Congrats to Crossroads’ Georgetown Campus for a great soft launch of their new permanent facility! This was one of the most personally rewarding projects where Bargeheights has been able to contribute. I spent time with the Crossroads Georgetown campus in the early days, when the campus was a completely portable church-in-a-box operation. In fact, the original ”bargeheights” blog started during my time there. To this day, my experiences with the Georgetown campus highlight the “WOW” of serving and leading in the local church. The Crossroads GTown community has done so much for my family and holds a special place in our heart.
It was an absolute honor to come alongside Greg Gilmore and so many familiar faces (Amy, Ken, Chris, Bo, Kathy, Tom…so many) to design a scenic look for the opening weekend and help provide some guidance on lighting design, working alongside the church’s avl integrator.
Greater things are yet to come!
Worship Look
Bargeheights BAR252 lights up some Modular Arts panels in the Lobby!
Greg Gilmore Hosting for the weekend from the side stage
Detail of Scenic Element
Detail of the Chandelier
The Pre-Focus meeting
Bargeheights just wrapped up a project with Central Baptist Church in Winchester, KY. The church’s original sanctuary (over 100 years old) now serves as the primary worship environment an active youth group. Bargeheights partnered with church volunteers to perform a cosmetic renovation of the space and integrate some fantastic Bargeheights LED lighting gear.
Bargeheights directed volunteer efforts to fabricate inexpensive burlap panels, paint walls and construct exposed conduit house lighting. Following the volunteer’s efforts, the Bargeheights crew arrived on site to deploy a giant lighting rig featuring (16) BH BAR252 for scenic wash, (8) BH LED PARs for backlight and (3) BH LED 54AW for key light along with (2) MH 250 moving head profiles.
We’re really happy with the result–we think this project in particular highlights the effectiveness of a good lighting plan. No massive renovation required—just a little church volunteer TLC, some dirt cheap LED lighting and a good plan!
Room Update: Burlap Fabric Panels
New Bargeheights LED lighting
More Burlap panel closeups
Lighting Rig from above
Color Wash Shot- amazing how the BAR252 wash catches all of the texture of the existing architecture.
A little detail of the confidence monitor and innovative house light solution
Bargeheights had the privilege of partnering with Southern Seminary’s Event Production department to design and furnish a self contained lighting rig for use during the university’s on-campus conferences and events. Bargeheights scope included design of the rig and power distro, furnishing LED lighting gear, console, training and some scenic design guidance.
The project concluded with a training session covering the basics of assembling the rig, integrating existing equipment, best practices during load in and some training on the Chamsys lighting console. We had a blast working with Stuart, Kyle and the production team. All great guys with an amazing heart for the Kingdom. For me, it’s the best part of partnering with ministry organizations—no matter what role we each play, we’re all united by a common love for God and a desire to communicate His truth to others.
Charlie Hall rocked a killer set during the conference and a post-conference concert. I had a blast putting the rig through its paces behind such a humble and authentic worship artist. Even cooler, Stuart took over the rig for the second act and built some incredible looks–all while busking. Sure, it’s fun to run a rig. It’s even more fun to training and equip production artists and watch them succeed!
Here’s a few pics. More over on the BH Flickr.
Charlie Hall Set
Another cool look during the Charlie Hall Set
Stuart- the new Lighting Designer
Previsualization Renderings.
A warm look for the Charlie Hall set. Love having some upstage conventionals!
A snapshot of some of the documentation package for Southern Seminary’s rig
Here’s another post detailing some recent work which loaded in at Southland Christian Church in Dec 2010. The design features a host of C9 light strings, forming a loose canopy over the band and arcing through the house. Upstage elements were constructed from dimensional lumber with Octostrip LED lights scattered throughout. The result is a organic, artsy look to support a teaching series cover the book of Matthew.
Lighting includes an all floor based moving rig of Mac600′s and Bargeheights MH 1200 v1′s. Deconstructed pin-spots hung in 5 clusters upstage of the band provide additional texture.
Couple of quick photo mashups of two recent set designs…
Organic set for Crossroads Christian Church
ONE set for Southland Christian Church
