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Protec delivers lighting and AV for HQ Worldwide’s Special Olympics
Protec helped deliver the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics IX MENA Games 2018.
The event opened with a bang in Abu Dhabi and was watched by 2,000 spectators, who welcomed more than 1,000 Special Olympics athletes from 32 different countries.
HQ Worldwide called upon Protec to deliver an opening ceremony that set the scene for the week ahead and respected the athletes from the UAE and visiting countries.
Protec provided lighting, audio and video as well as some rigging for the show in ADNEC. HQ Worldwide provided its own lighting design and the video content.
Protects project manager, Simon Travis, explained: “Due to the openness of the venue, scaffold towers were erected around the grandstand area. For the three big ones on the open side, near the road, we used our total fabrications EHD truss to span across so we could hang our lights. Underneath the grandstand five little scaffold towers were placed so we could use our smaller truss and hang fixtures around the area.
“We had four follow spots towards the backend of
the arena to pick up speakers and performances.
We used 16 Super Sharpies on top of the set to create a nice beam effect up top. On the floor, on either side of the stage, we used four Super Sharpies, our new Robe Pointes and Robe Spikies. Underneath the set, which was used as the stage entrance, we used 12 more Robe Spikies for more beam effects.