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Harbor Entertainment Offers the CO2 Frogger

Harbor Entertainment's CO2 Frogger

Harbor Entertainment Offers the CO2 Frogger

NASHVILLE – As football season is in full swing and NFL players hit the fields, Nashville-based Harbor Entertainment’s Drew Dedo and Kasey Lowry are watching some of their hard work pay off. While Harbor is known in the events industry for planning and executing elaborate meetings and events, the CO2 Frogger’s rise in popularity also has them producing this piece of special effects equipment for events across the country.

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Clay Paky's Scenius Profile was honored for innovation.

Clay Paky Features New Products, Company Developments at PLASA 2016

LONDON – Pio Nahum, Clay Paky CEO, lauded the recent PLASA trade event and the company’s latest technologies at the show, including Clay Paky’s Scenius Profile fixtures, the new the Shar-Bar moving multi-effect bar, Clay Paky’s recent acquisition of ADB and the company’s Odeon line of architectural lighting fixtures. The company’s Scenius Profile fixture (pictured here), which was developed with input from parent company Osram’s R&D department, was honored for innovation at the show.

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The event drew over 25,000 visitors

LUMA Projection Arts Festival Draws Crowd to Binghamton, NY with Video from Christie Projectors

BINGHAMTON, NY – Nine Christie Roadster HD20K-J 3DLP projectors showcased local artists and their creations – including the area’s own Johnny Hart, creator of the BC comic strip –  onto five historic buildings at the annual LUMA Projection Arts Festival earlier this month. The brainchild of Tice Lerner, Nick Rubenstein and Joshua Bernard Ludzki, the event, now in its second year, featured animation by noted motion design firm Favorite Color, and included work from other animators including the winner of a juried competition. New City Video & Staging handled the installation.

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Marc van der Wel

Marc van der Wel Announces Departure from Ampco Flashlight Group and XLNT CyberMotion

UTRECHT, The Netherlands – Marc van der Wel, longstanding director of business development for Ampco Flashlight Group and also director of sales and marketing for XLNT CyberMotion, announced that he is stepping down from both positions. He will be joining broadcast and media solutions provider NEP The Netherlands (part of NEP Group Inc.) as director of sales. His new role will commence on Oct. 1.

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The company's demo room, Room N103, will be open to all LDI attendees.

PixelFLEX to Showcase Latest Technologies at LDI 2016

LAS VEGAS– On Oct. 21, Nashville-based LED video manufacturer PixelFLEX will launch an Augmented Reality LED video experience at the LDI Conference and Tradeshow inside the Las Vegas Convention Center. Located in Room N103, PixelFLEX will showcase a myriad of new products including the AR-LED, the LumiFLEX LED basketball floor, plus 2.6mm and 1.25mm LED video technology. 

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909 Day Celebration

Roland 909 Day Celebration Lit with Chauvet Professional Fixtures

NEW YORK – Justin Preston of Three-Phase Productions included Chauvet Professional fixtures in the rig for Roland’s 909 Day Celebration. The company event featured performances by Linda Perry, Smallpools, Echosmith, Mike Garson, Saint Motel, DJ Pierre and others. Preston used Chauvet’s Rogue R1 FX-Bs, Rogue RH1 Hybrids, Rogue R2 Washes, Rogue R1 Washes and Next NXT-1 moving LED panels for the gig. Preston was part of a team that included Three-Phase Production President Darren Rezowalli, assistant lighting director Will Chandler, rigger Daniel Zawolkow, and show ME Matt Johns as well as electricians Garrett Kelly, Jack Herndon, Jensen Chambers, Alex Ashley and Juan Carlos Amaya.

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Gearhouse adds ETC Revolutions

Gearhouse Splitbeam Adds ETC Source Four Revolutions to Theatrical Lighting Arsenal

JOHANNESBURG — Gearhouse Splitbeam noted how an early September delivery of ETC Source Four Revolutions, prompted by a specification for the fixtures by LD Ben Cracknell for a production of the musical, Annie, earlier this year, is reinforcing the company’s already impressive capabilities in meeting the lighting needs of touring theatrical productions.

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Creamfields site

Creamfields 2016 Gets Adlib Assist

WARRINGTON, U.K. – The annual Creamfields EDM extravaganza returned to Daresbury Estate with another assist from Liverpool based technical production specialist Adlib, which supplied lighting, sound and rigging to two main arenas. These included CF03, hosted by Armada, Cream and Smash The House and CF 05 (a.k.a. ‘The Curve’) due to the spherical shape of the tent and the production space. Adlib also supported CF10, the VIP Hospitality area, at the festival.

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Fantasee Lighting Marks 40-Year Milestone

BELLEVILLE, MI – Fantasee Lighting is spending 2016 celebrating 40 years working in the lighting industry. The firm, which was founded by Lighting Designer Stefan Graf in Ypsilanti, MI, in 1976, specializes in lighting for entertainment and corporate events and provides design and project management solutions. The firm moved to new 40,000 square foot facility in Belleville, MI, in 2000.

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