In the political arena, White Light Group members were responsible for lighting both the Labour and the Liberal Democrat Party Conferences. Having worked with the LibDems during their 2001 Election Roadshow, Colourhouse were once again entrusted with the Party's lighting, working again with lighting designer Tim Ball and production company The Original Propshop. Meanwhile, the Labour Party conference called for lighting on a much larger scale, with a rig including fifty moving lights and ten 5kW fresnels supplied by White Light and The Moving Light Company, with the installation overseen by a team led by production electrician Stuart Crane. At least one attendee seems to have thought that the rig was overkill: the Daily Telegraph described a perspiring Tony Blair as 'glancing up at the bright lights' as he commented "thank you for the free sauna"!
The Christmas season will see the White Light Group switch into festive party mode, with White Light Events already heavily booked for the late-autumn and Christmas season. Many of these events build on the working relationships White Light Events formed in its first season last Christmas, most notably with the return of the Christmas Party Structure in Coram's Fields, just south of King's Cross in London, which will house a number of themed environments over the party season. White Light Events are also lighting events at the Hop Exchange in London's Borough Market, as well as many other corporate parties.
More information about the White Light Group's work in any of these types of parties - and many other areas besides - can be found at the Group's website, www.whitelightgroup.co.uk, which provides direct access to the websites of each Group member.