Coemar Infinity XL And S Fixtures Shine During 311 Day Concert In Las Vegas

04 May 2010 10.36 BST

After selecting Coemar lighting fixtures for alternative/funk party band 311’s 2008 and 2009 tours, lighting designer/director Joe Paradise once again chose a complement of Coemar Infinity XLs and ACLs for the band’s much-anticipated 2010 311 Day Concert.

The biennial event, which celebrates the band and salutes fans worldwide, was held at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas on March 11. The five-hour communal concert began in 2000 and has become a 311 tradition; this year fans could also tune into a live webcast.

“The show featured 68 songs, LED video and two laser tables; there was a lot of non-stop programming right up until the last minute,” said Paradise who also programmed the concert and directed the video.

“I used 18 Infinity XLs as a wash on stage over the band instead of using a keylight,” he explained. “I also used their effects during a fair amount of the show. I had 12 ACLs S on the floor and 22 in the rig, which consisted of four big circles: 20-, 30- and 40-foot plus a 70-foot keylight. They were suspended above the stage.” Paradise also deployed four hazebase hazers.

Coemar’s Infinity Wash XL is an extremely bright, automated moving head washlight that incorporates the revolutionary CMY-s colour mixing system with new saturation mode (patented), a colour wheel with five colours + white, and a proportional CTO filter. A radical zoom range (proportional from five to 84°), effects (Multicolor, Moon Flower, Beam’o) and beam shaping device (360° index-able) are included. Full-range dimming, synchronised or random strobe effect, electronic zap strobe and black-out are also featured.

Coemar Infinity ACL S lights are brighter than a 1200W fixture, in a 250W package.  They boast a focusable black-light, variable beam size and variable beam control with rotating aerial effects. CMY colour mixing, five colours + open and CTO filter round out the unit.
 “The ACLs  S played a really big part in the show,” Paradise reported. “Their colour is great, the beam is phenomenal and the output ridiculous for a 300W light; they really competed with 1200W and 1500W instruments that I also had on the show. No matter what I did with the Coemars they looked great.”

He adds that all of the Coemar fixtures were “great,” and their performance drew raves from the client. “Everybody thought this year’s 311 Day Concert was the best production they ever had,” he observed.

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