FARMINGDALE, NY — Following Group One Limited’s October announcement that it is now handling US distribution for Designed To Shine (DTS) Lighting, the distributor has officially named Tyler Wise as the brand’s national sales manager. The announcement comes from Jack Kelly, Group One president. Wise will dually continue to serve—as the national sales manager for elektraLite, one of Group One’s other lighting brands as well.
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FARMINGDALE, NY — Avolites’ US distributor, Group One Ltd., appointed RL Wilson & Associates to represent the lighting brand in the Southwestern U.S. The announcement comes from Avolites/Group One National Sales Manager Brad White, to whom the firm reports. Effective immediately, the independent manufacturers’ representative firm is now servicing Avolites’ Southern California, Southern Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii territories.Headquartered in Temecula, California, RL Wilson & Associates was founded in 1988 and is under the direction of Principal Rich Wilson.
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NASHVILLE – The Moody Blues wrapped another successful run with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. Lighting designer Mick Thornton utilized a rig featuring Robe Pointes, Bandit’s exclusive GRNLite Moving Washes and Pars, as well as 80 Claypaky Mirage Panels controlled with a grandMA1 console.
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AMSTERDAM — Philips Lighting named cast as its distribution partner in Germany. As official distributor, cast has integrated Philips Vari-Lite moving head luminaires into its stock. The company will also hold a wider range of Philips Selecon LED fixtures, Strand Lighting control consoles and Showline effects lights.
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SYRACUSE, NY – The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Board of Directors has committed an unprecedented $500,000 to increase the impact of some of the organization’s most important programs, including Rigging Safety, Gateway Diversity and Innovation Research Grants.
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SPRINGFIELD, MA – For musical acts performing at the 2016 Big E farm show in Springfield, MA, LD Spencer Lavoie used a rig that included Rogue fixtures and PVP S7 LED video panels from Chauvet Professional.
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DUNHUANG, China — The immersive Chinese theater piece, ‘Encore Dunhuang,’ recently debuted at the first Silk Road Dunhuang International Cultural Expo. The long-awaited show was directed by one of China’s most famous directors, Wang Chaoge, who was the co-director of the opening ceremony at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The production, staged in The Aqua Blue Theatre in Dunhuang, China, made use of d3 media servers.
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DUBLIN, Ireland – Electronic dance music lighting designer Conor Biddle specified an Avolites Sapphire Touch console to power his beat-perfect, immersive design for Winterparty ’16, which returned to Ireland’s 3Arena in October after a 12-year hiatus. Inspired by the lighting at Las Vegas super-clubs, Biddle designed an intense, high-production show to celebrate the mammoth dance event’s welcome return, which saw an epic line-up including Skream, Matador and Sven Vath.
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Elation Professional’s popular Colour Pendant™ color-changing RGBW LED luminaire is now available in a variable white light version, the DW Pendant™. This new, highly versatile, ETL approved LED luminaire allows for dynamic white light control of stage or house lighting levels in an energy-efficient downlighting fixture.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Auckland Live is a busy umbrella organization running all the live performance venues in New Zealand’s largest performing arts and convention center complex … right in the heart of the city. Their existing stock of Robe moving lights is now boosted with the addition of 44 new LED moving lights – 12 x DL4S Profiles and 32 x LEDWash 800s to help them illuminate all the various events at a multitude of venues.
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