NASHVILLE – It was a sight to behold on Nashville’s famous Broadway street as fans filled the famous stretch of honky-tonks to celebrate country music’s biggest night at the CMT Awards. Bandit Lites provided the lighting for the outdoor stage where long time Bandit client Jason Aldean ignited the crowd and the sky with his newest single, “Lights Come On” on live television.
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LOS ANGELES — For the past few years, Visual Horizon Communications (VHC) has developed an efficient Break-Out Room Integrated Solution for corporate events known by its acronym, BORIS. Used for events staged by clients including 3M, Best Buy, General Mills, Macy’s, Mortenson Construction and other well-known companies, BORIS relies on the capabilities of Roland’s VR-50HD all-in-one AV mixer.
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FAYETTEVILLE, AR — LEO Events turned to GoVision for a big-screen assist during a three-day shareholders meeting at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, home to the University of Arkansas Razorbacks basketball teams. GoVision deployed 10mm VISS LED panels and GV6 tiles for the event’s main stage, which was used for appearances and performances by the company’s top brass along with James Corden, Katy Perry, Nick Jonas, Maxwell, Jordan Smith, Three Doors Down, Daughtry, Goo Goo Dolls, American Authors and Train.
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Whirlwind is venturing into the case-building business. The Rochester, NY-based company is starting with cases for its own products and plans to expand into a broader array of case designs. Marketed under the Cyclone brand, the cases feature Colson casters, flush mounted MOL latches and Marine grade HDPE panels.
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LONDON — Creative Technology announced plans to exhibit at the ABTT Theatre Show at Alexandra Place in London (June 22-23, stand A53) highlighting two big developments for the company: the launch of their Integrated Networks division and their audio arm, called Dimension Audio.
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SPOKANE, WA — Coinciding with Spokane’s week-long Lilac Festival celebration in late May, Justin Haas of AMP’D Entertainment transformed the façade of the Washington Trust Financial Center building with lilac-colored hues. The building is located along the route of the festival’s annual parade. To provide a realistic lilac colored wash, Haas used 24 COLORado 4 IP IP66 RGBW linear wash fixtures and 8 COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tour RGBW par-style fixtures from Chauvet Professional..
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NASHVILLE — More than 13 years into business, mobile production specialist TNDV has turned the ignition on Exclamation, its largest truck to date. Exclamation, which hit the road in late May, becomes TNDV’s eighth mobile production truck, and its first 53-foot, double-expando Class A truck to offer native 1080p broadcast and production capability across its entire infrastructure and workflow.
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NEW YORK– A.C.T Lighting, Inc. will host a new product showcase in Manhattan on June 21 and 22 featuring the latest products from Clay Paky, MA Lighting, MDG and Robert Juliat. The by-invitation event will take place in the Ford Foundation Studio at the Pershing Square Signature Center in the midtown theater district. Hours are from 10 am to 6 pm on Tuesday, June 21 and from 10 am to 4 pm on Wednesday, June 22. Coffee, refreshments and light snacks will be served. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of the brands in North America.
Read More »ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – The Stars of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg encompasses music, opera, ballet, film and other outdoor celebrations, such as Scarlet Sails, a tall ship and fireworks show along the Neva River. Key events included the Classic Music on Palace Square festival, featuring opera vocalist Anna Netrebko. StagePro used Prolyte staging components to support this and other events.
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LAS VEGAS – For Raiding the Rock Vault in Las Vegas (pictured here) and its brand-new country cousin, Raiding the Country Vault in Branson, MO, audiences get to see genuine rock and country artists (and not just impersonators) do their thing. The shows’ production was developed by lighting designer Paul Dexter. Both productions present the biggest selling classic songs from an unrepeatable era (mainly 1965-1990) and include Elation Professional Platinum Series moving head fixtures and Cuepix Panel LED matrix blinders as visual support.
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AMSTERDAM – Kinesys automation was an integral element of Sean Burke’s elegant production design for Mariah Carey’s ‘Sweet Sweet Fantasy’ tour, which headed to South Africa in late April after completing a substantial UK and European leg earlier this year. It was the artist’s first trek through continental Europe and the U.K. in 13 years. The Kinesys system was operated by Jonathan Wood of Event Automation & Lighting Services and supplied to the tour by lighting contractor, Neg Earth Lights.
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KREUZLINGEN, Switzerland — Two Swiss TV shows, Hello Again and DGST, were staged at the Bodensee Arena in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland featuring a lighting design by Lutz Hugo Kleine-Herzbruch, managing director of Essen, Germany-based rgb gmbh. Kleine-Herzbruch enhanced the backdrop for both shows with 54 GLP impression X4 atom moving LED heads. DGST is pictured here.