JACKSONVILLE, FL — Northern Florida’s Immaculate Conception Catholic Church recently saw an upgrade in gear — the first in three decades — with the addition of about 20 Chauvet fixtures. A selection of Chauvet Professional Ovation E-190WW ellipsoidal-style fixtures, COLORado 1 VW Tour and COLORado 1-Tri Tour PAR wash lights comprise the church’s permanent inventory, used for services and special events.
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CINCINNATI – Chad Kuney of Full Spectrum specified four Robe ColorSpot 250 AT moving lights to illuminate the interactive Shark Bay Ray Dive Theater at Newport Aquarium, just outside Cincinnati, OH. The four ColorSpot 250 ATs are rigged off the ceiling grid at the back of the theatre.
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DALLAS – Philips Strand Lighting introduces the S21 LED Raceway, a configurable power and data distribution system for use with all types of luminaires from LED and moving lights to conventional lighting sources as well.
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NEW YORK CITY – While “Matilda The Musical” packs the house at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre, backstage a grandMA2 console controls the conventional and moving lights, scrollers, LEDs and video cues for Tony Award-winning LD Hugh Vanstone.
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LONDON – Philips Entertainment has formalized its current UK distribution network for its range of Showline LED luminaires. A.C. Entertainment Technologies, Architainment Lighting, Batmink, Flashlight, Stage Electrics and White Light will now hold an agreed amount of Showline stock and provide full technical support for Showline products.
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LONDON – LD Rob Sinclair is using Clay Paky’s Sharpy Wash 330 as the lighting workhorse for the Pet Shop Boys’ “Electric World Tour.” “We specified the Sharpy Washes because I needed an extremely bright workhorse light that was small enough to travel with us on the numerous plane journeys around the world,” says Sinclair. “They’re working great, and we’re very happy with them.”
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ROSKILDE, Denmark — Around 1025 AD, a fierce 120-foot Viking warship of the Danish fleet rode the northern waves. Excavated in 1997 from a Roskilde fjord bed, the ship has now been partly restored. A steel skeleton has been built around its wooden remains. Roskilde 6 makes a new “voyage,” in the National Museum of Denmark’s exhibit Viking, June 22-Nov. 17, 2013. ETC’s Source Four LED fixtures, controlled by an ETC Ion console and Unison Paradigm system, bring the vessel to light.
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AARHUS, Denmark — Harman’s Martin is now certified as an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO), a counter-terrorism and global trade certification, and part of the World Customs Organization’s framework of standards to Secure and Facilitate global trade (SAFE). AEO Certification benefits include easier access to customs simplifications and facilitation with regard to customs controls relating to security.
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LAS VEGAS- Barbara Brennan, formerly of Morpheus Lighting and PRG, is joining the 4Wall Entertainment Systems Division as a systems integrator. Brennan’s career in the entertainment industry spans more than 35 years, beginning with Cinema Services of Las Vegas, where she worked with a variety of clients including casinos, production companies and television networks.
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ITALY – There was a job to finish: the 2011 tour for Vasco Rossi. The Italian rock star from Emilia had health problems, which interrupted his tour. Now there were seven sold-out concerts in two large stadiums – four in Turin and three in Bologna. The stage was designed by Giò Forma. The rig was inspired by the triangular shape of Vasco’s historic logo, around which LD Giovanni Pinna devised the lighting plot. Clay Paky lights dominated the show, including 40 Alpha Spot HPE 1500s, 20 Alpha Profile 1500s, 20 Alpha Beam 1500s and 18 Shotlight Washes.
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NASHVILLE – Leadership Tennessee, an initiative of the Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership, is designed to bring business, nonprofit, education and government leaders together to discuss emerging challenges and opportunities. Michael T. Strickland, founder and chair of Bandit Lites, is among those in the program’s inaugural class.
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