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Elation Artiste lights Harvest Crusade in Southern California

Harvest Church held its annual Harvest Crusade evangelistic outreach July 1-2 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Elation Professional’s Artiste series lights played a key role in creating a revival-like atmosphere for the 32,000 live attendees and over 200,000 who tuned in online. This was Harvest’s first-ever crusade at the Honda Center where attendees also enjoyed two nights of performances from Christian artists.

Chris Eguizabal, a seasoned Harvest veteran with twelve years of experience overseeing production elements for Harvest events, served as the Production Manager for the two-day worship experience. Throughout the years, they have frequently utilized Elation lighting on Harvest Crusade events, specifically the IP65 Proteus line as the event is typically held outdoors at Angel Stadium. However, for this year’s indoor event, a different lighting setup was chosen.

“It was an easy fix for us to switch to Elation indoor fixtures and we decided to go with the Artiste Monet and Artiste Rembrandt”, says Eguizabal. Harvest’s primary lighting vendor, BCT Entertainment, had a substantial stock of Monets and they then partnered with Volt Lites to supply the Rembrandts for the event.

This year’s show, performed in the round, featured a rig of 64 Artiste Monets and over forty Artiste Rembrandts, the LED-based luminaires all working from pre-rigged trusses surrounding the stage. Most of the lights were utilized for stage effects with some of the outer fixtures used for house effects, gobo looks, etc.

Several fixtures on the outside trusses worked with an automated followspot system as key lights to track performers or speakers. The Monets were mainly used for key lighting, while the 51,000-lumen Artiste Rembrandts served mostly as house washes during speaking moments to highlight audience reactions.

This was Anaheim-based BCT’s third year collaborating on the event. The company has owned their fleet of Artiste Monets for a year and according to BCT co-owner Brian Longhofer, the fixtures have always stepped up.

Working as a lighting programmer on Harvest Crusade for the second year running was Nick Valdez, who has been with Harvest for eight years. He explains that the event comprised a combination of big flash looks with more introspective, somber moments with a lot of audience shots to actively involve the crowd. The in-the-round format presented an enjoyable challenge, he says, as it required thoughtful consideration for each lighting arrangement.

Hundreds of media outlets across the U.S. broadcast and livestreamed the Harvest Crusade event, which featured performances by singers Chris Tomlin and Michael W. Smith, among others.

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