Now in its twenty-second year, the awards recognise the biggest achievements by members of the club and nightlife industry within the past twelve months, awarding gongs in 13 categories, including Best Club, Best Bar and Best Party. Having supplied the event for several years previously, London-based Halo was once again tasked with supplying this year's event, which took place at the Intercontinental Hotel. Halo called upon their extensive roster of Chauvet fixtures to create a show worthy of its legacy.
In order to create that classic showbiz look for the event, Halo owner and LD for the awards Yann Guenancia embraced an assortment of Chauvet Professional fixtures, including 10 Legend 330SR Spots, eight Legend 412 moving washes, nine Rogue R2 Beams, four Rogue R1 Beams, two Ovation F-165WW LED Fresnel fixtures, two Ovation E-190WW LED ellipsoidal fixtures, 40 PVP S5 LED panels and 16 CHAUVET DJ SlimPAR Hex 3 IRC par style units, thus ensuring the lighting choice was as bountiful as the best stocked bar.
During the awards ceremony itself, Guenancia relied heavily upon the Legend fixtures to pepper the custom-built stage with sharp beams of bright light, necessary in order to draw attention to and illuminate the award presenters and winners. The powerful zoom and output of the Legends were also aided by the Ovation fixtures, which added a dramatic theatrical spot look to the stage area akin to that of larger awards ceremonies such as The Brits or the European MTV Awards.
The collection of Rogue beams specified by Guenancia played two central roles to the evening. First, they contributed brushes of colour to the awards ceremony, bathing the stage in warm light at selective moments. Perhaps the most significant contribution of the Rogues, however, was during the post ceremony antics. Swirling around and populating the dance floor with aerial effects, gobos and colours, the LED fixtures brought a suitably intense array of colours and beams to the social spectrum.
Intensifying the atmosphere of the dance floor were Chauvet's Amhaze II water-based smoke machines. Guenancia incorporated the hazers within the dance floor so as to emulate the club environment so often inhabited by the guests.
(Jim Evans)
