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Working for our friends at Hawk Audio Visual, WhitePD were super pleased to be invited to provide a significant package of event production services for Compare The Market’s 18th Birthday celebrations and conference at Silverstone. The event featured a large conference space, suite of breakout rooms, exhibition area, catering zone and an afterparty.
![Early days](https://whitepd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Early-days-e1700142584788.jpg)
WhitePD were tasked with focusing on the main conference and afterparty elements of the job. The main conference was held in Hall 3 of the Silverstone Wing. A large, high ceilinged and perhaps acoustically challenging space. The backdrop for the event was centred around an 8m x 4m LED video wall that was flanked by a number of hanging banners. Content was managed by John Gibson utilising an Analog Way Zenith 200. Long range Theatrixx fibre systems drove both the 4k video wall & comfort monitor feeds. Lead rigger for the conference, Adam Jones, deployed a 24-way Kinesys digihoist array along with a range of EXE hoists from 250kgs to 1000kgs for the larger lifts. Prolyte trussing was installed throughout with componentry ranging from H30D to S52V.
![Lighting close up](https://whitepd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lighting-close-up-e1700142708303.jpg)
Audio system tech (and general D&B Audiotechnik whiz) Stuart McKay installed and tuned a distributed system throughout the space to provide crystal clear speech to the 800+ delegates. Multiple main hangs of Yline enclosures along with V10p and Y10P delay speakers formed the bulk of the system along with Yp outfills, T10 front fills and SL-subs for the all important video stings. Shure Axient digital mics along with a (hot off the press) Yamaha DM7C provided the front end. Lighting designer Gary Wilson employed a range of Robe fixtures to cover both the stage area and room lighting. T1’s, Spiiders & LEDbeam 350’s took care of the leg-work and were supplemented with Chroma-Q colorforce battens and Chauvet variable white generic fixtures for key-light.
Whist the conference was in rehearsal & show a separate team installed the afterparty down in the pit lanes. A 38m x 8m 8-leg Prolyte MPT system was installed to support the large package of lighting, LED & audio equipment required for the gig which featured entertainment from the Kensington House band and DJ Jax Jones. 3 x 3.9mm high-brightness LED screens were installed along with around 100 Chauvet Epix fixtures fed via Resolume to provide content.
![Jax Jones action](https://whitepd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jax-Jones-action-e1700142980836.jpg)
Over 100 moving head lighting fixtures were installed and included Robe Painte, Cuete, LEDbeam 350’s, Spiider’s and the mighty Colorstrike M from Chauvet. Ian wood piloted audio for the event and, as with the conference space, installed a distributed system of D&B audiotechnik enclosures. V7p’s as mains, Y7p’s as delays & fills, V-subs for oomph and a stage full of M4’s – all driven by D40 amplification.