SAO PAULO, Brazil — Apple Produções provided close to 250 Robe moving lights for the two main stages at the 2013 Festa do Peão de Barretos here recently. The rigs included 72 Pointes, 24 MMX Spots, 24 LEDWash 600s, 24 LEDWash 1200s and 72 LEDBeam 100s all from Robe’s ROBIN series, plus 20 ColorWash 1200E ATs, 20 ColorSpot 1200E ATs and 10 ColorBeam 2500E ATs.
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LONDON — LD Ed Warren specified a large assortment of various Chromlech Elidy LED panels for Mumford & Sons’ world tour earlier this year, including 12 Elidy-Big, 12 Elidy-S and 64 Elidy-Wall panels. MDG also provided 15 Robe Robin 600 LEDWash and 16 Robe Robin 1200 LEDWash moving heads along with atmospherics gear.
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PEMBROKESHIRE, U.K. — When the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series visited Wales for the UK leg of their global cliff diving championship, XL Events was on hand with two Lighthouse R7 LED screens to ensure that the crowds of spectators had a good view of the action.
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LONDON — Two off-site events linked to London’s Fashion Week with a lighting design by Nick Gray of Renegade—Jasper Conran at the Saatchi Gallery and Roksanda at The Place, London Bridge—included Robe Robin MMX WashBeam moving lights supplied by RML & Event Concept.
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LOS ANGELES — Marshall Holmes died of a heart attack Sept. 25, 2013 while traveling with others to Los Angeles after the load-out of a Luis Miguel show in Bakersfield, CA. Sept. 25 was Holmes’ birthday; he had just turned 55. The veteran touring crew member had a long career supporting various touring productions for artists ranging from Miguel to Midnight Oil and The Tubes, among others. A memorial service is being arranged by Holmes’ longtime friends, Steve Macfadyen and Steve “Chopper” Borges. It is set to take place Oct. 23 at the Fillmore in San Francisco, CA from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
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LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Board of Advisors has announced the creation of a Parnelli Hall of Fame, and has chosen veteran concert touring professional Mo Morrison as its first inductee. “We felt we as an industry deserve our own Hall of Fame, and Mo is an obvious first choice,” says Terry Lowe, executive producer of the Parnellis and publisher of PLSN/FOH magazines. “From his early days as a stagehand through his current gargantuan task of being tour director of Lady Gaga’s amazing show, he’s been part of some of touring history’s biggest moments.”
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