Reba
McEntire
(with Martina McBride)
Lighting Design and Direction:"Girls' Night Out" summer tour,
2001
Singers
Diary Tour
1999-2000
Lighting
Design
1997
Reba Concert Tour
1996 Reba Concert Tour
1995 Reba Concert Tour
Video
/ Film
1995
CBS Thanksgiving Special
Brooks and Dunn
Lighting Design
1997, 1998 Reba / Brooks & Dunn Concert
Tour
1999 Tour
with Brooks & Dunn
As always, Reba's shows are ambitious in size and scope.
For the 1999 tour with Brooks & Dunn, we designed an
extremely large stage, considering the size of B&D's band,
and the fact that Reba appeared virtually alone on stage for
her performance. I designed the lighting with a wide
range of automated fixtures, including 2.5KW Arri Fresnels
that lowered in on automated pantographs. This effect not only
intensified some moments on stage with the high output
fixutres, but also allowed us to bring the focus on such a
wide stage down to Reba while in a fixed position.
Ironically, such an intense, high output actually created some
moments of intimacy---even with a combined output in excess of
10,000 footcandles!! There was a good supply of conventional
par cans and artuculating arms in the lighting system that
allowed for a more traditional rock look for the Brooks &
Dunn segments. Additionally, we assured the difference
in the overall appearance of each act, by utilizing different
teams of programmers for Reba and Brooks & Dunn...
To Reba's credit, as with all of her larger-than-life sets,
the intimacy of her performance and her connection with the
audience never suffered.... As always, she is a genuine,
loving performer; and this always came through---no matter the
size of the physical area and distances around her...
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