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Moving on Up: Solotech Cracks the Top 5 on List of Top Systems Integrators

The world continues to be shaped in one way or another by the pandemic-fueled fluctuations in all aspects of business and life. Through those ups and downs, Solotech maintained a steady upward trend that saw it catapulted from 9th to 5th position on the 2022 Systems Contractor News Top 50 systems integrators in just one year. Equally impressive, Solotech remains the only Canadian company included in the global ranking.Read More »Moving on Up: Solotech Cracks the Top 5 on List of Top Systems Integrators

Ayrton Domino Hits the Sweet Spot for Sugababes ‘One Touch’ Tour

One of Britain’s most successful girl groups, the Sugababes, embarked on their first tour in 20 years this autumn with their original line up performing a 17-date tour of UK and Ireland. Award-winning show designer Ed Warren chose 24 Ayrton Domino Profile fixtures as his main source of key light and mood lighting for the tour.

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Carla L. Jackson Appointed Assistant Dean/General Manager at David Geffen School of Drama

Carla L. Jackson
Carla L. Jackson

Carla L. Jackson has been appointed Assistant Dean/General Manager at David Geffen School of Drama/Yale Repertory Theatre, joining the leadership team of James Bundy, Dean/Artistic Director; Florie Seery, Associate Dean/Managing Director; and Chantal Rodriguez, Associate Dean. She also joins the faculty of the Theater Management program as Assistant Professor Adjunct.Read More »Carla L. Jackson Appointed Assistant Dean/General Manager at David Geffen School of Drama

Analog Way Introduces 3D LUTs and New Features For LivePremier™ Presentation Systems

Analog Way announces an array of new features and improvements with the 3.0 software release for its LivePremier™ 4K/8K multi-screen presentation systems, including advanced color management with predefined and custom external 3D LUTs, optimized layer resources management and the ability to clone any program output to another physical output.Read More »Analog Way Introduces 3D LUTs and New Features For LivePremier™ Presentation Systems

Elation KL Fresnel™ Gets Retro for Tom Kenny-Designed Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Special

Lighting Designer Tom Kenny recently used Elation Professional’s KL Fresnel 8™ LED wash light to support the retro set of a special CMT Crossroads performance by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss. Kenny had seen the warm-white LED Fresnel luminaire on the duo’s summer tour and realized it would fit in ideally with the show’s vintage look.Read More »Elation KL Fresnel™ Gets Retro for Tom Kenny-Designed Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Special

Upstaging’s Early Days: Kids Lighting Kids

In the early days for Upstaging, now marking 50 years, the company’s main work was lighting a lot of small, local shows. “We worked with a lot of local bands. We did Styx, who back then were playing high schools in the Chicago area every Friday and Saturday night,” notes Don Carone, who founded Upstaging with his brother Robert along with their friend Robin Shaw. Follow the link to learn more about the bands Upstaging lit in those early days.

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