Alcorn McBride Digital Binloop HD and Video Binloop systems are helping to make a visit to Give Kids The World Village a memorable experience for children and their families. Give Kids The World Village is a 70-acre, non profit “storybook” resort located near Central Florida’s most famous attractions. Children with life-threatening illnesses and their families are treated to week long, no cost, fantasy vacations at the village.
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Two Alcorn McBride Digital Binloop HD and two Video Binloop systems are deployed ina pair of key venues at the resort.
Each of the Wish Children visiting the village receives a golden star and an invitation from the Star Fairy to bring it to the Enchanted Castle of Miracles where they will make a wish on the star and place it in the Star Fairy’s wooden chest. Each day the Star Fairy gathers the golden stars and places them in the Castle sky. But with available space in the Castle sky dwindling, a newStar Tower structure was built to enable the wish star tradition to continue for the next 20 years.
Themed entertainment design company ITEC Entertainment Corp. specified Alcorn McBrideVideo Binloops for sound cues associated with the star placement. Animation, twinkling lights and other magical effects make each child’s star disappear from the Star Fairy’s chest and begin its journey to the Castle of Miracle’s sky.
“There are many triggered sound effects and back ground music in the castle area and the Video Binloop system, equipped with Cobranet, sources all the audio,”explains Scott Fischler of ITEC. “We also have an Alcorn McBride DMX Machine controlling a series of LEDlights in the Star Tower.”
Digital Binloop HD systems and Video Binloops play a central role in the video and music presentations in the new Gallery of Love. Carved out of the former Caring Center building, the Gallery of Love visitor center celebrates and honors the generosity of the corporate partners and individuals who have helped the resort grow into the magical place it is today.
After gutting the building, an integrated show system for videos and back ground music was installed. A video documentary about Henri Landwirth, the founder of the resort, is played back from a BinloopHD system in the lobby area. The rotunda features four video screens, mounted in portrait mode, displaying rotating donor text lists that come from the HD Binloop. Another six screens, also in portrait mode, form a video wall showing sponsor logos interwoven with photos of the visiting children or donor-supplied video content on a single screen or across all six screens. The screens are fed by six separate video sources and one channel of audio all coming from a Digital Binloop HD.
Fischleris pleased with the Alcorn McBride acquisitions. “The systems are working great and we’re very happy withthem,” he reports.
About Alcorn McBride:
Founded in 1986, Alcorn McBride is the leading manufacturer of show control, audio and video equipment for the themed entertainment industry, and a rapidly growing provider of audio and video systems for retail environments and transportation applications. Staffed by some of the industry’s best engineers and backed by outstanding customer support, the company has demonstrated great agility in bringing new designs to market. A hallmark of Alcorn McBride products is their durable, zero maintenance design. The company’s products provide consistent, reliable operation for audio and video play back applications world wide. For more information, visit www.alcorn.com.