When Norah Jones, daughter of Ravi Shankar, made her first ever
appearance in India — at A Summer\’s Day
Festival in Mumbai — around 8,000 fans turned up at the Mahalaxmi Race Course to cheer her on. Making sure that the stage dynamics lived up to the performance were local
production company E2Tech. Among the FX used were 24 of PR Lighting’s new XLED
1037 moving heads with zoom.
Characterised by the use of 37 x 10 Watt RGBW
LEDs (containing four colours in one), one of its outstanding features is its
wide linear zoom, with variable beam angle. It was deployed on this show with 26°
beam angle.
The lights were flown down specifically for the event — purchased by E2Tech
from Modern Stage Service, PR Lighting’s Indian distributors.
Said E2Tech owner, Jasjeet Singh, “We have been using PR fixtures for
the last four years and are very happy both with the product and the
service.”
E2Tech lighting specialist, Mcgriff Mascarenhas ensured that these were
able to realise the design, conceived by the artiste’s personal LD. With only
one prep day possible, all the personalities were safely loaded into the
lighting board.
Originally the designer had specified another brand of moving lights.
But after receiving E2Tech’s assurance — and witnessing a four-light demo — he
was immediately convinced. In fact he expressed his hope that he would receive
the same lights in the other two cities on the itinerary (Delhi
and Bangalore),
which E2Tech also provided lighting (and part of the trussing) for.
Asked if the promoters had been happy with the level of production, Jasjeet
Singh simply replied, “We have always believed in one formula … if you don\’t
get a panic call from the venue, and when the head of production sends a Smile
on SMS, then everything is OK!”
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