The event is a gift from First National Bank to their top 1,500 clients where all service providers rise to the occasion to provide an extraordinary evening. For the fifth consecutive year, EPH Production supplied the full technical, while lighting designer Johan Ferreira from BF Production Services created magic moments on a grandMA2. The lighting rig also included 24 Claypaky Sharpys.
"As a lighting designer, this show is one of my annual highlights. It's dynamic ranging from opera to full on rock and is a world class event enjoyed by everyone involve," said Johan. "The design starts long in advance with the final signed off as early as March. Leon Pheiffer from EPH has a close relationship with the client and after many discussions provides me with a brief. We are always trying to move the event to the next level and my goal is to achieve a clean design, pleasing to both the client and audience."
The Sharpy fixtures were used as beam and effects lighting on the stage with some of the Sharpy units positioned on speaker towers.
Johan adds that working with Leon Pheiffer and the entire EPH team was fantastic. "Every member took care to ensure that my design was executed in time and with perfection," he explains. "We did not have a lot of time to get the entire rig up and running but thanks to the motivated crew we were show ready well before the first full rehearsal with the orchestra and international artists."
(Jim Evans)
