California State Capital Tree Lighting Ceremony

This was very unique event. We had (2) audio setups to do. The night started out with an indoor small tree lighting with around 175 people in the Captial Rotunda with the Governor and other dignitaries. We then had a larger sound system set up outside next to the very large Christmas tree with a DJ for an outdoor celebration. The biggest challenge was getting all of our road cases and gear inside the rotunda. This required a long inspection in security because they had to open and check everything coming in the building. This meant all road case drawers, pulling all cables out of trucks, looking at speakers, mics, etc. It wasn't bad, but it slowed us down. The indoor event was going to be in a perfectly round, tall domed marble room. We calculated a simple (2) JBL SRX 712M speakers on stands, (5) floor monitors for the band and choir, and simple mics along with a pulpit mic. This had to be flawless, and we had to send our audio to all of the news agencies there and the company doing the live stream and recording of the event. It ran perfectly and sounded awesome. It would have been really easy to over do this situation, but we were also limited by power, not a lot of it in this building. The outside area, we setup (4) JBL VTX F18 subwoofers and (8) JBL VTX A6 stacks. Luckily, this area gave us 50 amp power. Not ideal for this system, but it works. This event was very rewarding and we thank our client for providing food for us. This venue is pretty isolated.