KOSTER
DESIGN NOMINATED FOR REGIONAL
LIGHTING COMPANY OF THE YEAR AT 2007 PARNELLI
INDUSTRY AWARDS!
Koster
Design is very excited to announce that they have
been nominated for the 2007 Regional Lighting Company
of the Year at this years Parnelli Awards to be held
during LDI in Orlando on November 16. This establishes
them as one of the TOP 6 REGIONAL
ENTERTAINMENT LIGHTING COMPANIES IN
THE U.S. AND CANADA!
A
statement released by Koster Design's Co-Owners Kelly
Koster and Mike Gormley reads, "Kelly and Mike
would like to thank PLSN as well as everyone who voted
for us. We are very honored to win the Hometown Hero
Award, and now to be nominated for this award is even
more amazing. 2007 has been a banner first year for
Koster Design and rest assured we have many more new
ideas and advancements to our business model that
we will be unveiling in 2008."
WHAT
DO THE PROS SAY ABOUT THE HIGH END SYSTEMS SHOWGUN?
(Click
on the video above to see a display of the Showgun in
action as well as an interview with UFC Lighting Director
Jason Eible.
KOSTER
DESIGN WINS THE 2007
PLSN MIDWEST HOMETOWN HERO
AWARD!!!
Koster
Design is proud to announce that they have won
the 2007 Midwest Hometown Hero award by the
readers of PLSN Magazine!
Mike
Gormley commented, "We are working hard to provide
a superior level of technical and sales support to
our customers that cannot be found elsewhere. We have
put innovative customer service value in place offering
free local deliveries, 24 hour emergency phone support
to all existing customers as well as our shop is open
7 days a week since the majority of theatres, schools
and churches are open as well.
LOTS
OF VISITS IN SEPTEMBER!
KOSTER
DESIGN HAD MANY MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS HERE LAST
MONTH UPDATING US ON SOME THE NEWEST GEAR AVAILABLE ON
THE MARKET. WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS FOR COMING BY
TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
Rob
and Sabrina from Avolites
Jeremy
and Victor from Chauvet Lighting
Keith
Lewandowski from AC Lighting
Bob
Broderick from Creative Stage Lighting
Midnight
Rodeo Goes Green !
Koster
Design provides complete LED system for famous Springfield,
MO nightclub.
The original
lighting system consisted of 180 pinspots, some of which were
20 years old. The system was controlled via multiple 'Touch
Dimmer 12' panels that hooked into telephone patch blocks,
then ran through telephone wire, which were then connected
to 120v solid state relays... basically switching the circuits
on or off... no dimming.
KOSTER
DESIGN REMOVED 180 HARD WIRED PINSPOTS RUNNING OFF TOUCH
DIMMER 12'S AND ANALOG RELAYS
DESIGNER
KELLY KOSTER (Left) AND TECHNICIAN JON HURST (Right)
ASSESSING THE SITUATION AT MIDNIGHT RODEO
Koster
Design completely removed all analog aspects of the existing
system and installed a new state of the art light show. Controlled
by a High End Systems RoadHog going into a Doug Fleenor Splitter,
then out to well over 50 Chauvet COLORsplash 200B RGB LED
Color Mixing Fixtures, 8 Chauvet Thruster Strobes and multiple
"wiggle lights" that are controlled via Doug Fleenor
Replay Packs.
Kelly
Koster says, "Everyone was amazed that 50 fixtures could
produce more light than the 180 they had previously. Also,
because of the efficiency of the fixtures, we went from using
twenty-one 20A breakers to just five 20A circuits."
Koster
Design is dedicated to lowering carbon emissions by helping
promote the use and installation of LED Technology.
KOSTER DESIGN
IS PROUD TO PROVIDE PRODUCTS FROM THESE FINE MANUFACTURERS:
Here is a peek at
some headlines coming up in the November Stage Lighting
Newsletter:
St.
Louis Blues Hockey Arena
Country
Music Star Randy Travis
50's
At The Hop Theatre
GORMLEY
LOSES MMA FIGHTING DEBUT
MMA Fighter
and Koster Design Co-Owner Mike Gormley was unsuccessful in
his amateur mixed martial arts debut on Saturday, September
8th in Cincinnati. Mike's original opponent pulled a no-show
and Gormley was offered a local fighter who was 20 lbs. heavier
and came in with 10 previous boxing matches and 1 MMA bout.
Being offered the chance to fight or to go home, Mike accepted
the fight and the rest is history.
Mike
Gormley weighs in at 121.5
Jeremy
Neil weighs in at 140 even
There
were 4 main fights that were highlighted and here is a recap
of the night from one MMA media source:
UG resident Mike "Moose
Knuckle" Gormley was left without an opponent after his
original opponent pulled out. A replacement was found - however,
it must be noted that this replacement was nearly 20lbs heavier
than old Moosey, and also had a number of boxing bouts under
his belt. Still the old battle-hardy Moose gave it his best
against the young boxer going back and forth with the bruiser..
lasting into the second round.. eventually losing to a sneaky
and immoral neck-crank.
Team
Gormley At The Venue
Mike
During Round Two
Gormley's bout was the longest
bout of the night for all UG participants going midway into
the 2nd round.
Moose said after the fight,
"I want to thank Jeremy for stepping in so I could have
a fight... he is a great guy and a great fighter. I also want
to thank all my sponsors including Koster Design, Creative
Stage Lighting, A-1 Audio and Gladiator Mouthguards. I also
want to thank the guys who trained with me, especially Greg
and also my "crew" who came to support me... Kelly,
Aaron and Jon. This was an amazing experience... I see what
I need to work on, and don't be surprised to see me fight
again soon!
VIEW
THE FIGHT BELOW!
Koster
Design Heads West with Silver Dollar City
Koster
Design recently provided programming and design support to
the newest Silver Dollar City Production entitled "Headin'
West". This brand new, 45-minute spectacular premiered
on September 13, 2007 serving as the signature show for Silver
Dollar City's Salute to the Great American Cowboy during the
Festival of American Music and Crafts.
The Producers
of the phenomenally popular stage shows, "For The Glory"
and "A Dickens' Christmas Carol" prepare to roll
out their newest creation. Headin' West is the latest musical
production to be written exclusively for Silver Dollar City
audiences.
The
Branson Landing once again enlisted the design and programming
skills of Kelly Koster to spice up the Labor Day Show
and festivites that took place in the Town Square Amphitheater.
Branson
Landing features a scenic boardwalk along the 1.5-mile
Taneycomo Lakefront. At the heart of the Landing is
a vibrant town square terracing down to the $7.5 million
spectacular water attraction that features the first-ever
merging of water, fire, light and music.
Since
the development's opening, Koster Design has programmed
and directed the majority of all special event lighting
that has taken place in the Town Square.
