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    Blog Series: Trade Shows

    Planning, Panic, and Preparation

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    A Look Behind the Trade Show Curtain
    by Carmen Diaz, trade show coordinator for CHAUVET

    My little countdown clock tells me it’s less than 25 days till show site. That means I’m getting down to the wire for shipping, rental and production. InfoComm, it’s big, it’s AV, and it’s breathing down my neck like Brad Pitt in Interview with a Vampire (which really isn’t too bad of a prospect… rawr).

    Let’s take stock of what we’ve done so far… We have two 53-foot semis hauling 300+ fixtures 2,518 miles to the Las Vegas Convention Center. We’ve placed our orders for 400 AMPS of three-phase electrical power, carpet, a monster distro, labor, fabric, and lights. I’ve got over 200 emails regarding this tradeshow alone, and this is just one of three shows I’m working on currently.

    It’s a lot of work and meticulous attention to detail to make a trade show worth the substantial investment an 800-square-foot booth entails. I’ve got a three-inch binder filled with schematics, order confirmations, maps, and more check lists than I can shake a stick at. Even as I write this blog post, I keep thinking of more small tasks I still need to do, like get candy for the booth, and silverware for lunches, and a million other “unexpected” problems you have to prepare for “just in case.”

    But through all of this planning, panic, and preparation there is the satisfaction of a finished product and a beautiful booth to “oooh” and “awe”. There’s this unbelievable sense of accomplishment that you get when the build is complete and the show opens. Lights are blaring, music playing softly in the background, sales people chattering as the first of the attendees streams into the hall. I try to take a moment to look around in the first few hours, as the traffic ramps up and the exhibitors really start crowding around your booth, to enjoy everyone’s hard work paying off… and maybe even get a tasty beverage as my reward.

    Here is a look at last year’s booth for you to “oooh” and “awe” at (although this year’s will blow it out of the water!):

    CHAUVET booth at InfoComm 2011 just before the door opens.

    LightFair 2012

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    The ILUMINARC line of architainment lighting solutions had a presence at LightFair 2012. Among the LED-fitted exterior and interior fixtures — including the line’s LΩgic system — were two new wash lights: Ilumipanel 40 IP and Ilumipod 18g2 IP. Below are some photographs of the booth and fixtures.

    Ilumipanel 40 IP

    Iluminarc series of Inground lighting solutions

     

    Ilumipod 18g2 IP

     

    LΩgic System display

    CHAUVET Fills Stage with Light at Algam Conference

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    More than 90 CHAUVET fixtures took center stage as part of a one-of-a-kind show organized by Algam, our distributor in France, that brought together Algam’s professional customers in audio, light and video. About 250 people enjoyed the two-day event that featured a 10-minute light show designed by François Guillet, with a score by Pascal Foulard aka DJ Paco. Special guests included violinist Caroline Stenger and CHAUVET luminaires: 36 Legend 412 pixel-mapping moving yokes, 24 MVP 18 and 24 MVP 37.5 modular video panels, six Q-Spot 560-LED moving heads, six COLORado 1-Quad Tour wash fixtures, five Q-Wash 560Z-LED wash lights, four Q-Wash 260-LED fixtures, four COLOrado 2 Zoom Tour, four COLORado Zoom Tour, four COLORado 1 Tour, eight SlimPAR Pro Tri wash lights, six COLORband PiX linear fixtures, three COLORado Batten 72 Tour, two Impulse 648 strobe lights and one Arena 2100 Flex fog machine. A video of the full programmed show is below.

    Guest violinist Caroline Stenger.

    Algam and CHAUVET crew.

    CHAUVET Vice President Berenice Chauvet delivering a speech.

