Well this was not quite a school dance, and I was not quite the dj...
But if anyone is familiar with the JCC Maccabi Games,
www.jccmaccabi.org you will know what I am talking about. The Maccabi games are like the Jewish teen olympics. This past summer they were in Baltimore. The opening ceremonies were held at the Baltimore Arena, and I was asked to produce the music for the opening videos, and the parade of atheletes. So I went into a recording studio and made some remixes. Anyway, the system was done by two companies. Sound and Video by RCI, and lighting by Lightaction. I do not have the exact list of waht was used, but it consisted of some of the following:
EAW KF Line Arrays and QSC PL amps (34 of them). Shure U series wireless mics (I think about 12 of them). EV RE series wireless mics (another twelve or so).
Two appx. 20 ft rear projections screens with the biggest damn projectors I have ever seen (each one needed it's own scaffolding tower (I believe they were called the Roadie X-10 Projectors). A whole wing of the stage consisted of video playback and beta recording gear.
About 150 feet of flown trussing, in a square pattern, along with a custom circular truss in the center, which suspended a custom made fire bowl (about five feet in diameter). A Diffusion haze system. Either a GrandMA or Virtuoso Console. 24 1200 watt Clay Paky Moving Body wash fixtures, as well as 24 of the spot fixtures. Several MAC 600 Wash fixtures as well. Appx. 90 ETC source four pars (gelled in red). And twenty source four pars gelled in blue. 12 Source four ellipsoidals (blue and white).
I beleive all of the power for this came from the arena's Cam-Lok system through an Applied Electronics touring distro rack.
After the speeches and stuff, the arena floor became a large dance floor, and the DJ (a good friend of mine) played about a half an hour of music. The kids did not need any motivation to dance at all, they were ready lol. I would have been asked to DJ, but I was actually an athelete in the games as well.
I have included a link to some pictures from the opening ceremonies. Some of the pictures that are in a white room look like a theatre, that is actually just part of the backstage area. The kids are right behind some of the last seating risers, and if you look over the risers, you will see some of the actual arena.
http://www.photoreflect.com/scripts/prsm.dll?EventFrame?event=00WS001L02