Washington, DC, July, 2011- Event Tech was chosen to be the exclusive production company for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s visit to Washington, DC.  The two major events included the 10-day Kalachakra for World Peace Conference at the Verizon Center and the World Peace Talk on the West Lawn of the US Capitol.  Event Tech provided full production services for each venue, including a sold out house each day at the Verizon Center and over 40,000 people on the West Lawn of the US Capitol.

The Verizon Center event was the inaugural voyage of Event Tech’s new Crown VRack amplification system, which powered four main array hangs of 44 JBL VerTec VT4888 midsize line array elements.  Additionally, 20 JBL VRX932LAP powered line array elements were deployed for delay arena coverage.  The entire system was controlled and monitored with Harman’s HiQnet System Architect software.

Beyond the audio system, Event Tech provided a video level lighting package for the 76’x40’ main stage, two 12’x21’ projection screens with double-stacked Barco 10k DLP projectors, and carpeting for the arena’s floor.

Over the course of the conference, Event Tech lit the Sand Mandala tapestry onstage using Chauvet ColorDash Accent LED fixtures.  The lighting requirement was to light the Sand Mandala workspace, a canopy covered area made of wood, with even white light that produced no heat and was able to be left on for five consecutive days.  The Sand Mandala, a Tibetan Buddhist tradition, is the creation and destruction of mandalas made from colored sand.  The Sand Mandala at the Dalai Lama World Peace Conference took four monks five days to create.

The West Lawn featured an EAW KF750 virtual-array audio system powered by Crown MacroTech amplification with a 40×20 performance stage, video level stage lighting, and three 7’x13’ LED walls fed by a 2-camera switching package.

Both events ran smoothly and at the close of the events, the Dalai Lama personally complimented Jeremy Meyers, the account executive and project manager/system designer for the events, and thanked him for putting the systems together.