    CHAUVET at USITT 2012

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    For the first time at the USITT show, CHAUVET attracted visitors with an array of lights, including our COLORado Series of powerful wash fixtures, ideal for stage use. On display we had the COLORado Zoom Tour, COLORado Zoom CW Tour, COLORado Zoom WW Tour, COLORado 2 Zoom Tour and COLORado 1-Quad Tour. Projecting beautiful saturated washes COLORado Zoom Tour and COLORado 2 Zoom Tour were among the most popular, next to the LED Followspot 75 light and Impulse 648 bright strobe light. COLORado Batten 72 Tour Tour and COLORado Batten 144 Tour linear wash lights impressed with their precise color temperatures, while the Q-Spot 560-LED demonstrated its brightness and even output.  Our professional dry ice machine Nimbus flooded the booth floor in thick fog and COLORado Ridge IP projected intense colors due to its red, green, blue, white and amber LEDs. Perfect for adding a lot of color to small performance venues, SlimPAR Pro RGBA was also showcased, for its complete spectrum in some of the harder-to-create warm colors.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CHAUVET Professional Shines at Prolight + Sound 2012

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    At this year’s Prolight+Sound event, we showcased our versatile and easy to configure MVP modular video panels built in three resolutions and our innovative pixel-mapping moving yoke wash light Legend 412. MVP 12, MVP 18 and MVP 37.5 modular video panels are lightweight, bright and capable of endless configurations for stage displays or events. Also, new models were added to our popular COLORado series of powerful wash fixtures and to the Q-Series of brilliant moving yoke wash and spot lights. Furthermore, CHAUVET Professional introduced to the European market the Iluminarc brand of LED-fitted fixtures created for the architainment industry.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    First Day at Prolight + Sound 2012

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    CHAUVET Professional welcomes visitors during the first day at Prolight + Sound 2012 in Frankfurt. Showcased are the MVP Series of modular video panels, Legend 412 pixel-mapping moving yokes, and more, in Hall 11.0, Stand B31, in the Messe Frankfurt complex. All are LED-fitted fixtures with multiple applications for multiple settings.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CHAUVET Professional at PLASA Focus: Austin 2012

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    CHAUVET Professional showcased INfectious products at this year’s PLASA Focus: Austin 2012. Visitors of booth 206 had the opportunity to experience our MVP 12 modular video panel, Legend 412 moving yoke, COLORado 2 Zoom Tour and COLORado Zoom Tour static wash lights, as well as Q-Wash 560Z-LED moving head. Also featured was the practical wireless event LED luminaire WELL, and PowerStream 4, an INgenious splitter for powerCON connections. The versatile and bright COLORado 2 Zoom Tour and Legend 412, capable of amazing pixel-mapping effects, both received special attention from attendees.

    Dwight Slamp holding MVP 12 video panel for guests.

    Legend 412 pixel-mapping moving yoke.

    COLORado 2 Zoom Tour wash light.



    WELL fixture wirelessly uplights banner on the right as well as in images below.

    COLORdash Batten-Tri Colors Paris Trade Show

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    Spreading the prettiest deep pink, 22 COLORdash Batten Tri linear wash lights were the stars in Paris, France, at the popular SIEL trade show – the Professional Trade Show of Staging and Event Solutions. Rental company Stars installed the fixtures in the center of the trade show, where they also lit an awards ceremony and amazed visitor with their intense pink color. A diffuser was placed on each batten to produce homogeneous shades of color.





     

     

    Event Live Expo 2012

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    We participated in Event Live Expo 2012 in L.A. last week. A great show overall with interesting discussions, such as a festival panel featuring representatives of Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival, Hangout, Voodoo, and Burning Man.

    CHAUVET Professional also had a booth where we showed off our MVP Series of modular video panels, COLORado Zoom Tour and COLORado 2 Zoom Tour static wash lights, Legend 412, Q-Spot 560 LED and Q-Wash 560Z LED moving heads. Our own Jamey Brock, director of sales for CHAUVET, took these shots below.

    Matrix of Legend 412 on left, MVP Series on right.

    Closer (albeit softer) view of above.