NASHVILLE — Morris Light & Sound has been stocking up on Clay Paky lighting fixtures, MA Lighting’s grandMA consoles and MDG’s theONE fogger/hazers. All are distributed in North America by A.C.T Lighting, Inc.
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Calibre’s LEDView range of LED videowall optimized image scalers expands with the budget-friendly LEDView325DS.
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AUSTIN, TX — A rock ’n’ roll institution for more than 50 years, the Isley Brothers embody high energy live performance, and still make audiences want to kick their heels up and ‘shout.’ For a recent radio station one-off, the group’s LD, Edward Brantley of Storyteller Lighting Design, got to put High End Systems’ Shapeshifter C1 fixtures through their paces. Brantley said he’s glad to have the C1s in his designer arsenal.
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ANTWERP, Belgium —2014 was a noteworthy year for Belgian pop group Clouseau. The band completed a six-month tour and capped off the year with four sold-out shows at the Antwerp Sportpalais. Luc Peumans, LD with Painting With Light, used a wide variety of gear for the elaborate looks that accompanied innovative staging and set elements from StageCo and Inventdesign for the shows, dubbed “Clouseau Central” (a.k.a. Clouseau Centraal).
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AMSTERDAM – Elation Professional is featuring its LED and Platinum Series lighting solutions at ISE stand 11-F50. The event is set for Feb. 10-12, 2015.
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GRONINGEN, the Netherlands – Mojo Barriers introduced its reinforced barrier system ‘High Fence,’ pictured here, to the European events sector at Eurosonic Noorderslag on Jan. 15, 2015.
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NASHVILLE, TN – More than 20 pounds of confetti rained down on 130,000 people in Music City as the sixth annual Jack Daniel’s Bash on Broadway rang in 2015. Bandit Lites worked with LD John Lucksinger and production manager Chris Lisle to provide the lighting for the event.
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NEW YORK — Prominent TV lighting director Carl Vitelli, Jr., 81, died Jan. 7, 2015. A recipient of IATSE Local One Honorary Gold Card in 2011 (pictured here), Vitelli was also inducted into the Emmy Awards’ New York Chapter Silver Circle in 2001.
Read More »NEW YORK — PLASA noted that 2015 is shaping up to be a busy year for the association’s Technical Standards Program, with eight standards being offered for public review. Available drafts include three from the Rigging Working Group, two from the Photometrics Working Group and three from the Control Protocols Working Group.
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LOS ANGELES – The ADJ Group of Companies, including ADJ, Elation Professional, Acclaim Lighting, American Audio and Global Truss America/DuraTruss, are celebrating 30 years in 2015. It all began back in 1985, when chairman and founder Chuck Davies started out supplying lighting solutions to mobile entertainers.
The Newport Performing Arts Center (PAC) in Oregon has recently installed a Meyer Sound Constellation® acoustic system in its 398-seat Alice Silverman Theatre. With the upgrade, the venue joins the likes of Moscow’s Svetlanov Hall, The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and more than 50 other prestigious venues that rely on the variable acoustics of Constellation to deliver an extraordinary live experience.
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