Fireworks & Fashion Week

November has started off at a pace with Startech supplying the stage, lighting, sound and video wall for the Jack FM Music Stage at the Oxford Fireworks in South Parks followed by supporting 3 shows at Oxford Fashion Week.

This is the second year Startech have teamed up with Jack FM to provide entertainment in South Park before and after the Round Table's fireworks display and bonfire. Startech's famous red canopy became home for the evening to Jack FM's Selfy and Caroline as well as Glide FM's Jason. Using our LED curtain we provided the countdown to the fireworks and helped advertise the sponsors of the event.

Startech were also technical partners for Oxford Fashion Week 2012, helping to produce shows at Oxford Town Hall and at the Ashmolean Museum. The Town Hall events were attended by over 300 people and required Startech to create a stunning lighting design whilst not detracting from the fashion on display. Shanks used Startech's own Mac 700's, MTPro 324W's & 90P's alongside generic lighting to create some superb effects on the set and around the architecture of the Town Hall using our Chamsys Maxi Wing as control. The sound system chosen for this was our Turbosound kit setup and operated by Grebe.

After producing two shows at the Town Hall, Startech moved to the far end of Cornmarket to setup for the Haute Couture Show at the Ashmolean. Time was tight as the Ashmolean closes it's doors to the public at 6pm and guests were invited to attend the pre-show drinks at 8.30. All Startech's staff were fully aware of the short schedule and worked efficiently to produce a fantastic show within the time allowed. Once again Grebe was in charge of sound, this time using our Bose system. With the short period of time allowed to set up this show, we opted to use more generic lighting pre mounted on stands. This worked well in the Ashmolean where space is precious and so are the displays. As well as using generic lighting for the catwalk, Shanks also used Anolis LED Battens to light the displays in the museum, which created a great effect.

As well as the main event, we were asked to provide some atmospheric lighting in the atrium area where pre and post show drinks were to be held. This had to be quick to set up and take down as we had to fit in to the security schedule at the Ashmolean. Chris installed 20 colour changing LED Parcans throughout the Atrium whilst Simon installed MTPro 324W on the balcony to light up the statues. The whole event went smoothly and Startech had managed to pack down the entire show even before some of the models had taken off their make up.