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The huge decorated stage: it doesn’t get much more Christmassy than this
heavily sound-dampened, with just a pair of Sennheiser MKH30 omnis and two Crown pressure zone mics to lift the organ’s HFs and try to tame its looming presence in the overall mix. Six Meyer Sound UPM-1Ps
Steve Brodie
dedicated to individual vocalists – there are guitars on radio packs, harp, 10 string players, six woodwind players and six brass. “Wireless Workbench takes
“The wonder is that, in over three decades, the Thursford Christmas Spectacular has never been broadcast on television”
away all of the guesswork and puts a great deal of control in Steve’s hands, enabling him to scan frequencies and co-ordinate them from his laptop anywhere in the building.” The switch to Shure UR4D wireless receivers made this possible, introducing control data networking to the whole system. There isn’t very much IEM, though: a combination of traditional stage wedges and –
for the percussion section – Aviom’s A16II personal mixing system provides most of the foldback. “The percussionists have a quite a difficult gig, actually,” points out Brodie. “They’re right on top of the Wurlitzer chambers and divided from the orchestra by a perspex screen, so in-ears are essential.” It should be noted that the ‘Mighty’ Wurlitzer at Thursford is a star attraction throughout the year, usually played by resident organist Robert Wolfe but, in this show, operated by guest artiste Phil Kelsall of Blackpool Tower Ballroom fame. The chambers are
are flown from the ceiling across the front of the stage together with two USW-1P subs, while three 650-P subs are housed under the stage. There are MM-4 frontfills, and a grouping of three, four and three UPM-1Ps as delays. A surround system – especially effective on choir reverb – deploys some legacy RCF and Community boxes via separate matrix outputs. The wonder is that, in over
three decades, the Thursford Christmas Spectacular has never been broadcast: it has all the ingredients of an annual staple like the carol recitals from Kings College, Cambridge, and it has Steve Brodie. But maybe that would give a little too much away, and change it too much. Right now, the secret is safe.
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