6 DL.2s Enliven Randy Parton Theatre

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 || High End Systems

Six High End Systems DL.2s and six Studio Command 700 autoamted wash luminaires were recently installed in the Randy Parton Theatre in Roanoke Rapids, NC. The 1,500-seat show palace features the brother of Dolly Parton in a live music variety show. Other country entertainers are showcased there as well.

Sales and Design Associate Chris Barbee of Bandit Lites was hired to be the lighting and rigging system designer and project manager for the permanent installation. Because of his previous experience working with Randy Parton, Barbee was also the show designer.

Barbee said the DL2s brought an additional dimension to the lighting show. A big part of the lighting was created in conjunction with the scenic design elements. Although the DL.2 comes with a library of royalty-free content, Scenic Designer Tom Cluff created custom video content for the theatre. Anything you can dream up -- patterns, home movies -- if you can create the content, you can project it using those fixtures, Barbee explains. I was initially afraid the DL.2s wouldnt be bright enough. However when we used them in collaboration with the center projector, we actually had to take the DL2s down a bit.

Chip Perry was Assistant Lighting Designer on the production. Production manager is Tom Kelly.