Video of the Week: Nook Schoenfeld Introduces the September 2015 Issue of PLSN
Parnelli Voting, Ticket Sales Tracking at Record Pace
LAS VEGAS — The 2015 Parnelli Awards gala, hosted by Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and honoring Chris Lamb, David Cunningham and Pat Quilter, is once again trending toward a complete sellout. As of Sept. 14, just one week after the Parnelli Awards ballot was finalized and made available online, the voting has been fast and furious, with reservations for the Oct. 24 event continuing apace. Voting from readers of PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines will continue until Sept. 30, 2015.
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Royal Albert Hall Orchestral Performances Lit with Robe Fixtures
LONDON – Since the Royal Albert Hall (RAH) venue purchased 17 Robe BMFL Spot moving lights in February, the fixtures have been used on numerous occasions, including Space Spectacular, a co-promotion between the RAH and Raymond Gubbay Ltd. The show featured the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) conducted by Anthony Inglis playing a series of space-orientated works.
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4Wall Adds Rogue R1 Wash Fixtures to Rental Inventory
LAS VEGAS – 4Wall Entertainment updated its rental inventory with additional gear again, this time with 44 Rogue R1 Washes from Chauvet Professional.
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Laserworld Garden Series Laser Effects Lights
Laserworld’s Garden Series laser effects lights are suited to indoor and outdoor use. The effects lights are available with green, red and red-green, with a static projection or slowly rotating effect. Pictured here, Red/Green.
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South Africa’s National Arts Festival Includes Fringe Theatre, LED Lighting from ETC
GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa – ETC dealer Prosound provided ETC Source Four LED fixtures for Vicky’s, a 150-seat venue that was home to fringe theatre-style performances associated with National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The fixtures helped solve previous issues with excess heat and lack of power.
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Entec Supplies Blur and the Magic Whip in the U.K.
LONDON – Blur’s high profile performance at the Barclaycard British Summer Time event in London’s Hyde Park was preceded by an eclectic series of warm up shows including Glasgow’s Barrowlands, Le Zenith in Paris, an intimate show at Newhampton Arts Centre in Wolverhampton and headlining Saturday night at the Isle of Wight Festival … with west London based rental specialist Entec supplying crew plus lighting and sound equipment for selected shows.
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Flex Rental Solutions Announces Release of Flex 4.11
Flex Rental Solutions’ Flex 4.11 contains several new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes for the Flex Production Manager, including the much anticipated job costing functionality. Job costing functionality includes a tab from the quote screen, along with a new job cost report.
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Blackmagic Design MultiView 1.1 Update
Blackmagic Design announced a MultiView 1.1 Update for its MultiView 16. It features new audio meters, enhanced on screen labels, RGB output over HDMI and more.
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Packapalooza Block Party at NC State University Lit with Chauvet Professional Fixtures
RALEIGH, NC – LD Daniel “Tebo” Thibault used LED fixtures anchored by the Rogue R2 Wash and COLORado2-Quad Zoom Tour from Chauvet Professional for Packapalooza, an annual festival/block party for students that’s also open to the public at the beginning of the school year at North Carolina State University campus.
ARRI SkyPanel Accessories Expand
ARRI’s SkyPanel line of compact, tunable LED soft lights was introduced at NAB this year and began shipping this month. Along with the mid-range S60 and smaller, more portable S30, ARRI is offering accessories that promise to greatly enhance the light controllability, mounting options, portability and application possibilities of these LED lights. The company’s 8-chamber and 4-chamber (pictured here) Eggcrates, for example, make the light more directional.
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i-Pix Names ICD as U.S. Distributor for i-Pix Db1 Screen-Beam Fixture
MANCHESTER, U.K. – i-Pix named Sunrise, FL-based Inner Circle Distribution (ICD) as exclusive distributor in the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and South America for its Db1 video-beam effect light fixture, which was launched in April 2015.
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