Skip to content

Pharos Controls Vancouver Landmark

BC Place Stadium

Pharos Controls Vancouver Landmark

VANCOUVER – Vancouver’s BC Place stadium has become a new landmark, due to the new lighting effects system. Controlling the Lumenpulse LED fixtures is a Pharos LPC 60 programmed with the Pharos Designer software. It allows fine-tuned cues to be executed by lighting consoles for big budget halftime shows and by scorekeepers for touchdowns and crowd messages, while allowing building systems to handle the necessary architectural commands and astronomical automation for pre-dawn and after sunset lighting displays.

Read More »

In Memoriam: Eddy Shenker, Jam Industries Co-Chairman

TORONTO — Eddy Shenker, co-chairman of Jam Industries Ltd., died June 11, 2012 after a short battle with cancer. He was 70. Shenker and Marty Golden formed Jam Industries in 1974. During his 38 years with the company, Shenker played a key role in developing it into a unique distribution network made up of 13 Canadian and U.S. divisions.

Read More »
XLED 336

PR Lighting XLED 336

PR Lighting’s XLED 336 is a compact, automated wash light with an 8-degree beam.  Then, with the use of the included diffuser, it can become a 16-degree wash unit in seconds. RGB color mixing is controlled via DMX 512.

Read More »
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Sapsis Sets the Stage for NY Philharmonic

NEW YORK – The New York Philharmonic’s Memorial Day free concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan gets its decorative looks every year from Sapsis Rigging. As there are no hanging points in the cathedral, built back in the late 1800s, Sapsis provides more than a dozen chain hoists for the lighting and row of flags. They also set the stage for the orchestra.

Read More »
Cin'ks 326 HMI

Royal Opera House Installs Robert Juliat HMI Fresnels

LONDON – London’s Royal Opera House has replaced its aging HMI Fresnels with Robert Juliat Cin’k 326 LFV 2.5K HMI Fresnels. The Cin’ks use the same ballasts, header cables and many spare parts as the Robert Juliat D’Artagnan HMI Profiles, which the ROH already had in house, so they say this new acquisition streamlines stock control,makes maintenance easy for them and are aesthetically more pleasing when viewed from the FOH.

Read More »
Parnelli Awards 2012 to be held at Mirage Resort Oct 20

Parnelli Awards To Be Held at Mirage Resort, More than A Dozen Sponsors Announced

LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Board of Advisors announces that the 12th Annual Parnelli Awards will be held Oct. 20 at the Mirage Resort and Casino. To date, more than a dozen sponsors have signed on in support of the annual awards gala. “It’s a big, beautiful room, and it’s the perfect setting for what will be our best awards show yet,” says Parnelli executive producer and PLSN/FOH publisher Terry Lowe. “It’s conveniently close to the convention center where LDI is held, and is certainly suitable for the amazing group of industry pioneers we’ll be honoring that evening.”

Read More »
Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas 2012

High Winds Force Cancellation of Some Electric Daisy Carnival Performances in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Day Two of the three-day Electric Daisy Carnival, held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from dusk to dawn June 8-10, was hampered by winds estimated at 30 mph, with gusts strong enough to kick sand into the air. The high winds had been building since about 8 pm June 9. After meeting with local safety officials, the festival organizer, Insomniac Events, announced a temporary shutdown to the event’s seven stages at about 1 am, and cancelled the event for the night by 2:45 am.

Read More »