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Historic Dutch Site Energized with Vibrant Color for Castle of Love Festival

The Castle of Love Festival, a two-day music festival, returned for the ninth year to the historic and wooded environs of Castle Park Erenstein near Kerkrade, a city on the Netherlands side of the Netherlands/Germany border Aug. 16-17, 2014.

Historic Dutch Site Energized with Vibrant Color for Castle of Love Festival

The Castle of Love Festival, a two-day music festival, returned for the ninth year to the historic and wooded environs of Castle Park Erenstein near Kerkrade, a city on the Netherlands side of the Netherlands/Germany border Aug. 16-17, 2014. With 20,000 visitors looking to dance to the beat of popular acts including The Partysquad, Yellow Claw, Sick Individuals and Jay Hardway, LD Tom Franken was looking for gear that would inject electrified excitement into the normally serene surroundings.

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This Is Our Youth photo by Brigitte Lacomb

Scenic Designer Todd Rosenthal Scales Up “This Is Our Youth” for Broadway

Starring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson, This Is Our Youth focuses on three college age rich kids dealing with interpersonal friction, identity issues and their hard-partying ways in the early 1980s. It’s a dramatic show set in a studio apartment setting on the Upper West Side, but looming above it is a few stories of a building edifice that emphasizes the larger landscape these self-involved youngsters are a part of. Scenic designer Todd Rosenthal worked on the show staged by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company this past summer in Chicago before it made its Broadway debut in at the Cort Theater in September, and he dealt with the challenge of taking a smaller production into a bigger space while keeping the material up close and personal.

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Guy Pavelo on the visual design for the Drake vs. Lil Wayne 2014 tour

Guy Pavelo on Drake vs. Lil Wayne

Guy Pavelo of GPDesign.net was the production designer and creative director for the recent Drake vs. Lil Wayne concerts that toured arenas throughout the U.S. this year. He previously designed Drake’s performance at last year’s Toronto-based OVO festival and his Would You Like a Tour? 2013 tour. This design morphed out of what Pavelo created for Drake’s performances at this year’s OVO festival at Toronto’s Molson Arena. PLSN sat down to speak with the designer about how he approaches his designs overall, his knack for pushing technology, and about this tour, for which he also operated the lighting on the road.

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WorldStage Announces Five New Hires

NEW YORK – WorldStage announced five new hires, across a wide range of departments, at its East and West Coast offices. The company named Susanna Harris-Rea lighting project manager, Frank Musgrove senior video engineer, Russell Cowans audio engineer and Gus Garces and Greg Duffin staging project managers.

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White Light Supplies Lighting & Sound for WWI Remembrance Events

LONDON – For the past several months the Tower of London, part of the Historic Royal Palaces, and its ambitious sculptural commission, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, have been a central symbol of the UK’s WWI Centenary observations. The display, which grew in size over time, marked each commonwealth casualty of WWI – 888,246 in total – with a hand-made red ceramic poppy “planted” by volunteers around the venue’s exterior. Entertainment and event production supplier White Light has been closely involved in the event, providing lighting, sound, and video support services for the opening ceremony on Aug. 5 and closing ceremony on Nov. 11 (Remembrance Day), as well as providing lighting for the entire poppy display throughout its three-month installation.

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W-DMX launched its COB (Chip on Board) transceiver solution in an ultra compact 6x6mm size

W-DMX COB

W-DMX launched its COB (Chip on Board) transceiver solution in an ultra compact 6x6mm size. The SMT mounted Chip On Board radio transceiver supports both DMX and RDM in a QFN48 package. The W-DMX COB is a low energy solution with only 40mA current consumption and facilitates distances up to 250 meters with a 2dBi standard antenna and BlackBox F-1MK2. A low cost solution that makes it possible for every fixture to have original W-DMX inside.

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Elation Marquee Nightclub

Marquee Nightclub’s Immersive Experience Created with Elation Gear

LAS VEGAS – Marquee Nightclub is consistently one of the highest grossing nightclubs in Las Vegas and one of the hottest and most luxurious nightclubs around. Located in the heart of the Strip, Marquee underwent a major LED lighting system upgrade recently with LD Steve Lieberman, owner of SJ Lighting, using over 1,100 new Elation Pixel Bar 40 LED strip lights to create a memorable 360-degree immersive experience.

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Jands Vista Provides Volunteer-Friendly & Powerful Control Solution for Florida's Tomoka Church

Tomoka Christian Church in Florida Upgrades with Jands Vista I3 Setup

ORMOND BEACH, FL – Tomoka Christian Church upgraded to a Jands Vista I3 console to support the lighting rig at a new worship venue. The non-denominational, missions-oriented church offers contemporary praise and worship featuring live music, dance, and drama in a multimedia service. The church’s new venue is using the Jands Vista I3 console alongside its existing Vista M1 control surface, which had been in use for several years.

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Avolites Quartz Front

Avolites Quartz Console

Avolites’ Quartz compact Quartz console made its way from PLASA London in October to LDI in Las Vegas in November. Group One Limited featured the console during the Nov. 21-23 exhibition at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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