PROVIDENCE, RI — A Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus aerial act was disrupted at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center here May 4 as the apparatus for the all-female “hair hang act” failed. About 20 were injured, including eight performers who fell from a 30-foot height. All eight sustained serious injuries. A ninth performer on the ground also sustained serious injury.
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YORKTOWN, NY – John LaBriola, an LD, lighting director, production designer and programmer for a long list of artists and major tours, including Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber and the Jonas Brothers, died April 24, 2014. He had just turned 40 a month earlier.
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LAS VEGAS — Wynn Resorts Las Vegas recently turned to Najafi Design Group to help resolve a difficult problem: two very different events, scheduled for the same weekend (Jan. 31-Feb 2), which needed to be combined and loaded-in within one continuous 36-hour window. Najafi Design Group chose 4Wall Entertainment Las Vegas to supply the needed gear.
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LONDON — LD Richard Rhys Thomas of the Royal Albert Hall (RAH) used Clay Paky fixtures for the Mountbatten Military Festival of Music March 13-15. He used 36 Alpha Wash Halo 1200s, 16 Stage Line fixtures and a half-dozen Alpha Wash 1200, Alpha Wash 575, Alpha Spot HPE 575 and Stage Scan fixtures, all supplied by the RAH.
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