Event Recaps

The electronic dance music scene is more popular than ever these days. The pulsating bass driven beats are often complimented live with impressive visual productions, including hundreds to thousands of lights, special effects and more. The staging for such events has become enormous in every way imaginable. One festival in particular is always pushing the limits on its artistic production. It has become one of North America’s largest electronic dance festivals, and it turns Miami into a head banging, body moving, “lose-your-voice” mania. It is the Ultra Music Festival.

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This past weekend, Mountain Productions was back in New York to set up equipment for the Samsung Galaxy Reveal in Times Square. Samsung unveiled its newest smart phone, the Galaxy S4 in an attention grabbing event at Radio City Music Hall.

Outside of Radio City, Mountain Productions constructed a booth for the product reveal, featuring a truss grid, decking and custom ADA ramps. A handful of the brand new smart phones were available in the booth for the public to try out themselves. The hands-on event was packed, and video footage inside of the phone’s presentation was streamed outside as well.

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Mountain Productions, Columbus McKinnon and Motion Laboratories recently completed a full, permanent installation motor package at the Sight and Sound Theatre in Lancaster County, PA.

The Sight and Sound Theatre

The Sight and Sound Theatre is the largest faith-based theatre in America. Always striving to push the envelope with new technology and productions, the Sight and Sound Theatre remains an innovator in the theatrical industry. (Check out Sight and Sound’s website for more information about the theatre as well as their upcoming production, Noah)

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New York City’s SIR Stage37 recently hosted a fashion show for Adidas’s trendy NEO Label line of products. Celebrity style icon for the brand Selena Gomez was in attendance. The NEO Label brand is a mix of sporty and casual clothing and footwear designed for teens and young adults. Mountain Productions set up the staging for the fashion event, providing a unique solution that was brand focused and customized for NEO.

The equipment provided for the show included:

• • Custom 3-level scaffold structure
• • Perimeter scaffold wall
• • 3-tiered press riser/FOH

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Whether you’re rooting for your favorite team or just tuning in for the commercials, chances are you were watching one of our nation’s biggest sporting events of the year: the Superbowl. This past Sunday, television viewers and dedicated fans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome saw the Baltimore Ravens win football’s prestigious Lombardi Trophy. After a year of hard work leading up to the championship title, the Ravens had one more thing to do: celebrate!

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Mountain Productions recently set up staging for Drexel University’s Homecoming Dance Party. The event was held indoors at the Drexel University Armory, and featured performing artists Porter Robinson, Flosstradamus, and Waka Flocka Flame. Mountain was pleased to work alongside Spellcaster Productions again for the Homecoming concert. The talent consisted of DJs and hip hop artists which combined to create an electrifying show for Drexel’s students.

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Mountain Productions is proud to have been a part of the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington DC. This is the second Inauguration in a row that Mountain has set up at, offering some of the same services provided at the 56th Inauguration.

Although the weather conditions were not the most ideal (just take a look at the pictures below), setup was timely, safe and in accordance with the government’s security regulations and policies. The equipment set up for the Inauguration included cable bridges, banner bridges and a press riser.

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If you’ve never heard of Life in Color, look no further than the event’s subtitle for your answer: “The World’s Largest Paint Party”. Life in Color is much more than a typical concert. It is a high energy experience that blends together music, art, dance and (you guessed it) paint. The event has grown since its birth in 2006, and has hosted an array of famous DJs.

On New Year’s Eve, Life in Color brought it’s innovative performances to Atlantic City, featuring popular electro house musician, Steve Aoki. Mountain Productions provided the staging, including the main stage, FOH, barricade and riser platforms.

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It’s already been a great start to the new year for Mountain Productions. People from all over the world welcomed 2013 at Times Square during the New Year’s Eve celebration (or stayed warm and enjoyed the show from the comfort of home). Mountain has been providing staging for this event for over 15 years, and we are proud and grateful to be part of this iconic event. READ MORE HERE.

Another great event that took place on the first of the year was a Philadelphia tradition: the Mummer’s Parade.

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Mountain Productions has the honor to work with several big name music festivals throughout the year, providing staging solutions of all sizes.

One of the events that Mountain Productions has been working with for the past few years is the All Good Music Festival, held previously in West Virginia and most recently in Ohio. All Good features popular jam and folk acts including The Allman Brothers, The Flaming Lips, Phil Lesh and Friends, Bob Weir, Dark Star Orchestra and many more. All Good is growing in popularity, and was recently nominated for Pollstar’s Industry Award for Music Festival of the Year (Congrats!).

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