| Manick Sorcar's Laser Show at the Grand Gala Opening
of Colorado Convention Center, Denver, USA |
Colorado Convention
Center |
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December 9, 2004:
Manick Sorcar's "Celebrate Denver: A Smile-High Laser Show",
a highlight at the Grand Gala Opening of the Colorado Convention
Center, Denver, Colorado, proved to be an unprecedented success!
The laser show was shown on the hour, every hour starting at 5 PM
until 10 PM – a total of six times - to cover the demand.
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Each show had a packed audience, with
people standing on the aisles. In fact it drew so many people at
one time that Police had to intervene to avoid over crowding the
space which was a cluster of four huge meeting rooms.
“Celebrate Denver: A Smile-high Laser Show” was a 15
minutes program, starting with a short speech by Manick
Sorcar, followed by the laser spectacles. The twelve-minute
laser-show captured the City's 146 year-old history presented through
laser animation and spectacular over-head visual effects, in combination
with intelligent lighting and music.
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A view of the front
of the stage
before the laser show |
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Manick
Sorcar gives an introductory speech |
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The audience is taken
to the laser world |
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| In his speech Manick thanked the Convention Center
authorities for having his show at the grand gala ceremony. He also
thanked Ludvik Electric and BCER Engineering for sponsoring his
show. Denver’s 146 year old history was parallel to that of
a caterpillar going through ups and downs of life, he explained.
In the show, the audience was lifted from their chairs to the spectacular
laser-world of Sorcar, where they saw the caterpillar emerge as
a colorful butterfly from the cocoon. |
A captivated audience.
People sat on the floor and
stood on the aisles as there was no room left! |
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One of the many
dazzling laser effects |
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Lighting Designer of Record for the Convention
Center:
The grand gala opening was for the $310 million expansion - making
it one of the largest Convention Centers in the nation. The massive
expansion and remodeling was the result of voter's approval in 1999,
when city officials decided in expanding it to more than double
the size of the existing facility to 2.2 million square feet on
nine city blocks offering 584,000 sq. ft. of continuous exhibit
space, 100,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, a 5000-seat lecture Hall,
and a new 50,000 sq. ft. Great Ballroom. |
The building's key design gestures along
its two main facades: the thoroughfare along the west edge of downtown
Denver and the opposing side that opens into the heart of downtown.
A high-peaked, 662-foot long roof line and full-facade glass curtain
wall on the thoroughfare side transform the Denver skyline like
the opera house transformed Sydney, Australia. This canted, upward-cutting
shape against Denver's skyline will be lit at night, a striking
gesture of identity both for the building and the city.
Manick Sorcar’s electrical engineering company ‘Sorcar
Engineering, Inc.’ is the Lighting Designer of Record
for this project. |
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The show included laser portraits of ex-Mayor
Wellington Webb (left) and present Mayor John Hickenlooper |
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