When Graeme Sewell of Vortex Lighting saw the spotlight at a major industry exhibition he was determined to be the first to use it and gave Sharpy its debut with the Huge Party Band at two recent sell-out concerts in York.
"I realised that Sharpy was significantly different from anything else on the market," says Sewell . "We are a relatively small operation in the North of England and perhaps because of this I've always been a firm believer in the less-is-more approach. Sharpy fits the bill perfectly: less weight, less cost, but more power."
Vortex used just eight Sharpy units to light the concerts at York Grand Opera House, alongside a number of LED wash lights. "They're just incredible,' enthuses Vortex Lighting LD, Kevin Thwaites. "The Sharpies have this massive presence, yet they can move at the sort of speeds you normally only see in moving mirror fixtures."
(Jim Evans)
