ETCP Recognized Participants Reach 200
NEW YORK – ETCP, a PLASA initiative created to promote industry safety, announces that the Recognized Contractor/Employer/Labor Provider Program now has more than 200 participants.
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Mojo Barriers Supply Finland’s Rock the Beach
FINLAND – Mojo Barriers kept the crowds safe with its second generation barrier system at the first ‘Rock the Beach’ festival, held June 26-29 on Finland’s Hietaniemi Beach. More than 51,000 people enjoyed the inaugural event, with headliners Green Day, Queens of the Stone Age, 30 Seconds to Mars and Rammstein. Mojo Barriers’ Finnish distributor Roudaamo Event Warehouse installed more than 300m (984 ft) of black aluminum barrier configured across three stages.
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Staging Concepts’ Premium Portable Seating
MINNEAPOLIS – Staging Concepts is now offering a new line of luxury portable seating. Designed for style and comfort, the Clarin by Hussey Seating Premium Series is made to give all spectators a first-rate experience, whether it’s the courtside of an NBA facility or a section of a concert venue or black box theater.
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Prolyte Presents New Corner Type
LEEK, The Netherlands – Prolyte introduces a new corner type: H30D-C039. The new corner is a three-way corner where the downward leg is placed in… Read More »Prolyte Presents New Corner Type
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Clay Paky Goes for Gold at Mediterranean Games
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Istanbul-based event engineering company Phantom has supplied a team of Clay Paky Alpha, A.Leda, and Sharpy fixtures to light the 2013 Mediterranean Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Eighteen months of preparation culminated in the June 20 Opening Ceremony of the 17th Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. LD Jean-François Bonnement from Paris-based visual arts company Concept K specified more than 400 Clay Paky fixtures in his design.
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UEP Produces Chilfest to Celebrate 15 Years in Business
TRING, UK – The first music festival to be promoted by an industry technical production company – Chilfest by Universal Event Productions (UEP) – was declared a success. UEP’s Steve Butcher – who came up with the idea to celebrate the company’s 15th birthday – was “completely blown away” with the response and the outcome. They supplied sound, lighting and video equipment and design for the two-day show.
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‘Neon Boneyard’ Shines Light on Classic Vegas with 4Wall
LAS VEGAS – The Neon Museum, founded in 1996, displays neon sign relics of the city’s past in an outdoor exhibition space known as the “Neon Boneyard.” Tourists and locals alike have long been able to visit the downtown exhibit, albeit during the day. That changed this spring when the 4Wall Systems team added lighting to the signs to transform the Boneyard into a space fitting of its Vegas nightlife heritage.
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Entec Supplies Portishead Tour Lighting
LONDON – London rental company Entec Sound & Light supplied a ‘specials’ package to LD Tony Austin for the latest tour by Portishead, which followed up on shows earlier in the year by the Bristol band. This most recent series of gigs culminated with their Friday night headline slot on The Other Stage at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, a performance preceded by warm-up shows in Scandinavia and The Netherlands.
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Onstage Systems Leads Projection Mapping Event at Dallas’ Perot Museum
DALLAS – Onstage Systems led a projection mapping project recently at the nationally-recognized $185 million Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas for a social event. The June 8 celebration marked a founding member’s birthday – and the first event held outdoors on the main patio at the new facility. The Dallas-based concert and special events production company provided lighting and sound design, with a nature-themed projection mapping and animation as the event highlight.
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Rosco’s Stan Schwartz Sends Goodbye Message
STAMFORD, CT – “Thanks for the memories,” writes Stan Schwartz, Rosco’s executive vice president for more than three decades. Now approaching retirement and taking on the role as VP/marketing-emeritus, Schwartz sent out a thank you letter to customers with a look back at his career highlights.
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Chris Patton Joins A.C.T Lighting Sales Team
LOS ANGELES – Lighting distributor A.C.T Lighting has announced that Chris Patton has joined the company’s sales team, and will concentrate in permanent installations and system sales. Most recently, Patton worked at Global Design Solutions (GDS). He was also a lead follow spot operator for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games in London.
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Philips Notes Recent Applications, Videos for Showline Products
DALLAS — Philips Entertainment has announced a variety of applications along with videos featuring its expanded Showline range of LED luminaires, including use of the company’s products for the Latin Grammy Awards, pictured here. All Showline products are designed to work together with uniform color, dimming, and operating characteristics for concert touring, theatre, television, motion pictures and corporate events.
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