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Thunder City Pro equips Florida’s Venice Performing Arts Center with Elation Fuze PAR Z175

The Venice Performing Arts Center (VPAC) in Venice, Florida, has undergone a lighting upgrade with the installation of Elation Fuze PAR Z175 luminaires, facilitated by production and integration company Thunder City Pro, based in nearby St. Petersburg, Florida. VPAC previously relied on conventional Lekos and Fresnels for stage lighting.

“The goal was to incorporate color mixing and moving lights to enhance the concert experience”, stated Justin Stancil, President of Thunder City, who notes that the upgrade also included Focus Spot 5Z moving heads from Elation sister company ADJ. “The new lighting system allows for far more dynamic scenes for all of the concerts and theatrical shows they present.”

VPAC, managed by the Venice Institute for Performing Arts, is home to The Venice Symphony, The Venice Concert Band, and The Venice Chorale, and serves as Venice High School Performing Arts Department’s main performance space. The 1,090-seat, multi-use performance venue accommodates over 120 events annually, including concerts, plays, musicals, and lectures.

Lighting requirements included RGBW color mixing with motorized zoom, as well as moving head luminaires for effects and gobo projections. Stancil again turned to Elation’s Fuze series after having a good experience using the Fuze SFX LED Spot FX luminaire for an arena lighting upgrade at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida, earlier in the year. This time he selected Elation’s Fuze PAR Z175, a full-color LED PAR light with single-lens RGBW COB LEDs. The uniform lens replicates the classic look of old-school PAR lights and moving wash fixtures.

“The Fuze PAR Z175 was a great fit because of the consistent field that its COB LED engine delivers, and because of the flexibility the servo zoom allows when lighting a theatrical show or running effects for concerts”, says Stancil. “The RGBW COB engine was essential as well as the fact that the zoom can be controlled from the lighting console, allowing venue personnel to perform dynamic zoom wave offsets between fixtures during concerts.” The ADJ Focus Spot 5Z fixtures were chosen for their ability to perform rotating gobos, prism, focus, and zoom.

The installation, completed in October 2023, included sixteen Fuze PAR Z175 and four ADJ Focus Spot 5Z moving head fixtures. Thunder City Pro provided the fixtures and guided the installation process, while the VPAC team executed the installation. All fixtures are mounted on a truss at center stage and integrated into a fly rail system. This setup allows the fixtures to be flown above the curtains during theatrical shows and lowered to be exposed to the audience during concerts.

(Photos: Elation/Thunder City Pro/Venice Performing Arts Center)

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