The Market Square homecoming event was the last stop in a 3,000-mile ride from Berkley, California to Knoxville, Tennessee. The trip also included special events and rallies in Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Dallas, Little Rock, Memphis and Nashville.
Lighting designer, Chris Lisle, chose to use six-Lamp Bar Silvers, Martin MAC 500s, 600s, Coemar LED Pars, and Martin Atomic Strobes. Lighting was controlled by a WholeHog II.
"Lighting design for Crusin' For A Cause was actually pretty simple, but I tried to add some uniqueness to it," explains Lisle. "Because there was a lot of TV coverage, and IMAG for the video screen, I basically lit the event for TV."
The venue where the event was held did not have a load-bearing roof, so everything had to be ground supported. Lisle's main idea was to give a visual centrepiece to the show, so he re-created the university's famous "T" with truss and toned it with Coemar ParLites. He also placed several 20" truss towers with MAC 500s on them around the stage, and added in a few MAC 600s and Atomic Strobes.
(Jim Evans)
