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Gordon ‘Gordo’ Hyndford Joins Epic Team

OXNARD, CA – Gordon ‘Gordo’ Hyndford has joined Epic Production Technologies as Senior Account Executive. Hyndford brings more than 30 years of industry relationships and experience to the company, including a number of years working with Ed & Ted’s Excellent Lighting (one of two founding companies of Epic). ?Hyndford is working at Epic’s Southern California facility in Oxnard.

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Academy Awards 2012

Rose Brand’s Curtain Call for Academy Awards

SECAUCUS, NJ – The 2012 Academy Awards featured a main drape fabricated from Rose Brand. The drape was made out of 21 oz. Marvel and custom sewn in Rose Brand’s West Coast facility. The drape featured 204 hand-sewn, jeweled medallions and a 4-foot-8-inch trim band. It was also sewn with 150 percent fullness.

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Katy Perry

Clay Paky Fixtures Go Dreamin’ with Katy Perry

Bergamo, Italy – LD Baz Halpin used Clay Paky Sharpys and Alpha Beam 700 automated spotlights on the US leg of Katy Perry’s “California Dreams” tour.  Katy’s tour was set in a ‘Candyfornia’ world that was colorful and thematically-inspired, Halpin said. He used the 16 Sharpys along the perimeter of the stage, while the Alpha Beam 700s were the “multipurpose workhorses.”

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Golden Triangle Church On The Rock

Elation Beams Brighten Night of Worship

BEAUMONT, TX  – The Golden Triangle Church On The Rock annually offers a city-wide Night Of Worship event featuring local musicians and prayer leaders. LD Josh Beard selected Elation’s Platinum Beam 5R DMX moving heads from rental company Deep South Productions to light up the 2,000-seat auditorium.

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Phish

MAC III Profiles Go Phishing

AARHUS, DENMARK – Phish LD Chris Kuroda has used Martin’s 1500-watt MAC III Profile on Phish shows since 2009. The second Phish tour using the fixture wrapped up in December. Kuroda had 45 MAC III Profiles placed liberally across the set as a spot fixture for beam looks and aerials, and for graphics and gobos onto scrims.

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Swank Audio Visuals Annual National Leadership Meeting with Analog Way systems

Swank Audio Visuals Using Analog Way Gear

ST. LOUIS — Swank Audio Visuals has turned to a lot of different technologies for its clients since it was founded here in 1937. Now providing an AV assist to more than 375 resorts and hotels, the company recently upgraded its arsenal of gear with new Analog Way processing and switching systems.

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Stage Technologies

Stage Technologies Automation Training Courses Set

LONDON – Stage Technologies announces the 2012 schedule of training courses taking place in March, June and September at its London office. The suite of hands-on events includes “A Beginner’s Introduction to Automation,” “An Introduction to Stage Technologies’ eChameleon Software,” and “Chameleon 5 to eChameleon Conversion Course.”

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Helix

Robe’s Light Play on Glass Helix Sculpture

BLOOMINGDALE, IL – Robe lighting is illuminating a 20 ft. high triple helix glass sculpture, which is suspended in the new Rotunda entrance of the Joyce Eichhorn Ames School of Art in Bloomingdale, IL. The Helix appears to spin because of the interplay from the Robe lighting and natural sunlight coming in through the Rotunda glass.

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The Young Turks set

4Wall, Feldman Light TV’s “The Young Turks”

Culver City, CA – The “Rebel Headquarters” of The Young Turks television show is not exactly an easy space for a lighting designer to create a conventional grid. LD Dave Feldman, tasked with lighting the webisode and TV episodes, chose lighting gear from 4Wall Entertainment Los Angeles for his 360-degree set filming.

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