Gig Log: CJs at the Poly Room
I’m finally getting a chance to blog about CJs a week after the event. What a great event it was! Mahalo going out to Pepe Romero once again for letting us be a part of this event. CJs at the Poly Room was the night club located in the Poly Room back in the 80s. It is brought back 2 - 3 times a year with 70s, 80s, and early 90s music thanks to Pepe. A night club atmosphere with live entertainment for the older crowd.
We teamed up with Pepe to do lighting at this event. Here is what we came up with.
We used red, orange, and blue colors to surround and light up the areas to the left and the right of the stage, ceiling, as the stage itself. It was to give the overall feeling of being fully surrounded by light in that venue. Here is a picture of the dance floor from on the stage.
Here is a view of the stage from the dance floor.
Overall there was very good feedback on this event. Mahalo for Pepe for throwing another fantastic CJ’s at the Poly Room and allowing us to join in on the fun.
We teamed up with Pepe to do lighting at this event. Here is what we came up with.
We used red, orange, and blue colors to surround and light up the areas to the left and the right of the stage, ceiling, as the stage itself. It was to give the overall feeling of being fully surrounded by light in that venue. Here is a picture of the dance floor from on the stage.
Here is a view of the stage from the dance floor.
Overall there was very good feedback on this event. Mahalo for Pepe for throwing another fantastic CJ’s at the Poly Room and allowing us to join in on the fun.
Gig Log: UHH Prom
Last week Saturday we got to be a part of a unique UHH party. They held a prom themed party at Imiloa and what a great idea it was. As you get into college you always wonder what it would be like to go to prom again. If some people missed it, now it was their chance. Last event we were a part of at Imiloa was a wedding. Here is the set up we did.
It was a nicely designed set up, but we felt it was a little too dark in there. So for this event we added 10 more lights to the set up. This is how the set up looked.
It was much brighter in there. They also added dimmers to the top lights the week of the prom event which helped with the visibility in the room. With the addition of the dimmers the Imiloa becomes an even better venue to hold a wedding or a prom at. Even though the blue walls are difficult to reflect lights off of, I still highly recommend this venue in East Hawaii. Gumby did another excellent job DJing too. Mahalo to the UHH SACC for doing a great job decorating and allow us to be a part of this prom themed party, we can’t wait to work with them again.
It was a nicely designed set up, but we felt it was a little too dark in there. So for this event we added 10 more lights to the set up. This is how the set up looked.
It was much brighter in there. They also added dimmers to the top lights the week of the prom event which helped with the visibility in the room. With the addition of the dimmers the Imiloa becomes an even better venue to hold a wedding or a prom at. Even though the blue walls are difficult to reflect lights off of, I still highly recommend this venue in East Hawaii. Gumby did another excellent job DJing too. Mahalo to the UHH SACC for doing a great job decorating and allow us to be a part of this prom themed party, we can’t wait to work with them again.
We've added more services!
03/24/12 02:45 PM
As you might have noticed Eclipse Effect Mobile Disco has been renamed to Eclipse Effect Entertainment. We did this to reflect the more services we offer you. We are now teaming up to work along side more acoustic musicians as well as a band. We feel that these musicians are up to the standard and quality that we want to bring to you during each event. So check out our new musicians section under services. We will be slowly teaming up with more musicians to work with during events so check back often. We are also now offering more advanced lighting packages too. Check out the Uplighting section under Services for more details and pictures.
Gig Log: Poly Room Birthday
03/04/12 01:16 PM Filed in: gig log | Birthday Party
This past Friday we got the pleasure of being a part of a surprise birthday party at the Naniloa Volcanoes Resort Poly Room. The Poly Room is a fantastic venue for parties. It can be lit up really nicely. It is also not a very hard venue to light up. This kind of venue makes us light designers happy to work in. I like the fact that lights can be turned off or dimmed by sections. Many venues in Hilo don’t allow that. This is our set up that we did.
We used a pinkish purple because that was the birthday girl’s favorite color. I balanced out the room with blue, which matches complimentary to the pinkish purple as well as preventing it from looking too feminine, since the crowd was mix gendered. Here is a look at the dance floor during the dancing with the lights dimmed more.
Here is a look at the brand new moving washing in action. It added a nice element to the dance floor. It added a nice extra moving color splash around the room.
Also what’s neat about this room is that it still have the disco ball connected to the ceiling from Breakwater Days. When we shinned the LED moving spot on it, it made a interested effect.
Here is a look of the back of the DJ booth on stage. We added lights behind us to enhance the glow. There’s Gumby in action and DJ Stan, resident DJ for many years at Breakwater came back to hang out.
