Chris & his man from Westcoast fireworks who had
donated the Pyrotechnics for us that day as it was for charity - good on you
Chris. They were set up in no time at all and were sitting sipping coffee
watching the FESTIVAL SHOW, & what a show it was. We had bangs & flashes going
off everywhere, flames in red & blue started the choir off with some superb
lighting effect from the guys on the light desk - well done guys. The bands that performed were fantastic, they could be heard from all over
the airfield, drawing the people who were leaving back into the pavilion. The
sound was fantastic all day & you'd be shocked that only 1 person was
controlling the entire sound. Nice one "J". I was backstage all day, didn't even see the light of day - along side was me
man James who was the "If your names not down, your not coming in" guy. he did
really well, but needs to drink more coffee I think, calm down dear, its only a
singer! Apart form that, the day went really quick, by the time I stopped for a brake, I had the guys asking for the lights to come down! We eventually finished about 2am, then it was time for home & bed.
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