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Eli Young Band’s Live Shows Lit with grandMA2-controlled Clay Paky Fixtures

Eli Young Band's Live Shows Lit with grandMA2-controlled Clay Paky Fixtures

Eli Young Band’s Live Shows Lit with grandMA2-controlled Clay Paky Fixtures

HOUSTON – The Eli Young Band followed a string of shows in support of its 10,000 Towns album with its now-annual House Party concerts on back-to-back weekends at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas and Minute Maid Park in Houston. LD David Carr specified Clay Paky Sharpy and A.leda B-EYE K-20 fixtures controlled by a grandMA2 light console for both the House Party shows and the tour. The fixtures and console are both distributed in North America by A.C.T Lighting, Inc.

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James Suit Joins Ushio

Ushio America Names James Suit Eastern Regional Sales Manager for Entertainment Business Unit

CYPRESS, CA — USHIO America named James Suit Eastern Regional Sales Manager for its Entertainment Business Unit.  Suit has more than nine years of technical and applications expertise in the entertainment market. He also brings extensive knowledge in the application and sales of lighting fixtures, sources, and solutions in the entertainment, architectural and video markets.

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Germany-Based Smoke Factory Names SHS Global U.S. Distributor

AUSTIN, TX – SHS Global has been named the exclusive U.S. distributor for Smoke Factory fog machines, including their battery-operated Scotty, their Fan Fogger (fog/wind machine combination), their Mr. Mister (the first oil-free hazer) and their popular Tour Hazer. Smoke Factory, based in Germany, has been manufacturing machines for atmospheric effects for more than 20 years.

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Robert Pennington, Reidel Communications, U.S. Sales Manager, Broadcast, for East Coast

Riedel Names Robert Pennington U.S. Sales Manager/Broadcast for East Coast

WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, has named Robert Pennington to serve as its U.S. sales manager, broadcast, for the East Coast. In this new role, Pennington will assist customers in selecting and implementing Riedel’s broad product portfolio of networked communications and signal transport solutions.

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The Projection Studio, Barry Christmas Switch On Blue

Projection Studio Gets The Christmas Party Started in Barry

BARRY, UK – Described as “The best Christmas light switch-on in Wales”, residents in Barry, the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, enjoyed a specially commissioned visual spectacle created by London based The Projection Studio across the front of the municipal library building in King Square in a Christmas light switch on ceremony that would rival that of most metropolises.

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OmniSystem Pyrofog Pro

OmniSistem Pyrofog Pro

OmniSistem has taken their widely popular DF-V6 Pyrofog and added 21 3W RGB LEDs to create a multicolored vertical pyro effect. This upgrade also comes with a new look – new housing and a strapped in 2.5L liquid reservoir. The Pyrofog Pro packs a punch with fog output at 20,000 cubic feet per minute. This fogger can be controlled via included wireless remote or DMX (8 Channels). Use multiple units to create a color chasing effect with fog – a great way to WOW your audience! OmniSistem recommends only using high quality, water based fog or haze liquid, such as OmniFog or OmniHaze, in the Pyrofog Pro. 

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Miriam Villalobos (left) and Vatel's Staff

Pointes and MiniMes for Vatel Producciones

MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Vatel Producciones, founded and managed by Miriam Villalobos is celebrating its eighth birthday with a wide range of events utilising their eight Robe Pointes and two MiniMes in Mexico City.

Vatel’s owner, Miriam Villalobos – born in Córdoba, Veracruz, and grew up in Querétaro –  was curious to learn about the production industry, and back in 2000 took a job in public relations at local company A 1 Audio … during a show by Mexican band Molotov.

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Miriam Villalobos (a la izq.) y el staff de Vatel

Pointe y MiniMe para Vatel Producciones

MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Vatel Producciones, fundada y dirigida por Miriam Villalobos, está cumpliendo ocho años y celebra con una amplia gama de eventos utilizando sus ocho aparatos Robe Pointe y dos MiniMe en Ciudad de México.

Su propietaria, Miriam Villalobos de la ciudad de Querétaro, curiosa por saber sobre la industria de producción en el año 2000, recibió una oferta de trabajo de relaciones públicas en la empresa local A 1 Audio, durante un show de la banda mexicana Molotov.

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Phenom from Lightwave International

Lightwave International’s Phenom, introduced at LDI 2014, combines moving light fixture features with the crisp effects and vivid colors of a laser beam. The Phenom also promises intrinsic audience-scanning safety (at distances of more than 30 feet), DMX control, an integrated media server, full-color laser output and a speedy moving head.

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