Page 236 - Protec PR Book Volume 2

STAGE CHALLENGES
Due to the triangular shapes of the screens, Protec were unable to hang them from truss so instead had to ground stack. The size of the screen presented them with rigging challenges, all overcome by Protec. All panels had to be safely secured to a scaffolding structure at the rear of the screens.
Rigging was managed by the tech team from Sensation. All external runs were rigged using Protec’s Total Fabrications XO truss system. The black XO truss took care of the external runs of the set to form the straight runs, so they could also attach the lighting poles and the set panels. On the larger triangle, this had to be craned up because the Protec team pre-rigged the entire truss structure with all the cables which were then set in place and locked off.
For the main rig the smaller triangles were set flush against the layered scaffold but for the outer triangle it was in at the bottom but hung out at the top for which they used their Tomcat Superbeam truss which enabled it to be attached throughout the structure and provide really strong points which they used as their spreaders.
For backline, Protec provided their industry standard Pioneer DJ equipment— including Pioneer DJM 900 Nexus, Pioneer DJM 2000 Nexus and eight CDJ 2000 Nexus; this allowed them to have two complete DJ set-ups plus spare.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Simon Travis says that the unique race-track venue had presented its own challenges. “There were a lot of horses which we had to watch out for in terms of noise levels. We also had restricted time slots where we could carry out the work. The noise was very strictly controlled as they didn’t want to freak out the horses but they did move them off-site for the show day.”
Travis believes the success of the event is a result of the combined efforts of Envie Events, Backbone International – who were hired by Envie Events to help coordinate the technical production – the Sensation crew and Protec.
“We worked together as a great team to ensure we could get everything built and the show delivered to the plan that had been designed.”