“-the most memorable moment of the night might have come at halftime.”
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Scott Rafferty,
Rolling Stone Magazine
Maury Jensen provided Production Management for this memorable show with the Minnesota Orchestra, The Steeles, and members of the New Power Generation. The 2nd half of the performance was a tribute to Prince. 66,000+ fans attended the game and got to experience the largest halftime show in Vikings history.
A full video of the show can be seen on the Minnesota Orchestra website and below:
It took months of planning, but only two minutes to set the field for the show. The 160’x90′ projection surface spread out by over one hundred volunteer crew looked amazing with the video animation produced by The Famous Group. Quince Imaging was a great partner on the project and provided all projection and playback equipment and crew. It took a lot of planning by a lot of talented people to pull off this show. Here are the production credits:
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Vikings Halftime Production Team:
Executive Producer – Michael Shann
Producer – Sara Shives
Creative Director – Mark Bergren
Technical Production Manager – Maury Jensen
Music Director (Purple Rain) – Tommy Barbarella
Lighting Design – Paul Guthrie
Production Stage Manager – Chris Code
Assistant Stage Mangers – Joseph Bingham, Kristy Haupt, Michele Hossle, Katie Kenfield
Script Supervisor – Shanan Custer
Pyro – Erv Haman (RES Specialty Pyrotechnics)
Falling Stars by New Substance – Patrick O’Mahoney, Mungo Dennison, Stewart Fairhurst
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Talent:
Minnesota Orchestra –
Music Director – Osmo Vänskä
President & CEO – Kevin Smith
Orchestrations (Purple Rain) – Tommy Barbarella
General Manager – Beth Kellar-Long
Technical Director – Joel Mooney
Recording & Mixing Producer – Steve Barnett
Recording & Mixing Engineer – Preston Smith
The Steeles – J.D., Billy, Fred, Jearlyn, Jevetta
Band – Tommy Barbarella, Kirk Johnson, Homer Odell, Sonny Thompson
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The Famous Group:
Executive Producer – Andrew Issacson
Producer – Brian Grigsby
Art Director – Jesse Austin, Lauren Fisher
Creative Director – Hemu Karadkar
Design – Jose Guardado, John Lin, Luis Gonzalez, Ryan Levitus
Animation –William Salas, Luis Gonzalez, Raymond Castillo, Skye Estes, Ryan Levitus, Mike Cahill, Damien Nemire-Pepe, Harumi Shibano
Editing – Parker Wilson, Steve Davis
Managing Director – David Kwan
CEO – Greg Harvey
Quince Imaging:
Projection Designer – CJ Davis
Media Server Operator – Eric Gazzilo
Projectionist – Anthony Magdon, Pablo de negri, Rob Simmer
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Minnesota Vikings:
Bryan Harper – Vice President of Content and Production
Greg Bostrom – Director of Entertainment
Darius Smith – Game Entertainment