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Corona: Onstage Systems brings live events back to Dallas area with Capricorn Drive-In and Elation gear

When Covid-19 hit earlier this year, Hyacinth Belcher, President and CEO of audiovisual company Onstage Systems, worked hard to find a way to bring live events back safely to the Dallas area. Belcher dedicated months to the project, which culminated in Capricorn Drive-In, a series of live events held at historic Fair Park, a 277-acre campus located just east of Downtown Dallas.

To be approved by the City of Dallas, Onstage Systems developed a safety plan with attendee management as priority number one. The company created a parking diagram with designated attendee sitting areas following Covid-19 distancing guidelines. Once final approval came from the City around mid-summer, Belcher and her team spent the next month producing, promoting and handling production for a series of live events that took place later in the summer.

From August 28 to September 5, Capricorn Drive-In hosted music, film, and performances at Fair Park and used an Elation lighting rig to light the shows. Then on October 16 they upped the gear list for a special performance by national act Subtronics with support artists He$h, Al Ross, Level Up, and Ace Aura.

The stage lighting included 14 Platinum Beam 5R Extreme and 4 Platinum Beam 5R narrow beam moving heads, 8 Rayzor 760 LED wash moving heads, DTW Blinder 700 IP, 14 Hex Panels from sister-company ADJ along with strobe lights. In addition to supplying the lighting and handling event coordination, Onstage Systems provided staging, video and audio production.

Onstage Systems co-promoted the Subtronics event where nearly 1500 paid guests enjoyed the show from 393 car safety pods. Attendees were encouraged to tailgate from their automobiles or sit in the designated areas on blankets and picnic chairs. Belcher says they went bigger than most drive-ins by supplying a SL260 mobile stage flanked by LED walls, multiple cameras and also mixed visuals. Guests could enjoy the show on their car radio or via live PA complete with audio delays. Because the back lot was quite a distance from the stage, Onstage also supplied a 40x22 inflatable screen with a digital 30K projector from over 400' away.

Lighting design for the Subtronics show was by Sean Hedrick with assistance from Sterling Cordier. Tommy Dowdy and assistant Casey Shelton handled FOH audio. All are Onstage Systems employees. Video was the responsibility of Mike Moore.

Onstage Systems has two certified Covid-19 Compliance Officers on staff and all staff and artists underwent temperature checks and contact tracing. The efforts proved a success and the event had the distinction of being Dallas’s first Covid-19 safe public concert approved by the City of Dallas.

(Photos: Britni Shepard)

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