MELBOURNE, Australia — Beyonce’s 106-date Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, now traveling Australia with a planned return to North America later this year, includes a lighting design by LeRoy Bennett that includes more than a thousand fixtures and 208 Sharpys from Clay Paky for focused aerial beam effects. Upstaging is providing the gear.
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MIDDLETON, WI — ETC has announced the list of students chosen for its annual LDI Student Sponsorship program. The students get to attend LDI 2013 in Las Vegas from Nov. 22-24 and network with industry pros. They include Brandon J. Clark, Chris Collins, Nicholas Diaz, Ha-Young Jeong, Jake Kvanbeck, Bart van den Heuvel and Angelina Vyushkova.
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ADJ’s Ikon LED Gobo Projector offers users a high-power 60W LED, adjustable dimmer and rotation and three beam angle options, among other features. The lightweight (8 lb.) product is well-suited for weddings, nightclubs, corporate shows and other events.
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VALENCIA, CA — The California Institute of the Arts’ School of Theater is making use of a range of LED fixtures for the Lighting Design Program led by LD Anne Militello. Forman & Associated provided PL Series fixtures from Philips Entertainment, including PLProfile1, PLCyc1, PL3 Wash and PLProfile4 LED luminaires. The students have already used the fixtures on a number of recent productions, and are likely to make even greater use of the LEDs for the current academic year.
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TEMPE, AZ – AV Concepts named Steve Dumond senior national account executive. Dumond, who has more than 10 years of AV and live event production experience, currently serves as director of special events for the Arizona chapter of Meeting Planners International. He is also a member of the Greater Phoenix Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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ATLANTA – Active Production and Design, based here, has been stocking up and renting out High End Systems products since the days of the Intellabeam and Trackspot. The company recently added the Hog 4 range of lighting consoles to its inventory, including a pair of Hog 4s, Nano Hog 4s and a Full Boar 4.
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ITALY – TV show designer Francesco De Cave’s production credits include Calzedonia Fashion Show, the Music Summer Festival series and Io Canto, which airs weekly on Italian national television. He also designed Laura Pausini’s World Tour, which commences in November. Over the years he has relied upon products from High End Systems, most recently the company’s Hog 4 range of control solutions.
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PHILIDELPHIA, PA – Harvest Ministries LD Chris Eguizabal chose High End Systems intellaspot XT-1 fixtures as his primary intelligent lighting fixture in the rig for Harvest America, staged recently at Wells Fargo Center in here. There were 24 of the fixtures in the rig.
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AUSTIN, TX — In support of their fourth studio album, Promises, international indie band The Boxer Rebellion embarked on a five week summer tour of North America. The group has also been playing select promo dates in the US, including a recent Austin, TX performance at The Parish. Lighting designer Paul Turner started working with the band during their 2010 SXSW breakout shows under the recommendation of veteran lighting designer Mike Baldassari, and is employing High End Systems SolaSpot fixtures as his primary effects lighting tool for the band’s shows.
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