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Video of the Week: Nook Schoenfeld’s Introduction to the September 2016 Issue of PLSN Magazine

The 2016 Parnelli Awards will take place Oct. 22 at the Rio in Las Vegas

Last Chance to Vote for 2016 Parnelli Awards, Deadline is Sept. 30 at Noon!

LAS VEGAS — This is it — the last chance to vote for the 2016 Parnelli Awards. Voting from readers of PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines will continue until Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 at 12 noon (PST). After that, the votes will be tallied and envelopes and awards prepared for the 2016 gala, to take place on Oct. 22 at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The event, which begins at 8 p.m. after a cocktail reception kicks things off at 7 p.m. is hosted by Adrian Belew and honors Richard Fernandez, Danny O’Bryen and Greg Mackie with this year’s Lifetime Achievement, Visionary and Audio Innovator awards.

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ElektraLite Dazer Downlight

ElektraLite’s new Dazer Downlight is available in Warm White (3400K) and RGBA versions, in a variety of custom or standard (black, white, silver) colors. The fixtures uses 36 5W LEDs for bright, flicker-free output and a lensing system with 15, 25, 40 and 60-degree beam spreads. The fixture offers a terminal strip for data and screw terminals for power. An integrated yoke allows for sloped-ceiling mounting. Attachment to the yoke is made via a 3/4-inch fan downrod, where cables can also be run to allow for installation with no visible wires. Additionally, a safety cable ring holds the fixture as a second point of safety for secure mounting. The MSRP is $799.

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Nook Schoenfeld, Editor, PLSN

Fixtures: Quality vs. Cost

During the week, I run this magazine for a living. But on weekends, I still dabble in my other craft, lighting bands doing one-offs. I generally like to use about 60 movers and some key lights on a show. I’m not picky on what lights I get, because I’m playing mostly festivals with these acts during the summer. I take what I get. The beauty is, I get to test about every fixture made over the summer.

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Charlotte Maltby and Leslie Becker with the Cast of ICON. Photo by Shira Friedman Photography

Low Budget Luxury: Video at NYMF 2016

The glitz and glamour of Broadway often overshadows the more modest production values and strong merits of off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions. The annual New York Musical Festival (NYMF) features original and often innovative shows, many driven by off-the-wall concepts, that create more with less. During this past run in July, PLSN caught two entertaining shows that featured creative use of video that helped to expand their scope without overwhelming them. We tracked down their digital creators who, despite experience with much larger productions, enjoyed the challenges that their more compact NYMF shows presented them.

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Event Safety Alliance Announces Core Safety Training

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Event Safety Alliance announces two upcoming training classes for live event professionals. One is in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 20, one day before the LDI 2016 tradeshow opens, while the other is on Monday, Nov. 28, one day prior to the Event Safety Summit in Lititz, PA.

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Perfectly timed Comets explode during the opening song. All photos by Steve Jennings

The Visual Splendor of Coldplay’s ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ Tour

Coldplay hit America this summer with its first tour since 2012, titled A Head Full of Dreams in support of their seventh album by the same name. The London based quartet celebrated its 20th year by launching a three-year long tour earlier this year in South America. The North American tour started in NYC on July 16 and will continue throughout the summer by playing arenas with a scaled down production during the week and filling stadiums on the weekend with the larger production.

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A 3D surround framed the main stage. Photo by mhvogel

Adele Live 2016 Tour

It starts with “Hello” and ends with “Rolling in the Deep,” and in between is enough music, lighting, and video to sell out the world’s biggest arenas for consecutive nights. “I think the real success of this show is that the line between lighting, video and scenic is very blurred,” says lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe. “You are never quite sure what you are seeing and this very much plays into the aesthetic around which the whole show is created.”

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ESTA Announces Volunteer of the Year Awards

NEW YORK – The ESTA Board of Directors has honored two groups of volunteers with the Volunteer of the Year Award: the Technical Standards Program’s Stage Lifts Working Group and the ETCP Subject Matter Experts for the Portable Power Distribution Technician Certificate.

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Hallway to the Jewel VIP area. Photo by Jason Sievert - Invision Studio.

Jewel Nightclub at Aria Resort in Las Vegas

Hakkasan Group, a worldwide hospitality company with establishments located across the globe in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the U.S. invited PLSN to get a closer look at just what makes the multi-faceted Jewel Nightclub shine. Located at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, MGM wanted to create a nightclub that catered to their high-end clientele, something that was intimate and different.

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