Arturo Sanchez Jr. Lights Conjunto Primavera with CHAUVET Professional

	The vision unleashed on the video wall was matched by the vivid and dynamic lighting displays that transformed the 20m-wide stage with richly saturated washes, sweeping beams, and aerial effects.

The Grammy-winning norteno-sax band Conjunto Primavera's current 47th anniversary tour is a sweeping lighting and video design by Arturo Sanchez Jr. featuring 156 CHAUVET Professional fixtures supplied by PROled.

The show, seen on June 28 at Teatro Telmex, featured captivating images on the 30m-wide video wall, divided into three sections: a larger center, flanked by two sides. Video panels also lined the 14m band riser and 5m percussion riser. Each song had its dedicated video content: butterflies fluttering their colorful wings in the eyes of a beautiful woman, multicolored fluffy flowers floating in space like floral celestial bodies, a delicate angel in chains, and a young ancient godhead bowed as if in prayer, looking down at the performers below.

The vision unleashed on the video wall was matched by the vivid and dynamic lighting displays that transformed the 20m-wide stage with richly saturated washes, sweeping beams, and aerial effects.

"I designed the lighting and video and carefully coordinated both," Sanchez says. "Not only were they matched in terms of colors, but we also made the intensity and movement of the light fit the video images."

Collaborating with his team members: production manager Arturo Sanchez, front-of-house master Luis Vega; monitor engineers Omar Cano, RF techs Luis and Fernando Marin, and drum tech Felipe Avila, as well as stagehands Fofo Olivares and Luis Perez, Sanchez drew on a robust rig to create his show.

Key to tying lighting and video together were the rig's 30 COLORado Pixel Curve battens, used at various times to frame video walls and the risers, engendering a uniform look throughout the stage.

The rig's 46 Maverick Storm2 BeamWashes and 50 Maverick Storm 1 Hybrids were also instrumental in creating the intense, dramatic looks that ran throughout the production "The Storm fixtures were placed inside and outside the stage floor," Sanchez says. "We used the Storm 1 units to give texture to the stage; most of the time, they were used as a spot. The Storm 2s did great as a wash and eye candy effect."

For added impact, Sanchez relied on his 30 Color STRIKE M fixtures to generate powerful strobing effects. The rapid-fire strobes accented pivotal moments in the vibrant show, breaking through the stage with quick intensity, much like the sudden storms that often accent the fertile season of spring, when new flowers and new bands come to life.