For the 3rd consecutive year, Mountain Productions proudly provided the staging for the 92nd Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting in Washington, DC. The ceremony welcomed Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson as the hosts of the 2014 event with musical performances by Fifth Harmony, Patti LaBelle, Ne-Yo and more. For this year’s tree lighting, Mountain Productions provided the main stage, an SL-320 mobile stage along with additional support structures.
This past week, Mountain Productions built a unique structure that pulled together a striking visual campaign for CVS. To announce that CVS/pharmacy® stores will no longer be selling tobacco products, a 50’ tall “cigarette” was literally put out in a giant ashtray over the course of the day. Taking place at Bryant Park in New York City, the event was an intriguing and attention-grabbing way to spread the word about their latest news.
Mountain Productions recently completed a unique project for Nike in New York City. As a promotion for their new Nike Court clothing line, Mountain built a temporary tennis court that spanned a 127’ x 73’ area with an 84’ x 24’ bleacher system. Utilizing 15” JTE Tower Truss, a 13 tower system held up a truss roof at a trim height of 30’ with netting hanging down to ground level.
Recently, our crew traveled to Hunter Mountain Ski Resort in Hunter, NY to build the 4-post Mountain Truss for the Mountain Jam and Taste of Country festivals occurring on back-to-back weekends in June.
The 4-post Mountain Truss system offers an impressive load bearing capacity, but with less trailers of equipment and less labor than the regular 8-post Mountain Truss system.
It’s time to rethink the way that you store and transport your gear. Mountain Productions has designed and engineered a brand new road case that exceeds the entertainment industry standard flight packs. This case has the ability to contain not only chain hoists, but also a variety of equipment used in multiple industries. The power of customization is in your hands—we know that you haven’t seen a protective road case with this much flexibility!
Mountain Productions has had the pleasure to build stages for legendary country artist George Strait over the years. (Check out our recap of George Strait at the Alamodome this past summer here) This past weekend, Mountain traveled to Foxborough, MA to set the stage once again for Strait. For this show, Mountain provided multiple structures and equipment, including the massive Mountain Truss stage system, standing roughly 80′ tall with an 80′ opening (not including stage wings).
Having planned security and safety systems at every event is crucial. Barricade products can help you to maintain control of your crowd, and there are many ways to utilize the different types of barricade to maximize your investment in event safety. Let’s take a look at 3 barricade products that while all having unique applications, provide peace of mind to event coordinators as well as patrons.
Crowd control barricade is a freestanding barricade product that is designed to keep your audience contained without interfering with their experience. Made out of lightweight, yet extremely durable aluminum, crowd control barricade stands up to years of use.
Prepare your softgood designs with the help of this infographic below! Each mobile stage in our fleet is capable of supporting custom printed scrims, and it could be a burden to keep track of the right dimensions for your exact stage. We’ve developed this size chart for our specific mobile stages, so that you can plan your artwork accordingly and maximize your design. Click on the image to view at full size.
We’d like to thank everyone who attended our 29th Annual CM Hoist School, as well as our vendors and seminar leaders. This was the first year that the Hoist School was extended to 5 full days, and students were treated to extended rigging and motor classes taught by CM’s Dave Carmack and ETCP certified rigger, Eric Rouse.
Other seminars included a truss class led by James Thomas Engineering’s Tray Allen, a seminar covering slings with Spanset’s Jeff Wallace, and education in motor control and load monitoring with Motion Laboratories’ Mike Webb. Below are a few pictures from Hoist School week. If anyone who attended has pictures they would like to share, please post them in a comment to this blog or to our Facebook page. (www.facebook.com/mountainproductionsinc) We’d love to see them!
Consistency (among many other things) helps maintain long, successful relationships. You know that you have a solid partner when you can count on them to deliver the results you expect, time after time again. One of the best ways to maintain consistently good performance and exceptional service is to practice. We’ve all heard it before: “Practice makes perfect.” And I’m sure we can all attest to the truth in this statement. Considering the dynamic nature of our industry’s codes and regulations, coupled with the precise and rugged work required, it’s crucial to freshen up and review the basics throughout the year.