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Protec helps provide special ceremony
April 3, 2018
UAE: HQ Worldwide recently called upon Protec to help provide lighting, audio, video and some rigging during the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics IX MENA Games Abu Dhabi 2018. The installation took three days, followed by four days of rehearsals in preparation for the 2-hour ceremony on the opening night, at ADNEC, which was performed in front of 2,000 spectators.
Protec’s audio department handled the large space by using L-R hangs of 12 L-Acoustics K2 loudspeakers. These were supported by eight SB28 subwoofers taking care of the low-end all powered by the LA8 amplifiers with the system controlled by a DiGiCo SD5 desk. New Shure Axient handheld radio systems had been introduced along with Sennheiser in-ear monitors for the MCs. Communications were undertaken with Clear-Com FreeSpeak and Helixnet, allowing the crew to wirelessly communicate over the entire venue while the stage management team, Protec technicians and the client used Motorola radios.
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