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Toby Velazquez Named President of ADJ, Elation and Acclaim Lighting

Toby Velazquez

Toby Velazquez Named President of ADJ, Elation and Acclaim Lighting

LOS ANGELES — Chuck Davies, founder and CEO of the ADJ Group, announced that Toby Velazquez has been named president of ADJ, Elation and Acclaim Lighting. Velazquez, who joined the company shortly after it was started in 1985, has served the ADJ Group in a wide variety of capacities and has made critical contributions to its growth from a small business serving the mobile DJ market to an international leader in the lighting industry.

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Norah Jones in Mumbai. Photo Mcgriff Mascarenhas

PR Lighting Backs Norah Jones’ India Debut

MUMBAI – When Norah Jones, daughter of Ravi Shankar, made her first ever appearance in India — at A Summer’s Day Festival in Mumbai — around 8,000 fans turned up at the Mahalaxmi Race Course to cheer her on. To enhance her stage, local company E2Tech supplied 24 of PR Lighting’s new XLED 1037 moving heads with zoom.

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Emeli Sande

HSL Lights Emeli Sandé’s Tour

BLACKBURN, UK – HSL supplied LD Neil Carson with full lighting production for Brit Award winning singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé’s most recent UK tour, together with a ‘specials’ package for the European section. Sande most recently performed for both opening and closing ceremonies at the Summer Olympics in London.

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Chromlech Elidy on Pink; Photo by Todd Kaplan

Chromlech Elidy Tours with Pink

FRANCE – Chromlech’s new Elidy LED matrix fixture is touring the world on Pink’s “The Truth About Love” tour. Production and lighting designers, Halpin and Chris Nyfield of Silent House Productions chose to incorporate 40 of Chromlech’s Elidy into their lighting design. Based around a single projector of 25 (5×5) LEDs, Elidy is modular in form and can be assembled to form up to 225 LEDs (1 sq/m) and arranged into shapes, screens, columns and even angled forms.

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Spotline hoist

Creative Conners Spotline Hoist

WARREN, RI – Creative Conners, Inc. – which makes scenic automation equipment for live performances – has released its new Spotline hoist, designed specifically for safe and easy vertical lifting. “Our customers have been using our Pushstick winch in combination with a counterweight assist rig to safely handle vertical lifting and elevators, but with Spotline’s built-in safety features, they can skip the counterweight assist and and just rig it,” says Gareth Conner, founder/president of Creative Conners.

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