NEW YORK — For the annual “Christmas in August” promotional event for the 2013 Radio City Christmas Spectacular, which took place under the venue’s marquee on Aug. 13, MSG Entertainment featured its Rockettes, Santa Claus, nativity scene animals and a freshly-carved Okamoto Studios ice sculpture along with free cranberry-apple ice pops. MagicSnow provided faux snow for the event.
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Harman is offering a new front lens replacement kit to turn its MAC Viper AirFX into what is effectively a new fixture, the Martin MAC Viper Beam. The final fixture in the MAC Viper line, the MAC Viper Beam has a linear zoom system that projects a very narrow pencil beam of high-intensity light. It also shares the MAC Viper AirFX’s notable color mixing system and aerial effects, along with its compact form, speed and light quality from the same 1000W source as the other Viper Family luminaires.
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UTRECHT, Netherlands – Netherlands equipment rental company Ampco Flashlight Rental has made a major investment in Robe’s new multipurpose moving light fixture, the Pointe. The company ordered 100 Pointes because of the current demands of the rental market and its increasing popularity on equipment riders.
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MUNICH – The lighting department of the Bayerischen Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera), under the direction of Michael Bauer, specified a new ETC Gio lighting control desk for Munich Opera’s recent open-air festival. This year’s Munich Opera Festival, from June to July, kicked off with a spectacle. Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, and the Bavarian State Opera all marked their 200th birthday this year. To celebrate, the Opera staged Wagner vs. Verdi, a playful competition in which the two great composers meet each other as giant marionettes in the plaza outside the Bavarian State Opera House.
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ORLANDO – Electrosonic has appointed Les Hill, senior systems consultant, to its Orlando office to reinforce the company’s commitment to audio-visual service and systems engineering support for Florida’s large theme park and tourist industry. Hill will be responsible for expanding new business opportunities and building on existing partnerships. He joined Electrosonic in 2005 at the company’s Burbank, CA, headquarters and is responsible for many of Electrosonic’s West Coast and Asia entertainment projects in the museum, theme park and live entertainment markets.
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ORLANDO — Chauvet Professional and USITT Presents are jointly hosting a seminar, “How to Blend LED with Traditional Fixtures,” at Walt Disney World Aug. 29-30. Ford Sellers, senior product manager at Chauvet Professional (pictured here) will lead the session, covering topics such as transitioning and replacing existing lighting with energy-saving LED fixtures along with discussions on color (narrow band vs. broad emitting) and concepts in design.
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AARHUS, Denmark — Harman’s Martin officially launches its new MAC Viper Quadray, adding to Martin’s MAC Viper family of moving heads. The multibeam luminaire has been deployed on international tours including the Sarah Brightman tour with lighting design by Andi Watson, and Pitbull with lighting design by Justin Geiger.
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CULLMAN, AL – 4Wall Nashville recently provided equipment for “Rock the South,” an annual festival celebrating food, music and the Southern way of life. Headliners included Sara Evans, The Band Perry and Scotty McCreery. Now in its second year, the festival began as an anniversary celebration, with country stars taking the stage one year to the day after tornadoes had devastated portions of Alabama and the surrounding region.
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SECAUCUS, NJ – Nicole Kerrigan joins the Rose Brand sales team in the New Jersey office. Kerrigan has spent many years as a project manager at Global Scenic Services, Showman Fabricators and other organizations.
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Tour: Robert Plant Presents Sensational Space Shifters
2013 Dates: Singapore/Australia/New Zealand March 21-April 11; North America June 20-July 27; UK/Europe Aug. 31-Oct. 31.
Design: “Minimalistic. With just 12 feet of truck space, the tour counts on filling front and back trusses with local gear and 14 moving lights. Plant always wants par cans as side light; he loves the ‘70s feel. But at some points he wants psychedelic looks. As this tour would travel to South America with active crowds, Plant thought ‘let’s do some flash, some fun’ in the lighting looks to appeal to dance-oriented crowds.”
HOUSTON – For 20 shows, 20 days and 20 lighting designers, Green Hippo’s Hippotizer saddled up at Houston’s Reliant Stadium and went the distance at this year’s Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The annual Texas extravaganza featured nightly concerts by some of the biggest names in music, enhanced by video content wrangled and programmed by John Dickson of LD Systems in Houston.
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