Jesus Culture

28 May 2012

The Jesus Culture Conference came to South Africa from the 2 – 9 March 2012, visiting Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. The focus of this conference is to encounter Jesus through worship, equip a generation for revival through preaching and ministry and then to send people back to their cities and campuses to bring Kingdom transformation through a supernatural lifestyle.

Black Coffee were sub-contracted by Kingston Sound in Durban to supply the lighting equipment which included 46 Robe fixtures. A relaxed atmosphere prevailed, especially  thanks to enough time to tour from city to city as the team visited the Rhema Church in Randburg, City Hill Church in Hillcrest and His People Church N1 City, Cape Town. In Port Elizabeth, the full technical was supplied by Magnetic Storm.

“Apart from the rented truck having a blow out on the way to Cape Town, which the rental company attended to extremely well and which meant the kit still arrived on time, there was no major stresses,” said Simon Hampton from Black Coffee. “The biggest challenge, really, was trying to replicate the original design in venues not really suited to something of that scale and working within the budget. The Lighting Designer,  Robby Kurtz from Sightline Productions, USA, was very accommodating in this regard.”

The gig incorporated 20 x Robin 600 LED Wash, 20 x Robe ColorSpot 575s, 6 x Atomic Strobes, 8 x 8 Lite Molefay, 8 x ETC 15/30 Profiles, 8 x 1K Philips Selecon Rama Fresnels, 3 x Avolites Power Cubes, 2 x Le Maitre MVS Hazers and 1 x Martin M1 desk (sub-hired from Solid Rock).

“I was well impressed with the reliability of the 575s,” commented Simon. “The Robins 600s were bright, light and quick, and the Avolites Power Cubes most handy,” said Simon.

There is always a feeling of satisfaction at the end of the day, and for Simon this was due to completing all four successful shows without encountering any hitches. “From my perspective we had a pretty smooth run, everyone was relaxed, the lighting looked great and the shows were well received,” he ended.