"Because of the way the pageant is structured, we had a little extra time with several days of the preliminary pageant," says Lawson. "Felix and I worked on the show for eight days splitting the lighting rig as programmers and using the grandMA2 light in multi-user-mode: Felix lit the set and I lit the people on stage and the audience."
Atomic Lighting provided the grandMA2 light and the lighting rig, which included Vari*Lite VL3500 spots and VL500 as well as Martin moving lights. "It was primarily about lighting the contestants and the set," Lawson explains. "There were standard front and back light positions, and Allen lit the set from the floor quite a bit."
Peralta adds, "Kevin and I are very excited about the future of the grandMA2. Compared to the grandMA, processing is so much faster and the multiuser environment is so much more efficient - a must for Kevin and I who probably do more multi-user-mode shows than most programmers. And loading the show from one console to another is almost instantaneous."
(Jim Evans)
