PLSN Talks to B&D Lighting Designer/ Director Larry Boster
“The video content was produced by Marcia Kapuspin and Marcus Lyall. Both are very creative and artistic. Media Visions Entertainment was the video company. They have been with the Brooks & Dunn family for just about as many years as I have.”
“Bandit Lites is the lighting company and have been the entire time I’ve been on board with Brooks & Dunn. As a matter of fact, Mike Golden and Michael Strickland handed me this account. Thanks guys!”
“It’s always a challenge to top the concept of a previous year’s tour. Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn and Clarence Spalding, their manager, are very much involved in the conceptual design process. We always strive for some-thing new and fresh.”
“As far as the lighting design aspect, Brooks & Dunn have let me develop and light the show without any input from their end. Selecting the type of lighting fixtures to enhance their performance has never come into ques-tion. The end result is always satisfying and rewarding to all.”
“I have been using the Jands Vista lighting console this year, which was new to me. Programming with a time-line was very new to me. It’s the first console I’ve used that’s never crashed during programming or within a show; it’s very stable.”
“All my designing is done in AutoCAD and 3D Studio Max. I’ve been using AutoCAD and 3D Studio for years. I draw the design in AutoCAD in three-dimensional space, look at it from every angle trying to see if there are any potential problems and that helps when I go into rehearsals; I’m not rehanging everything. Once I have this part of the drawing finished, it’s taken into 3D Studio Max and skinned, rendered and clipped. The finished clip is a short movie that will allow me to show a client, in detail, the workings of a production design.
CREW
Lighting Company: Bandit Lites/Michael Strickland, Mike Golden
Lighting Designer/Director: Larry Boster
Lighting Crew Chief: Mike Frogge
Lighting Techs: Chaz Martin, Andy Knighton, Marcus Wade, Griff Griffith
Set Design: Update Design/Mike Swinford
Video Company: Media Visions Entertainment/Mike Cruce
Video Account Manager: Wade “Ten-A-C” Slatton
Video Content Producers: Marcia Kapuspin, Marcus Lyall
Video Director: Dan Hanson
Video Techs: Tony Wallace, Mike Buswell, Brandon Lewis, Presley “Magic” Slater, Darren Spann, Russ Spann, Robert Judge
Tour Manager: Scott Edwards
Production Manager: Randy “Baja” Fletcher
Production Assistance: J. W. Dunn
Stage Manager: Steve Gudis
Tour Rigger: Mike McDonald
Set Carpenters: Edwin Skinner, Johnny Seay, John Ristoff
GEAR
40 CM 1-ton motors
12 CM 2-ton motors
1 Fisher navigator control system
1 Jands Vista T2 lighting console
60 Martin MAC 2000 profiles
12 Martin MAC 600 Wash fixtures
10 2-light MoleFay units
5 8-light MoleFay units
33 PAR 64 1000 watts
20 Showrig moving winch yo-yos
6 Showrig moving tractors w/moving
winch yo-yos
700’ Showrig custom-built truss
5 Vari*Lite VL3000s
