Switzerland - Throughout January, the people of Bern will be skating for free on a new temporary outdoor ice rink at the capital's Bundesplatz, in front of the federal buildings. To mark the opening of the rink, the city staged an elaborate ice show on 28 December 2007. Hosted by Tanja Gutmann, the show featured Olympic skater Jamal Othman, a live band and the traditional blowing of Alpine horns. The light show, which bathed the rink in a cool blue light, was controlled by an ETC Congo jr lighting control system

Congo jr helped the ice show's board operator Daniel Tschanz overcome two major challenges - a narrow time window for setup, and show programming that could not be done at night. However, on Congo jr, cues and positions can be easily adapted immediately before the show or on the fly.

The Congo jr controlled 18 Martin MAC 600 NT automated luminaires, six Martin MAC 250 Entours, four Robe Colorspot 575ATs, as well as fog machines and various ETC Source Four and LDR conventional spotlights.

Swiss events-technology experts Nuance Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH specified the Congo jr and handled the full lighting and live sound production.

(Jim Evans)


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