Oman - The 45-day-long Salalah Tourism Festival (STF 2010) in Oman opened with a spectacular pageant staged by some 2,500 performers. Every year the festival draws thousands of tourists from Oman and the other Gulf states. This year's programme was specifically created to coincide with celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Oman's renaissance under His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
For the opening, lighting designer Ali Saab chose an MA control system consisting of two grandMA full-size consoles, three MA video stations, three MA NSP (Network Signal Processors) and MA Digital Dimmer Touring 12 2.3kVA modules (Socapex EF 419). The lighting rig featured 56 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 575s, 40 Alpha Spot HPE 1200s, 20 Alpha Beam 1500s and 20 Alpha Beam 300s as well as SC15 (15 mm) and SC20 (20 mm) LED-screens, totalling 150sq.m of surface.
For the concerts in Al-Muroje Theater, he chose an MA control system consisting of one grandMA full-size console, one MA video station, two MA NSPs (Network Signal Processors) and 12 2.3kVA modules (Socapex EF 419). The lighting rig consisted of 30 Clay Paky Alpha Wash, 24 Alpha Spot HPE 1200s and 20 Alpha Beam 300s, plus SC15 (15 mm) and SC20 (20 mm) LED-screens, totalling 60sq.m.
"The grandMA is my favourite tool as it offers me exactly what I need," said Saab, "A completely scalable system with a powerful back-up solution, feedback from all areas of the network as well as comfortable and flexible programming - that's MA."
Mohamed Tarakomyi worked as programmer, Taha Al Halak and Mohamed Haroun as operators. The Al Raisi Group delivered the lighting equipment, and Al Watan TV produced the show.
