Christmas 2011

For Christmas this year we really challenged ourselves to do something great.  Instead of spending a large amount of money on rentals, we committed to spending that money on purchasing something we could use far into the future.  We landed on purchasing some LEDs, and renting a few Clay Paky Sharpys

For the past few years we have been trying to recreate the look of Versa Tubes.  We have used PVC with some success, but have not been able to get quite the dynamic.  In our research for something like the Versa tube, we came across the Mega Light Bright Stripe.  It is a 4' LED tube with 16 segments of LEDs.  The coolest thing about them, is that they don't need anything external.  They take a 3pin DMX input and can daisy chain power.
















We used a Madrix basic system to control them. Madrix is designed as a pixel mapping and content building tool for LED systems. We built all of our content in Madrix in a very short amount of time.

We built a massive structure to support the LEDS.  The structure used gas pipe, uni strut, and various connectors.  We then clamped the LEDs to the pipe.  The structure was built in 10 sections, each of which had its own DMX Universe.  There were 10 universes of LEDs ran from Madrix.

We also rented a circle truss (covered in garland and Christmas lights) and 16 Clay Paky Sharpys.  We really strive to make each service an environment for worship.  I think we really did a great job with this one.