HILLSBOROUGH, NC – Enttec Americas recently announced three staff appointments: Brandon Mitchell, technical sales and support; Roz Dahlie, training and education coordinator; and Kaitlin Gill, event production manager/master electrician. They are pictured here, L-R. The company, which has its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of lighting and lighting control products.
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LAS VEGAS – Station Casinos, which had previously enhanced its sports books at two other properties with NanoLumens screens in Las Vegas, is adding the company’s screens to a third resort in the valley. The screens will now beckon visitors to sports books at Red Rock Resort, Green Valley Ranch and Santa Fe Station. The latter installation was the most recent, taking place just in time for the start of preseason NFL football.
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MILWAUKEE – Billed as the world’s largest music festival, Summerfest drew more than 800,000 people to the Henry Meier Festival Grounds on the shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, WI. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. supported Clearwing Productions with MA Lighting consoles and Clay Paky Scenius spot fixtures for the 11-day event. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting and Clay Paky products in North America.
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WOOSTER, OH — For churches around the globe, video has become an integral aspect of connecting with their congregants, providing a powerful medium to share their message while enabling them to expand beyond their walls. When 75-year-old Grace Church of Wooster, Ohio launched its first video initiatives last year, it selected Z-HD5000 HDTV cameras from Hitachi Kokusai Electric America Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai) to capture live services and events.
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HERMOSA BEACH, CA – Saint Rocke and the City of Hermosa Beach augmented the Hermosa Beach Summer Concert Series this summer, adding a free movie night every Saturday in August to the concerts that take place on Sundays. Stage Drapery manufacturer, Sew What? Inc. and its sister company, Rent What? Inc. also expanded their involvement in the event, crafting the new projection screen along with the regular staging elements for the free events.
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Mega-Lite’s new line of Mega FX products includes the H1 Hazer. The unit promises to enhance the appearance of beams and lighting fixtures, serving as a compact yet powerful hazer. Along with long haze hang times and even particle dispersion, the H1 Hazer offers output at the rate of 9,000 cubic feet per minute. It can be used after just a one-minute warmup time frame. The H1 Hazer holds 1/4 gallon of Mega Nectar, the company’s own water-based haze fluid, which is designed to work without leaving behind residue on nearby surfaces.
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NASHVILLE – Morris announced two new team members to its Light & Sound division. Industry veteran Lonnie Taylor has been named director of business development & sales and Chas O’Bradovich as lighting department manager. Taylor brings nearly 30 years of tour management and production experience to Morris. O’Bradovich comes to Morris from Omaha, Nebraska, where she previously worked as a technician at Theatrical Media Services.
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NASHVILLE — Hard rock band Shinedown recently wrapped their Carnival of Madness tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The tour included performances by Bandit client Halestorm, Black Stone Cherry and Whiskey Myers and featured Shinedown’s most recent album Threat to Survival, which topped Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart and included the hit single, “Cut the Cord.”
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CHILLICOTHE, IL – Ryan Warffuel and Max Koehler of Antic Studios used Chauvet Professional PVP S5 panels for the Vibe Tent Stage at this year’s Summer Camp Music Festival. The event takes place at at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, IL over Memorial Day Weekend.
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ELEUTHERA, Bahamas —The 4th Annual All That Jazz Festival on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas is an annual fund-raiser for the local Haynes Library. Supporting creative thinking and problem solving through its many programs, the Haynes Library values its responsibility to the wider community and holds a special place in the life of the island. Just as the library works to continually raise the bar of education and technology access, after three years of simple lighting, this year’s festival looked to increase the lighting production values for its Saturday night jazz sessions at the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve, which is located in the settlement of Governor’s Harbour. Ferri Lighting Design and Associates (FLDA) brought in lighting equipment from off-island to realize LD Bruce Ferri’s design in the Preserve’s outdoor pavilion.
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Rose Brand is offering Screen Goo, a substance that promises to transform any smooth surface into a high-performance projection screen. It’s a specially formulated, highly reflective acrylic paint that’s designed specifically for video projection. Screen Goo is appropriate for all levels of video use, including home theater, houses of worship, conference rooms, point of purchase displays, large-scale commercial venues and even outdoors (with special instructions). Most Screen Goo products must be purchased in pairs i.e., a base or reflective coat and a finish or top coat.
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BURBANK, CA — Riedel Communications has hired Jake Halverson to serve as sales administrator within the Riedel North America team.
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