The contest will ask students and young lighting designers to come up with lighting specs and a design layout for an imaginary multipurpose youth ministry building with a stage performance area. Entrants will be provided with CompuLive Pro software, along with a stage, trussing and room layout scene -- and, just like in the "real world," they'll have to work within a budget and power service limitations.
Anyone interested in entering the contest should e-mail a request for an application to the Elation Education Experience website, e3@elationlighting.com . They should also include a line or two about themselves, covering educational and job experience. Once an application is accepted, Elation will e-mail the entrant the challenge layout and a link to download the visualisation software.
The challenge is open to all college and junior college students as well as lighting designers with less than three years of experience in theatre, entertainment or church lighting.
The four finalists in the Elation Education Experience will receive an all-expense-paid trip to the WFX show in Atlanta, October 2007, an event that showcases the latest in lighting and audio technology as it applies to houses of worship. All contestants will be sent an Elation swag package as a token of appreciation. Winners will be announced in the October issue of Church Production Magazine, and be contacted by e-mail.
(Jim Evans)
