SYRACUSE, NY—J. R. Clancy, Inc., has named Anthony Seifritz to the new position of backstage service specialist to ensure safety backstage for customers. During his 25-year career with J.R. Clancy, Seifritz’s recent projects have included large automated rigging systems for Centro Cultural Corpartes in Santiago, Chile and Messiah College in Grantham, PA.
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ORLANDO – To meet market demand for Martin Professional’s M2GO lighting controller, Christie Lites has purchased 200 of the compact consoles for its rental inventory.
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REGINA, Saskatchewan — A crew member working at the Brandt Centre here was taken by ambulance to Regina’s Pasqua Hospital after suffering unspecified injuries from a fall from the stage early Friday, April 19. The worker was part of the team preparing the venue for the 2013 Juno Awards, which included a gala dinner on April 20 and a televised ceremony with performances April 21.
Read More »Sydney-based Mandylights lighting designers Richard Neville and Alex Grierson were part of the international creative team that lit the world’s tallest building – the 2,722-foot-hight… Read More »Lighting the Burj Khalifa: A Tall Order
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OSLO – Norwegian hip hop/ rap band Karpe Diem played its largest show to date recently at Oslo’s Spektrum Arena. Karpe Diem’s LD Sebastian Ekeberg chose a Martin rig which included some of Martin’s newest products. The show was broadcast on Norwegian TV and will appear on a future DVD release by the band.
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – Pacific Coast Entertainment has moved to a new 30,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Huntington Beach with the official launch of PCE Scenic Studios, a full-service scenic design and set construction facility. The expansion will allow PCE to hire more warehouse and administrative staff, and add more AV, lighting and staging inventory.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil – Robe moving lights were featured on the two main stages of the 2013 Brazilian Lollapalooza Festival at São Paulo’s Jockey Club. The principal lighting contractor was São Paulo-based LPL Professional Lighting. Artists rocking the main stages stages included The Flaming Lips, Deadmau5, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Queens of the Stone Age, Kaiser Chiefs, Pearl Jam and more.
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LOS ANGELES – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs supplied the high resolution LED video panels and a video tech crew for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies, held April 18 in Los Angeles. The set, designed by Bruce Rodgers, featured a video wall of 387 digiLED MC7 LED video panels, which spanned the stage at 65 feet wide and 15 feet tall. The event airs on HBO in May.
Read More »BOSTON — Numerous concert, theatre and sports events were canceled in the immediate aftermath of the two Boston Marathon bombings on April 15 and again as the city’s manhunt intensified before the two bombing suspects were killed and captured April 19. That lockdown included a shutdown of virtually all municipal and regional mass transit.
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BAD KLEINKIRCHHEIM, Austria – Clay Paky lights starred on entertainment pop music show, “Wenn die Musi Spielt,” broadcast live by the German public television network. The event took place outdoors on an open air stage in an Austrian ski resort, where the lighting was successfully challenged by an environment of snow and ice.
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ARGYLE, TX – GoVision LP has promoted Justin Eaton to the new position of vice president, production services. Eaton is credited with building the company’s operations virtually from scratch and designing most of its technology infrastructure over his 10-year tenure.
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TORONTO – Cast Software’s lighting design suite, wysiwyg Perform, is a crucial component of the system used to illuminate medieval sets on HBO’s TV show, ‘Game of Thrones.’
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