Events production · Dubai Police
We set up and ran the giant LED screens and the sound system for the 2024 graduation ceremony at the Dubai Police Academy, attended by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.
Client
Dubai Police
Date
1 February 2024
Venue
Dubai Police Academy
Our role
LED screens and sound
LED screen 1
Grandstand
LED screen 2
Parade ground
30 speakers
1,000
Guests in the grandstand
2
Giant LED screens
30
Speakers
25
Top Max crew on the day
5
Days of setup
5
Hours live
The brief
Dubai Police asked us to provide the screens and the sound for its 2024 graduation ceremony. With 1,000 guests in the grandstand and the graduates spread across the parade ground, everyone needed to see and hear each moment of the parade clearly.
Our crew of 25 built the system over five days and ran it live for the full five hours of the ceremony.
Client
Dubai Police
Event
Dubai Police Academy graduation ceremony
Guest of honour
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
Graduates
105 cadets: 75 from the 31st batch and 30 from the 4th women's batch
Venue
Dubai Police Academy parade ground, Dubai
What we did
Giant LED screens, a sound system with 30 speakers and live operation on the day
The ceremony
Watch the full ceremony on the Dubai Police channel. Beside it is the order of the ceremony, cue by cue, as our screens and sound carried it.
National anthem
The ceremony opened with the UAE national anthem.
Holy Quran recital
A recital from the Holy Quran followed.
Formation display
The graduates marched in formation and spelled out the words “Dubai’s Strong Resolve”.
Flag handover
The graduating class handed the academy flag to the 32nd batch.
Medals of excellence
The top graduates received medals of excellence.
Graduation photos
The ceremony closed with photos of the new graduates.
The setup
Tap a point on the map to see what went where.
Illustration. Positions are approximate.
01 / 05
2
One on each side of the parade ground, angled towards the grandstand, so every guest could follow the parade up close.
LED screens
02 / 05
30
Placed so the national anthem, the commands and every speech carried clearly to each seat and across the parade ground.
Speakers
03 / 05
1,000
Families, senior officials and the guest of honour, H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, watched from the grandstand.
Grandstand
04 / 05
105
75 cadets of the 31st batch and 30 of the 4th women's batch marched in formation across the parade ground.
Parade ground
05 / 05
25
Our crew ran the screens and the sound live from the control desk for all five hours of the ceremony.
Control desk
The build
A crew of 25 built, tested and rehearsed everything on site before the first guest arrived.
Day 1
Equipment arrives at the Academy and the structures for the screens go up.
Day 2
The two giant screens are built panel by panel and lifted into place.
Day 3
Thirty speakers are placed around the parade ground and connected to the control desk.
Day 4
Every screen and speaker is tested, and the sound is tuned for the open air.
Day 5
A full run of the ceremony with Dubai Police, cue by cue.
Show day
From the national anthem to the final photos, with our crew on the controls throughout.
The result
The screens and sound ran for all five hours, from the national anthem to the final photos, and Dubai Police thanked our team for the full service.
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