On November 19th, popular film star Jackie Chan was the featured artist at Toronto's Skydome for a charity benefit called Knight of the Dragon. This show benefited both Toronto's Sick Kid's Hospital and the Yee Hong Foundation, a Chinese geriatric support services organization. The show included Jackie as well as a star-studded cast of his friends,including Wayne Gretsky, Jennifer Love-Hewitt, and Theresa Caprio.
The cast also included Jackie's stunt team, and featured singing performances, martial arts demonstrations, a fashion show as well as a live auction of some of Jackie's personal belongings.

Vertex was there, and as prime contractor for production services on the event, we supplied all audio, lighting and staging equipment for the show. The show was held in Skydome's Skytent format, with seating available for an audience of approximately 14,000. The fairly demanding audio needs of the show were handled by Vertex's newest rig, which consisted of Soundcraft Series 5 consoles, EAW KF760/761 line array speaker systems, along with KF-850's and SB-1000's. The on-stage gear included EAW SM-400 wedges, Shure U4 series wireless mics, and EAW JF-80 front fill cabinets.

The lighting rig boasted a large complement of conventional Pars, along with Par ACL's, 2K Fresnals, D'Artanigan HMI 2500 profile spots, Varilite 2000 Series wash and spot automated lights, High End Technobeam and Studiocolor automated lights. Control was handled by High End Hog controllers. The staging included generous use of vertical trussing and custom fabric panels, and also featured both snow machines as well as air driven confetti cannons. Our custom made backlit steps were also used to great effect.

All in all, the event was well received by all who attended. The audio was crisp, which is no easy task in this venue, from the floor level seats to the top of the upper deck. Post-show comments were especially complimentary with regard to the lighting, with the new Varilite 2000 Series luminaries being especially well liked.
Overall, we were very pleased with the results, and look forward to being involved in future events for both Yee Hong as well as Sick Kids. We have posted a few shots of the show, see for yourself!







 
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