The BRDC Ball is held in a luxury marquee erected adjacent to the Members' Clubhouse on the Saturday evening of the 2009 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix weekend.
Personalities from the motor racing fraternity, including Jenson Button, Jodie Scheckter and David Coulthard appeared on stage to talk about their experiences to the BBC's and ex-Radio Caroline's Jonny Walker.
A.C. Special Projects., a sister company of BRDC Rising Stars Programme Patron, A.C. Entertainment Technologies, provided the Clubhouse's temporary architectural lighting installation for a second year. The scheme carried a similar theme to last year, with vivid colour washes onto the roof level terrace canopy extending down the first floor and out to the garden, where a number of the trees were lit.
For the first floor level, which was turned into a dynamic Casino environment for the evening, the new Chroma-Q Color Block 2 LED fixture was specified to provide effects uplighting around the room perimeter.
In addition to the Color Block 2, Chroma-Q Color Punch LED fixtures were specified to light the roof level terrace canopy. With the new 10° fixture version adding additional throw to the array of 22° Color Punch units used, it was possible to locate the fixture well out of the public areas and still illuminate the roof canopy and trees.
Control of all Chroma-Q fixtures was provided by a Jands Vista PC-based lighting system running off a laptop, that was programmed to playback dramatic colour changing fades.
A.C. Special Projects also installed subtle lighting to illuminate a number of vintage racing cars that were on display, as well as the recent Le Mans 24 Hour GT1 series Aston Martin LMP1 car.
Peter Keiderling, managing director of A.C. Special Projects, commented, "I was really impressed with this latest generation of Chroma-Q LED fixtures. Their improved light outputs and beam optics made it quick and easy to achieve stunning results in the limited two-hour window we had to set up the lighting. The Color Block 2 units gave a fantastic even wash onto the ceiling, with exceptional colour rendering."
(Jim Evans)
