BANDIT LIGHTS LEAD-OFF BANQUET FEATURING TENNESSEE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE, TODD HELTON

KNOXVILLE — Bandit Lites recently lit the University of Tennessee 16th Annual Lead-off Banquet, which was held at the Knoxville Convention Center in front of a sold-out crowd. UT honored former UT athlete, Todd Helton, by making him the first baseball player in school history to have his jersey number retired.

Recently making his first World Series appearance with the Rockies, Helton entertained a crowd of over 1,000 people with stories of his days at UT as well as some of his favorite big league experiences. Before the night was over, the former Knoxville resident was inducted into the UT Baseball Hall of Fame.

The event also provided fans with the opportunity to meet the 2008 Vols along with first-year head coach, Todd Raleigh and staff.

Lighting Designer, Chris Lisle chose to use Martin MAC 600s, 500s and 300s and Color Kinetics iColor Accent 4ft tubes to light the event. Lighting was controlled by two High End Systems Whole Hog IIs.

"It was truly a pleasure to be involved with the UT Baseball Lead-Off Banquet,” commented Lisle. “One of the key purposes of this event was to honor Todd as they were retiring his UT jersey at this ceremony. I used Mac 500s with custom gobos to project onto the walls with both [Helton’s] UT and Colorado Rockies jersey numbers.”

Lisle used Mac 600s to spread some general color throughout the room. There were also six towers with Color Kinetics tubes on them, used to fill in some gaps between video screens.

“I love this [Color Kinetics] LED product,” Lisle explained. “It is easy to use but can also help create some great looks. This was not an event that needed a lot of ‘bang and flash,’ but rather a nice look to compliment the evenings program.”

Bandit crew for this event included Giff Swart, Jeff Archibeque, and Jason Workman – who Lisle added, “did an excellent job in prepping this system and in making sure that it was fully operational at all times."