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Cue 13 Design reimagines The Wharf using Elation Proteus and Paladin

When The Wharf entertainment district in Orange Beach, Alabama, reopened in time for Memorial Day, visitors were treated to a new lightshow by Cue 13 Design that uses Elation’s IP65 luminaires.

A nightly light show called Spectra has been drawing visitors to The Wharf’s Main Street since 2013. Ryan Stumpp, founder and Principal at Cue 13 Design, and a 15-year theme park design veteran, was subcontracted to work on the original design seven years ago and was called on to redesign the light show for 2020.

“Seven years ago, we launched the light show with Elation Platinum series lights in outdoor domes and although they were in enclosures, because this is an outdoor environment that is close to the ocean, it was time to upgrade so we revamped and reimagined the show”, he explains.

The new light show transforms two blocks of The Wharf’s Main Street into a stage where facades blossom in dynamic color, visuals dance across the space, and palm trees come alive in an experience complete with musical soundtrack. Stumpp, who has handled audio, lighting, lasers, and show control at The Wharf since 2017, was responsible for design, programming, implementation and integration of the new light show.

The lighting system redesign relies on Elation Proteus Rayzor 760 and Proteus Hybrid moving heads. Because there is limited year-round support staff at The Wharf to maintain the extensive outdoor rig, he says fixtures that were low maintenance was an absolute requirement.

A variety of retailers on two levels lines both sides of Main Street, a shopping and dining area that can be accessed by land or water. Twelve Proteus Hybrid moving heads project color and beam effects from the second level while, from the lower level, 38 Proteus Rayzor 760s provide mid-air beams, wide wash coverage, or, when needed, sparkle from its SparkLED background illumination system. Custom gobo work, which the Platinum fixtures handled in the old design, is now done with lasers.

A feature of the Proteus line that Stumpp worked with Elation Product Manager Matthias Hinrichs on for theme park installs, is a DMX channel Hibernation Mode. Stumpp comments, “With outdoor fixtures there is always a debate about whether or not to keep them powered on or powered off. The Elation Hibernation Mode puts them into a sleep mode, which keeps them powered on but in a situation and a state that is safe for continuous power use outdoors. Here, the fixtures are in Hibernation Mode all day long then release from hibernation, automatically strike for the show, and then douse themselves and go back to sleep.”

Elation Paladin series, an RGBW series of IP65 wash/blinder/strobe luminaires, are also featured in the new lighting system with Stumpp being the first to use the Paladin Cube and Paladin Panel. Some 80 Paladin Cubes line the underside of the second floor for chases, strobing and sparkle effects and are also able to wash to the opposite side of the street. Six of the larger Paladin Panels work from the second level as 3000 W Xenon strobe replacements. All of the Elation fixtures are White Marine Grade (WMG) models.

Themed lighting plays throughout the evening with architectural base looks on the street, which color change for holidays, special events, promotions, etc. Personnel can trigger a variety of time-coded light shows through a Medialon show control system, which brings the street to life then returns to a base look.

Stumpp worked with 4Wall on the project, whose Orlando office supplied the lighting and demonstration gear. The lighting install, which will run year round, was completed on May 24th, just in time for the Memorial Day weekend.

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