"It is a fantastic festival to be involved with, especially in terms of the obscure and eclectic styles of music and highly skilled entertainers we get to work with on our stages," commented Barton. "This year they ranged from magicians, comedians and burlesque dancers to Pirate, Gypsy, Balkan and Mediterranean surf rock style bands."
This is the sixth year of the show and Hellfire have been involved since its second year. They provided the Nu World beat ring and Lemontree stage with all technical crew such as sound engineers, lighting designers, as well as all show equipment; sound, lighting, staging, structure and backline.
"We finally decided to purchase these fixtures as they would be an excellent choice to complement the Nationwide Freshlyground tour that will be taking place for the whole of November. We decided to use them at Daisies to upgrade our stage lighting as well as to see what they are capable of," added Barton.
The Robins were rigged on a vertical truss on the front of stage to move colour around the tent and dance floor creating a fantastic look. Hellfire also used two Robe 575AT ColorSpots, six Martin MAC 250 Color Spots; 12 LED par 64s; six Generic par 64; one Ridge 4 Beam Laser and a Martin Jem ZR44 Smoke Machine. Control was by an Avolites Pearl 2008 Lighting Console.
Concludes Barton: "As a company well known and established for providing high quality live sound, we are very excited to be noticed for our lighting skills and to continue expanding our lighting department. The results and feedback thus far have been extremely positive. Thanks to DWR Distribution for the excellent support."
(Jim Evans)
