Six 12m SmarTmasts were in Jersey, providing PA and lighting positions at a medieval jousting event for Delta Conference Systems, while in London, 12 single Masts were spread along a mile of The Mall for the Olympic Torch event, supplying sound delay points for Britannia Row's PA.
Four masts were supplied to Britannia Row Productions for PA rigging points at the opening of the Princess Diana memorial fountain in Hyde Park, and another five Masts were at Henley Festival of Music & The Arts, a regular Summit Steel event, where they provided site-wide PA and lighting rigging points. Summit also custom fabricated some adapted trussing platforms used as dance podiums located in the River! These were approximately a 3m cube of truss on 3m high legs with decking on the lower frame and lighting, PA and pyro on the upper frames.
The Somerset House summer Concert Series featured two SmarTmasts, while up in Temple Newsham Park in Leeds, five Masts were supplied to Leeds Council's series of classical and operatic performances.
SmarTmasts have proved popular due of their neat footprint, robust construction, substantial weight loading capabilities and stylish appearance. They are also quick to erect, and require no heavy machinery. Summit is currently developing a taller, single-mast structure, designed to suspend up to 2,000kg of PA at heights of 16m.
(Lee Baldock)
