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ELP BECOMES NEW LIGHTING SUPPLIER TO HORSE OF THE YEAR SHOW
With two arenas, 1,500 horses, 1,400 competitors and an estimated 65,000 spectators, the Horse of the Year Show is the UK’s biggest indoor equestrian event. The show takes up over 200,000 sq metres of Birmingham’s NEC complex. HOYS is organised by Grandstand Media Ltd who, in recent years, have revitalised the presentation by working closely with Nadia Raibin (Managing Director of Production Team) as the show’s overall Creative Director. “With the previous lighting supplier Bandit Lites no longer active in the UK market, I needed to find a new lighting supplier who had the capacity to support a show of this size,” said Raibin. “When I discovered that a previous long-standing HOYS production supplier and colleague, Dave Keighley, (whom I had worked with prior to my association with Bandit Lites), was now acting MD at ELP, the decision became easier as Dave understood the format I needed for the creative aspect of the show and to satisfy
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SKY TV cameras as well as understanding the fundamental requirements that the competitors need for this unique event.” With ELP working alongside the production team’s existing core crew - Lester Cobrin (Production Manager), Peter Parchment (Crew Chief), Ben Fox (Lighting Designer) and Mark Strange (Board Operator) it meant that there was still a significant degree of continuity and specific HOYS experience within the delivery team.
SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF RELIABLE GEAR ELP supplied five arctic lorries full of gear including over 100 moving lights, 85 one tonne motors and an enormous amount of cable and truss.
The main arena floor was primarily wash lit with ELPs Martin Professional MAC 2000’s and Vari-Lite 3000’s while LED Choma pars were used as truss warmers. Additionally, a small stage for live bands performed. This section was fitted out with ELP’s Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300’s
to provide super-concentrated parallel beams which would penetrate the brightness of the surroundiing washlights in the main arena. Other spectator areas such as the Caldene Arena, the Collecting Ring and the Horse Walk were lit with an assortment of ELPs 1K Sun Floods and Par 36 2 lights, while the main entrance was decorated with a selection of ELP’s Source 4 Profile Spots. Crew Chief Peter Parchment was keen to endorse the quality of the equipment supplied by ELP saying “This was by far the most reliable kit we have ever used on this job and we’ve all been very impressed.”
ANIMAL-FRIENDLY DESIGN FOR TV AND LIVE AUDIENCES
“The lighting design for HOYS is a balancing act,” explained Lighting Designer Ben Fox. “You need to have enough ‘drama’ and ‘theatre’ to engage the audience while at the same time being mindful of the welfare of the horses. So
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