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SGM in Wonderland

Wonderland with X-5 strobes

SGM in Wonderland

REGGIO EMILIA, Italy – Entertainment group No Saints has added SGM lighting products to its string of four Wonder-branded nightclubs in the UK. Cosmic Electronics installed the equipment, including 10 new SGM X-5 white LED strobes and a quantity of SGM moving heads.

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Launch

Electrosonic Helps Convey Excitement of Lunar Launch at Apollo/Saturn V Center

LOS ANGELES – Visitors to Orlando’s Apollo/Saturn V Center get an inside look at what it was like to be part of the Apollo firing room during the Dec. 21, 1968 countdown of the first manned vehicle to orbit the moon. Electrosonic was contracted by executive producer MAYAD (My Design Inc.) of Orlando, FL, to design the show control and AV equipment installation, integrate show systems between the control room and the supplied lighting and effects systems, and program all new and existing show components. The sight and sound simulation even extend to the benches, which give the audience a special “butt-shaker” effect for the blast off.

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Gates Planetarium

Projectiondesign Makes Stars Twinkle Longer at Planetarium

Fredrikstad, NORWAY – The stars twinkle longer at the Gates Planetarium, thanks to an installation from Norwegian manufacturer projectiondesign. The planetarium, part of the Denver Museum of Science and Nature, has installed six of projectiondesign’s F32 series DLP projectors as part of an upgrade. Their previous 11-projector setup proved unreliable and resulted in a high cost of ownership, and the new equipment provides a solution.

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Journey

Journey Tours with Vari-Lite Gear from Epic Production Technologies

DALLAS – When LD Kevin “Deuce” Christopher and the production team set out to complete the design for Journey’s 2011 tour, he knew that video would be a key component. As the lights would be placed side-by-side to the video, brightness was essential, but he also needed a variety of characteristics to complement the variety of songs.  Christopher chose 44 VL3500 Wash and 28 VL3000 Spot luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite, supplied by Epic Production Technologies.

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Full Compass

Full Compass Gives Tour to Aspiring College Students

MADISON, WI – Full Compass, a provider of professional audio, video, lighting, A/V and musical instrument sales, recently hosted a tour of their facility for aspiring college students. CEO/Owner Jonathan Lipp spoke about the challenges of the industry and offered advice for the students’ future endeavors.

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Moby Dick

ETC EOS Proves Itself a Whale of a Console

MASCOT, Australia – An ETC EOS console is controlling a production of Moby Dick for The State Opera of South Australia. The show is the same show theatrical LD Don Holder originally designed for the Dallas Opera. Holder, unable to make the trip to Australia to oversee the replication, called on associate Gavan Swift to oversee the process. Jands provided an EOS 4000 console, which Swift found easy to work with.

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Russell Howard

ADLIB Finishes Year of Comic Proportions with Russell Howard Tour

LIVERPOOL, UK – ADLIB finished out the year supplying lighting, sound equipment and crew to the final leg of comedian Russell Howard’s “Right Here Right Now” UK arena tour. ADLIB’s LD Ian Tomlinson designed the tour’s lighting. With just Howard and a single chair onstage, the challenge was on to make it an intimate and friendly environment for the delivery of a comedy show in a series of larger venues.

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White's Chapel UMC

Jands Vista Gets Festive at White’s Chapel UMC

DALLAS – Three Jands Vista T2 consoles are controlling lighting and media at White’s Chapel United Methodist Church (UMC) in Dallas, Texas. Church Creative Director Tim Georgeff had his wish of a festive facade carried out with the help of Alford Media’s Steve Alford and local graphic designer David Koss with the show, “Celebrate The Light.” Projected onto the front of the church, the light display drew crowds six times per night leading up to Christmas.

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Don Childs, 1943-2011

In Memoriam: Don Childs, 1943-2011

STILLWATER, OK — Donald J. Childs, 68, a well-known lighting designer, scenic designer and educator, died Dec. 18 from complications following surgery. In a career spanning five decades, Childs designed over 200 plays, musicals, dance concerts and exhibitions for both academic and professional theatres.

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