The 22nd Annual Madrigal Dinner and Yuletide Festival 2003
I would like to invite you all to the 22st Annual Madrigal Dinner and Yuletide Festival at the First United Methodist Church in Frankfort, Ky December 2003. The Dinner—Course after course of the season’s most delicious fare, from wassail to dessert, as musicians entertain with songs of the season. The Festival—instrumental music sets the stage for two “acts”—(Act 1) Merrye Olde England- Lavishly costumed lords and ladies lead the boar’s head procession. Singers of all ages present music from the 16th through 20th centuries-along with some seasonal nonsense, too! (Act 2) The Christmas Story- Humble shepherds and majestic kings join instrumentalists and the Yuletide Choir to worship the Christ Child in drama and song. The evening concludes with the popular and meaningful Candlelight Circle and Choral Amen.
You can Attend Both Dinner and Festival—Tickets are on sale now for the 23rd Annual Madrigal Dinner and Yuletide Festival, but you need to get them now if you want to dine in The Todd House Historic Home. (Better than the great hall in my opinion) Or you may opt for the Dessert Buffet and Festival (Sunday Night Only!)
Please contact the church office at 502-227-7430 for more information.
**The background music is one selection of our recently released CD, The Nativity Celebrated, by our Chancel Choir, Madrigal Singers, Brass, Harp and Organ. This is an outstanding professionally produced recording by our music ministry and is available through the church office.
**The Madrigal photos on this page are low resolution for the Internet. Very high-resolution photos are available upon request to church members and friends.
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Overall veiw from the balcony.
For nearly two decades the church has presented this production featuring lavish Elizabethan period costumes, extravagant ornaments and decorations, madrigal singing, and a superb festival dinner. This production grows exponentially each year in which we serve 185 at each dinner and seat around 400 at every presentation.
During the
growth of this production, the sound and lighting systems
in the sanctuary were pushed to the limit. Most of the
lights and accessories had to be rented and, with only
two lighting trees, as shown in the photo on the right, the design possibilities were sparse.
In this type of production, the use of color media (gels)
is extremely important in illuminating the costumes and
complementing various moods of the wonderful music.
The balcony
addition gave the church an ideal time to correct all of
the sound, lighting, and seating problems. The church can
now accommodate approximately one hundred more persons in
the sanctuary, and with the improved sound and lighting
addition, the festival is brighter than ever.
Veiw from the chior loft
Lighting Designer: Patrick Compton
Lighting Technician: Bill Newman
Musical Director: Roy Nance
Production Director: Tonya Merritt
Production Assistant: Karen Nance
(Many others not listed)
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LIGHTING EQUIPMENT:
8 ROBE/ELATION COLOR WASH 250 Luminaires
4 ELATION VISION 575 Luminaires
8 ALTMAN 6" Fresnels
6 ALTMAN 1KL LEKOS
2 ALTMAN 6x9s
6 PAR 64 Luminaires
4 PAR 56 Luminaires
1 ALTMAN 1500Watt Followspot
1 NSI 7532 32 Channel Desk
1 SUNLIGHT/ELATION Software running on 800Mhz laptop computer
GAMCOLOR and ROSCO color media
ROBE/ELATION COLOR WASH 250 and VISION SCAN 575 Luminaires
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| Lighting the Madrigal with intelligent luminaries is difficult because we cannot use fog/haze atmospheric effects with the pipe organ. On the other hand we have massive white walls, columns, and ceilings to use as a grand backdrop. The intels are used to wash saturated colors and layers of glass gobo textures all over the view of the audience. This gives adds visual impact to this moving musical performance. | ||
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| COLOR WASH 250 Luminaires on the balcony | ||
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| COLOR WASH 250 Luminaires placed on the floor | ||
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| VISION SCAN 575 Luminaires on the balcony | ||
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