I'm afraid that
throw is just way to far for your Juniors. They will have a pool of light around 35' across and it will be very dim only around 25
foot candles. At that distance, you'll have to use multiples to get the amount of light you want.
I think I would try to
purchase a few 10 degree S4's with standard 750
watt lamps for those 80' throws (the 750
watt long life lamps will cut into your
intensity a
bit). At 80 feet a 10 degree will have a very bright area of light about 15' wide. So if you can afford four of them that would be a perfect front
wash for a 60' wide
stage. I'm assuming you are a typical church and $1800 in new lights will be difficult to get funding for. If you are at a mega church with lots of money for lighting then I would break the front of your
stage up into six 10' wide areas and
purchase eighteen 5' degree instruments, which would allow you really nice side angles and front light mix. (Yes Alex, I'm an old school
McCandless guy at heart). If you still have the money after that and if you can shoot the whole
stage from the
FOH then buy even more 5 degrees to hit the rest of the
stage. But we can quickly get into the $20,000+ range... and I'm guessing that's not likely.
If you can only afford 1 or two then get 10 degrees and position them at center and add more next year. Once you've got some across the front then I think I would go back to Icewolf's original post idea for the rest of the gear.
You should be able to get those 10 degrees for $400-$450, by the time you add the lamp,
safety, shipping, and maybe tax. Contact your friendly local theater dealer or if you don't have a dealer friend
send a P.M. to CB member BillESC and he'll take care of you.
Finally, Let me suggest you
pick up a
book to read. "Designing with Light" by J. Michael Gillette is a favorite design
book of mine. The new edition is about $80 but you can get a used copy of the last edition for only
$3.14 on Amazon. There are others who prefer other books but it's a good one and you can't go wrong at that price.