On March 3 and 4, Six Flags in San Antonio hosted the inaugural Botánica Festival, featuring performances from the Deftones, Logic, Alessia Cara, and Machine Gun Kelly, as well as lighting effects from an array of CHAUVET Professional fixtures.
Showtime Sound LLC put together the power-packed rigs on both stages.
“Being that this was the first Botánica, we wanted to create something especially memorable,” said Brett Angstadt, Showtime Sound project manager. “Our team: Zack Bunner, Lead Tech; Aaron Kovelman, Lone Star Stage LD; Michael Petrecca, Picnic Grove Stage LD; and Richard Rothermel, ME, worked wonders with Production Manager Tim Conder. We created two rigs that were flexible enough to allow visiting LDs to achieve their vision, yet powerful enough to have a big impact.”
Collectively, the two rigs included 32 Rogue R2 Washes, eight STRIKE 4 multi-formatted fixtures and 12 Geyser RGB foggers.
“We called on the Rogues to provide colorful washes on both stages as well as effects,” said Angstadt. “The zoom feature of the Rogues helped us change looks throughout the festival, and their speed kept up the intensity level.”
All but four of the Rogue R2 Washes on the Lone Star Stage were flown on a U-shape truss configuration positioned upstage with arms extended stage left and right. The remaining four units were flown on downstage truss. On the Picnic Grove Stage, the 20 Rogue units were positioned on upstage, downstage and midstage truss to provide complete wash coverage.
“The output of the Rogues was excellent,” said Angstadt. “Their brightness came through even during daylight hours and made for some intense looks at night.”
Also adding impact to the lightshow on the Lone Star Stage were the STRIKE 4 units, which were flown upstage and downstage.
“It was impossible to not be impressed by the STRIKE fixtures,” said Angstadt. “When we had light from the STRIKE 4s and the Rogues play off against the fog from the Geysers, we got some very immersive looks. People were impressed!”