I can’t say anything much bad about setting up in this venue. It’s a very good place. Now I know why the clubs lasted for so many years here.
We used a pinkish purple because that was the birthday girl’s favorite color. I balanced out the room with blue, which matches complimentary to the pinkish purple as well as preventing it from looking too feminine, since the crowd was mix gendered. Here is a look at the dance floor during the dancing with the lights dimmed more.
Here is a look at the brand new moving washing in action. It added a nice element to the dance floor. It added a nice extra moving color splash around the room.
Also what’s neat about this room is that it still have the disco ball connected to the ceiling from Breakwater Days. When we shinned the LED moving spot on it, it made a interested effect.
Here is a look of the back of the DJ booth on stage. We added lights behind us to enhance the glow. There’s Gumby in action and DJ Stan, resident DJ for many years at Breakwater came back to hang out.
I can’t say anything much bad about setting up in this venue. It’s a very good place. Now I know why the clubs lasted for so many years here.
Gig Log: Prom Fashion Show
02/06/12 02:56 AM Filed in: gig log | fashion show
This past Saturday Eclipse Effect Entertainment had the pleasure of providing the DJ and lighting services for the Prom Fashion Show at the Prince Kuhio Plaza. Many of the Prince Kuhio Plaza vendors showed off some of the latest fashion that students could get for prom which is just a couple weeks away. It was the first time we did lighting for a fashion show and I think we did well. This is how we lit up the runway.
We used blue uplighting on the back curtain. That curtain was black so I had to bounce the lighting off the crystals that hung down. We also unlighted the pillar and used our big gobo fixtures to light the hanging chandeliers and the models walking from the entrance. We also had spots in the back of the audience to light the front of the stage. This is how it looked when the models walked in.
I think it turned out great for our first time lighting up a runway and can’t wait to do lighting for another fashion show. I have other ideas.
We used blue uplighting on the back curtain. That curtain was black so I had to bounce the lighting off the crystals that hung down. We also unlighted the pillar and used our big gobo fixtures to light the hanging chandeliers and the models walking from the entrance. We also had spots in the back of the audience to light the front of the stage. This is how it looked when the models walked in.
I think it turned out great for our first time lighting up a runway and can’t wait to do lighting for another fashion show. I have other ideas.
Gig Log: Wedding at Wailoa State Park Big Pavillion
This past Saturday Eclipse Effect Mobile Disco was lucky to be a part of Nerick’s and Kris’s Wedding reception. What made this wedding reception challenging was that I had to work with new DJs that I was not used to working with, but I knew it would turn out well due to these DJs being experienced. It just was a little bit more work getting everyone on the same page. Also Wailoa State Park big pavilion does not hold lighting very well with the pavilion being open from all sides and providing practically no walls to light up. Only washes work in this venue. Washes are a splash of color and light on the cake and on the dance floor. Here is a picture of the lighting on the dance floor, uplighting on the pillars, and lighting on the banner above the stage.
Here is the head table. I splashed the table with the wedding colors of white and red. I also lit up the cake that was located behind the head table.
Here’s a picture of the bride and groom during the money dance.
DJ LX from Maui flew in and mixed during the dancing part.
This is a very challenging venue to hold weddings in, but in all I think the night turned out well. I just couldn’t light it up the place the usual way due to the limitations caused by how the venue is built.
Here is the head table. I splashed the table with the wedding colors of white and red. I also lit up the cake that was located behind the head table.
Here’s a picture of the bride and groom during the money dance.
DJ LX from Maui flew in and mixed during the dancing part.
This is a very challenging venue to hold weddings in, but in all I think the night turned out well. I just couldn’t light it up the place the usual way due to the limitations caused by how the venue is built.
Gigin' with Rob Yamanoha
01/10/12 02:37 AM Filed in: Acoustic musicians | Weddings
Happy New Year! It’s a brand new year and we’re excited to be teaming up on gigs with Rob Yamanoha.
Working in the radio industry for 13 years here on the Big Island, I’ve heard his name come up here and there with songs also hitting radio playlists. He is also a very talented producer. Check out more on Rob Yamanoha at www.robyamanoha.com. You can also book him as an acoustic musician with Eclipse Effect Mobile Disco services. We are looking forward to gigs with him this coming year.
Check out Rob’s new single “When The Sun” now available on iTunes.
Working in the radio industry for 13 years here on the Big Island, I’ve heard his name come up here and there with songs also hitting radio playlists. He is also a very talented producer. Check out more on Rob Yamanoha at www.robyamanoha.com. You can also book him as an acoustic musician with Eclipse Effect Mobile Disco services. We are looking forward to gigs with him this coming year.
Check out Rob’s new single “When The Sun” now available on iTunes.
