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Events United picks Chauvet for Flo Rida’s “Marathon Monday” show

The lightshow for hip-hop artist Flo Rida’s afternoon appearance at Boston College’s “Marathon Monday” was created by Events United. “This was the second year we lit this event for One If By Land Productions”, says Director of Event Productions, Chase Clark of Events United. “Boston College puts this event on to keep their students on campus during the Boston Marathon. Last year, Jason Derulo performed; and this year it was Flo Rida.”

“Since the show takes place the same time as the Boston Marathon, our challenge is to create eye candy that looks sweet in sunlight”, continues Clark. He acknowledges that overcast skies helped with the effort this year, but most of the credit for the show goes to the Events United team’s use of a rig that featured over sixty Chauvet Professional fixtures, as well as 36 F4IP LED video tiles.

Included among these units were twelve Color Strike M motorized strobes, twelve Maverick Storm 1 Washes, eight Colorado PXL Bar 16 motorized battens, eight Nexus 4x4 LED panels, six Strike 4 blinders, eight Maverick MK2 Washes and eight Maverick Force 2 Profiles.

“This design was all about the eye candy on the stage and not having light in the air, because there is only so much you can do to outshine the sun”, says Clark. “Our upstage and mid-stage trusses were loaded with Force 2 Profiles and MK2 washes, while downstage was full of PXL Bar 16s, Strike 4s and strobes. In addition to that, we had the Nexus 4x4 skirt on the DJ riser, and vertical trusses full of Color Strike Ms, which we strobed like crazy.”

A robust punt file helped the design team to keep looks varied during the 60-minute show. “With all the firepower this design had to offer and our punt file, it became all about paying attention to what video was doing and working to make the looks match the energy that the artist was bringing to the stage”, says Clark.

He also gives credit to the Events United team, which included manager and A1 Donald Van Slyke at FOH, A1 Blake Rivera, A2 Andrew Johnson, production designer Jonathan Martell, L1 Ryan Lane, L2 Rachel Fahey, L2 Meg Fiske, V1 Wes Messina, V2 Jack Redding, photographer Shaylyn Kelly, and videographer Pat Dunn.

(Photos: Chauvet Professional/Events United/One If By Land Productions)

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