Rule Number Six for Success as a Touring Lighting Director: Be On Time

NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites is providing gear for three-time ACM nominee Thomas Rhett as he joins Jason Aldean’s “We Were Here” 2016 tour. Collaborating with both Thomas Rhett and tour manager Logan Kornegay, lighting designer Nick Whitehouse built upon their general concept to create the final lighting design. What may look like a standard rolling floor package reveals itself to be compact custom video and lighting lifts that extend to a full height of nearly 30 feet above the stage. Lightweight Ayrton MagicDot-R and Clay Paky Mythos both play a key role.

KNOXVILLE, TN – The Knoxville Chamber Partnership recently held the Annual Governor’s Breakfast at the Knoxville Convention Center, where Governor Bill Haslam addressed a record breaking crowd of 660. Bandit Lites, a member of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, provided the lighting for the event as the Governor covered his legislative priorities for this session, which included increased funds for education and infrastructure improvement projects.

NORMAN, OK — Touted as a weather contingency planning workshop for live event professionals, the Severe Weather Summit takes place on March 8-9, 2016. Presented by the Event Safety Alliance in cooperation with the National Weather Center and sponsored by WDT/Weather Ops, the event invites everyone in our business to attend and further their education. The summit features experts from the National Weather Service and industry leading weather forecasting companies.

MEMPHIS, TN – Hope Church in Memphis, TN expanded on its already impressive AV capabilities within its 5,000-seat sanctuary with a dot2 XL-F console with built-in fader wing from MA Lighting and four Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 lighting fixtures.  Both brands are distributed in North America exclusively by A.C.T Lighting, Inc. The Nashville office of 4Wall Entertainment Lighting handled the lighting and associated rigging install.

NEW YORK – For the Broadway production, On Your Feet, which features the music of Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, LD Ken Posner relied heavily on Chauvet DJ’s Intimidator Beam LED 350 moving fixtures, including 59 of the fixtures in the rig. The fixtures helped Posner tackle a major challenge in creating the lighting design – replicating the concert world on a Broadway stage, which doesn’t have nearly the space of a touring venue.

MINNEAPOLIS – There are many entertaining and informative places to visit while in the Twin Cities. Mill City Museum (pictured here) and the Minnesota History Center offer visitors and residents alike a chance to experience Minneapolis and St. Paul’s rich history.  Their interpretive and interactive exhibits are driven by Alcorn McBride audio, video and show control equipment.