POOL PARTY WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS

PARIS POOL PARTY / IHP TRUSS SYSTEM

     THE PARIS HOTEL AND CASINO, ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT IN LAS VEGAS, HAD A GREAT IDEA. TO HAVE A LIVE BAND AT THEIR POOL WITH ALL THE LIGHTING , SOUND AND VIDEO FOR THEIR SPECIAL EVENT. WHAT A GREAT BAND THE HOTEL PICKED FOR THIS EVENT. EARTH WIND AND FIRE.

     JED AT PARIS CALLED IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION TO HELP WITH THIS TASK. WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS A SELF STANDING TRUSS TOWER SYSTEM TO HANG LIGHTING, SOUND AND VIDEO FROM. THE LIGHTING RIG HAD TO MOVE SEPARATE FROM SOUND AND VIDEO. WE HAD AT IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION ALL THE TRUSS, CHAIN MOTORS AND STAGING TO MAKE THEIR IDEA WORK.

      6 CHAIN MOTORS TRUSS TOWER SYSTEM CHANGED TO 18 CHAIN MOTORS, 12"X12" TRUSS, 1/4 TON MOTORS FOR SIDE VIDEO AND THEN  THEIR WAS SOUND. THAT IS WHAT SHOWBIZ IS ALL ABOUT. KNOWING HOW TO FIX THE "O-BY-THE-WAY".

IHP'S TRUSS SYSTEM, STAGE AND DESIGN

      THE STAGE WAS SET AT 4' HIGH ON A POOL DECK THAT SLOPED 9" IN 30'. GUITAR LAND STAGE LEVEL WITH STAIRS, RAMPS AND HANDRAILS. THE STAGE AND TRUSS SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO FIT WITHIN THE PLANTERS, TREES AND COLUMNS THAT DECORATE TO POOL DECK.

SPOT TOWERS AND CAMERA PLATFORMS

      THE ONLY REAL PROBLEM WITH HAVING A POOL PARTY AT THE PARIS HOTEL POOL IS THE POOL IN ON THE THIRD (3RD) FLOOR. THE ONLY ONE WAY THERE. DOWN A LONG HALL WAY, UP A SMALL ELEVATOR AND THROUGH DOUBLE DOORS THAT ARE 6'-8" TALL. IT TAKES ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO MAKE IT FROM THE LOADING DOCK TO THE POOL. 

      EVERYTHING WE HAD WAS ON WHEEL,S AND MADE TO FIT IN THE HALLWAY AS IT CAME OFF THE TRUCKS. IT ALL WORKED OUT AS PLANNED. 

      PARIS HOTEL HAD A GREAT EVENT. WE HOPE THEY HAVE PLAN TO DO MORE POOL PARTY'S IN THE FUTURE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN.