UEP Makes a Pointe with New Investments for Chilfest EventTring, UK-based rental and technical solution specialist Universal Event Productions (UEP) has invested in 12 of Robe's new Pointe moving lights together with another 10 sq. m. of Glux-12 LED screen. This adds to its already substantial stock of Robe moving lights, bringing the total to around 100 fixtures, and to its existing stock of Glux, bringing the current total to 60 sq. m. The Pointes will make their debut on the two-day 2013 Chilfest music festival staged in Tring on July 5-6. The production design will also feature 60 sq. m. of Glux, which UEP first had designed and built last year. Chilfest, the first ever UK music festival to be promoted by an industry rental company, sees UEP celebrate its 15th birthday in style, with two nights of action packed entertainment and fun for the capacity audience of 7,000 people. UEP has been buying Robe moving lights for the last 10 years -- since the brand was launched -- during which time the company says the products have proved reliable and versatile. The new Pointe is a dynamic beam, spot, and wash fixture and a small, bright and very fast signature unit with a sharp parallel beam plus a host of features. It has already become a best-seller for Robe since the launch at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt. Says Steve Butcher, UEP managing director: "As soon as I realized the brightness of The Pointe and what it could do, I knew we needed to have some. It's small, very fast and offers a load of features that will be ideal for all our work," which includes a wide variety of corporate events. Butcher put his order in to Robe to ensure that they could receive the new units in time for Chilfest. UEP made its first investment in Glux-12 screen last year. The product has been specially developed for UEP and is manufactured in China. Features include a very light weight of just 4.5Kgs per panel (9.5Kg per sq. m. which is made up from two panels) which also greatly simplifies the rigging needed to get it deployed quickly and safely. Everyone loves the weight and UEP's crews can rig it holding the panels in place with one hand while fastening the clamps with the other, a process that can be done without additional help if there is a squeeze on crews. Combining the quick assembly attributes that are essential today, plus the overall quality and user-friendliness, Butcher's decision to increase stock to service Chilfest was a "no brainer" he said. "The new 12 mm pitch screen has worked constantly since we took delivery of the first batch and over 60 sq. m. will be used on Chilfest. Chilfest's production lighting and visual design is being created by James Fickling and Ben Cash who will be using a grandma console and a Catalyst media server system for control. UEP is also supplying audio for the event, which will be staged at Pendley Activity Meadow in central Tring. It's the first live pop concert on this scale to be held in the picturesque Hertfordshire town and will feature a night of contemporary pop on the Friday -- starring Little Mix, Loveable Rogues, and Heather Small, followed by Saturday getting into the groove with some of the best sounds of the 80's including Tony Hadley, Howard Jones, Rick Astley, Midge Ure, Carol Decker, and Hazel O'Connor. Chilfest was instigated by UEP's Butcher and it will also help raise money for local charity, the Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care (IRGH). 
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