December 20 Opener
How to describe Christmas Service this year? I’m not sure I can but to say the NP production team knocked it out of the park! To all the volunteers who extended above and beyond with their time, talents and attitudes - THANK YOU!! The video clip of our opening song is just one shining example of how amazing you guys are!
For those who missed it, the Christmas service opener this year combined all 4 stages (@ 3 different campuses) playing together live as they traded verses from “12 Days of Christmas.” It was awesome. North Point East started with a 12 person choir singing a cappella. They were soon interrupted by Buckhead sporting Reliant K’s rock version of the tune. When Browns Bridge & North Point West followed suit shortly after, North Point East was able to maintain their enthusiastic foothold on “Five Golden Rings!” Technically the feat was pretty straight forward. Each auditorium cut their own cameras, added their own bug and delivered the feed to a multi-campus switcher that cut between each room. For audio, each venue mixed between their own band and a direct, stereo, mix minus coming from the each of the other locations. The bigger challenge was coordinating people, gear & information. Just for fun, here’s some multi-campus stats on the overall production:
(46) Video Positions
(16) Audio Positions
(14) Lighting & Stage Positions
(840) Production volunteer man hours
(23) Cameras
(4) Multi-Bus Switchers
(222) Audio Console Channels
(30) In-Ear Mixes
(500+) Lighting Cues
(75) pounds of snow confetti
(8) Fiber based SDI circuits with negligible delay (42ms)
(64) cross-campus, embedded audio channels
& (1) Master Click Track…IN A PEAR TREE!!
Enjoy…
This just makes me so so happy!
Good God… in Heaven. I missed out on the performance. But that was… I have no words. !!! WOW !!!
WOW. That was amazing. Makes my head hurt thinking about getting 4 venues locked together.
Simply ridiculous!
Unbelievable. I can’t even figure out how you guys did that? Wow.
Hey Clete, did the video get taken down? I don’t see it
Oh shoot… I’m having trrouble finding out how to view the video! Can anyone point me in the right direction?? I see the explanation of how it was , I was able to hear the audio, but there was no link or video clip of the actual opener : (
Thanks!
Where did the video go?
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Wow… love me some NPCC!!!
That was great. I enjoyed the live version the best. Being in person is great. NP always finds a way to top the year before. It was great.
Simply amazing! Great job North Point, Buckhead, and Browns Bridge Production Teams! So cool!
Absolutely phenomenal!
WOW!!!! I was there and I’m still speechless watching it again!!! BRAVO!!! Can’t wait to see what you come up with next year : )
Phenomenal! I was smiling all the way! Just look at all my exclamation marks!
The a cappella group - beautiful, perfect harmony, cues met easily - just like Chanticleer!
Who knew there was all this talent at every location!
Wunderbar!
I hope I can plug into this throughout 2010.
wow. just wow.
Wow - truly awesome
In France. Wonderful
wow.
wow ..wow..wow…it’s amazing!!!! my favorite: BuckHead campus
Got an audio input list? Curious…
WOW..awesome i am from New Orleans….i was checking your website and found the christmas actt…it was very cool..i enjoyed it..good job brothers
A truly amazing thing to experience if you were there live when it happened. I had chills afterwards and was tempted to stay for the 2nd service just to see it again. Have told all my friends & family about it so I was glad to see a link to it so they could see it, believe it and experience it too!!!
Simply SWEET ! Great Job !
Mark Lord
Technical Arts -
Gateway Community Church - Houston Texas
I kept getting asked, “did you go Sunday? “Where you at church Sunday?” “Did you see the Christmas performance?” Unfortunately, we were out of town however a friend of mine emailed me the link….How awesome!!!
That was my second service that I attended. I was visiting from Rome Georgia. I already was impressed with the facility the first time I walked in. Being able to attend this event was truly AMAZING!!!
INCREDIBLE. Hats off to everyone who made it possible!
This is kinda mind blowing! What an accomplishment! WOW!
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Just watched your video here in Midland, TX. Since I’m part of a technical team at our church I understand the magnitude of what I just watched. Awesome job tech team. You’ve set the bar high. What’s your next project????? LOL
I’ve never heard of your church, but I somehow stumbled across this blog. What you guys did is astounding! You did an absolutely incredible job!
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