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Australia Day in the City 2012

By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2012

Australia Day 2012 saw 30,000+ revelers celebrating in the heart of Adelaide at the annual Australia Day in the City event presented by Adelaide City Council and the Australia Day Council of SA. This years celebrations were topped off by a free public concert featuring Aussie pop stars Stan Walker and Ricki-Lee.

We constructed our 12x9x8m CLS ground support stage with an out-rigged arch for a 6m VuePix LED screen. Our new L’Acoustics LARAK driven KARA line array and SB18 subwoofers provided for brilliant sound with our Avid VENUE Profile system at front of house. The stage sends were mixed on our Yamaha M7 console.

The lighting rig included a mixture of Martin MAC700s, GLP Impression 90 LED washes, Chromlech Jarags as well as Kupo par cans and Selecon fresnels. Haze was created using 2 Base Hazer Pros. Lighting was controlled using our Road Hog Full Boar lighting console.

Novatech also directed the live video of the event supplying the production crew and equipment. The digital system consisted of Sony broadcast cameras controlled by CCU as well as a Sony BRC300 robotic camera. Switching was via a Sony DFS300. A Sound Devices Pix240 was utilized for capture. Signal was sent to the LED screen across 50m of fiber optic cable.

See more photos from the event on the Australia Day Council of SA’s Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.309288615785944.65163.100874833293991&type=3

NYE 2011

By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2012

New Years Eve was a busy night for Novatech with 3 major pubic events on to welcome in 2012.

The Adelaide City Council presented their annual fireworks and concert in Elder Park with a bit of a difference this year. The iconic rotunda became the center point of the evening’s festivities with the main stage being constructed around it. Our CLS ground support system framed it all beautifully and an array of lighting fixtures ensured the historic rotunda brightly saw in the New Year.

Down at Glenelg families were treated to a concert from legendary children’s entertainer Peter Comb who with his live band performed all his hits from ‘Juicy Juciy Green Grass’ to ‘Mr Clickety Cane’. Fireworks from the Jetty lit up the sky at midnight struck.

This New Years Eve also saw the addition of the Summadayze music festival, which usually takes place on New Years Day. Thousands of revelers began partying mid afternoon as four stages played host to artist such as Snoop Dogg, Moby, Pendulum and Grandmaster Flash. Novatech provided sound, lighting and video for the whole site.

Around 60 staff, 10 trucks, a couple of semi trailers and about 5 hours ensured all the gear was back an Novatech by early morning giving everyone a pretty relaxed New Years Day.

See more photos from NYE 2011 on our Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150581820380994.377225.116387590993&type=3

Carols By Candlelight 2011

By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2012

Even with one of the wettest December days on record, the 2011 Carols by Candlelight in Elder Park couldn’t be dampened. Hosted by local media personalities, this festive event featured a spectacular fireworks display, a visit from Father Christmas and a performance by Rhonda Birchmore.

The event took place under a new stage roof supplied by JP Entertainment.  This structure allowed Novatech to install an elaborate lighting system and re-design the stage to incorporate our 9m high white chiffon drapes, a tiered choir platform and the orchestra.

Our chiffon was lit using ColorBlaze LED Strips as well as gobo projection from Martin Mac2000s. The full lighting rig included 30 MAC2000s as well MAC700s, Robert Juliat 2000w fresnels and GLP Impression 90s. Control was from a GrandMA. Novatech’s Avid VENUE Profile was chosen as the FOH console and a Yamaha M7 was used for monitors. The PA was 12 a side L’Acousitcs KUDO. Video was produced by Television Agency South Australia and was routed to Novatech’s LED screen via a Barco Encore Presentation System.

Sponsoring partner RAA, enlisted Novatech to provide a solution to run a live Twitter and Facebook feed on the screens during the event. The audience was able to post photos of themselves at the event and see them up on the big screens.

Sensational 2011 Fashion

By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 31, 2011

Vibrant colours and textured prints in clean cut tailored designs were the stand out pieces at the recent ASMF George Gross & Harry Who’s sensational 2011 Spring/Summer Collections show, at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.

Novatech Creative Event Technology provide the lighting, video and audio production for the event. We’ve had the pleasure of working with the Advertiser Sunday Mail Foundation (ASMF) over many years and as always, guests at this year’s event were treated to a night jam-packed with delicious food, wine and entertainment.

Funds raised on the night went to the ASMF Blanket Appeal, which purchase blankets for the homeless in South Australia.

Australia Day Celebrations 2011

By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 12, 2011

The lead up to Australia day is a very busy time at Novatech. This year we worked with the Australia Day Council of South Australia supplying audio, visual and lighting production for a number of official Australia Day Celebrations, including the Australia Day Luncheon at Town Hall. Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke to a captivated audience about mateship, a fair go and the Aussie spirit in the wake of the Queensland floods.

Following the Australia Day parade through the city, Novatech was enlisted to provide production for the ‘Australia Day in the City’ concert in Elder Park. We joined a reported 30,000 fellow Adelaidians to celebrate what’s great about living in such diverse and multicultural country with special guests Jessica Mauboy and Kisschasy and a massive fireworks display.

Fringe Festival 2011

By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 12, 2011

The iconic Fringe festival set Adelaide abuzz for three weeks of arts fever as we welcomed acts and audiences from around the world.  New venues and new shows boosted ticket sales and although rain dampened the opening parade, artists and audiences alike made up for it at the closing street parade. Renowned for ‘fresh ideas, risk, imagination, spontaneity and fun, the Adelaide Fringe Festival is the largest arts event in Australia and only rivaled by the Edinburgh Fringe on a worldwide scale’.

‘We understand the value of this festival to the city of Adelaide. As such, we proudly support this annual event’ said Managing Director, Leko Novakovic.

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