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Altinex Names Grant Cossey VP of Sales

Grant Cossey

Altinex Names Grant Cossey VP of Sales

BREA, CA – Altinex named 15-year AV veteran Grant Cossey vice president, sales. He is based at the company’s corporate headquarters here. Prior to Altinex, Cossey served as the national sales manager for Presentation Switchers, Inc. Cossey has also worked as senior sales manager for Southland Technology, Inc. and as west coast business unit manager for Karcher Group, Inc., west coast regional manager for Analog Way, Inc., and regional manager for Anderson Audio Visual, Inc.

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Stages Consultants Forms for Theatrical Design Focus

HIGHLAND PARK, NJ – Industry veterans Damian Doria and Alec Stoll have formed Stages Consultants, a theatre planning and design practice. The firm opened Jan. 3 with the focus on full-service consultation on theatre and acoustic design. Stages’ principals have nearly 40 years of consulting experience and another 30 in the performing arts industry.

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LD Tony Fransen

Jands Vista T2 Controls Sara Bareilles Tour

LOS ANGELES – LD Tony Fransen is controlling Sara Bareilles’ U.S. tour with a Jands Vista T2 lighting console, using his iPad as a remote. The band has opened for Sugarland and headlines their own shows as well. Theatrical Lighting Services (TLS) is supplying the Vista T2 and touring packages from their Nashville office.

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American DJ Mega Tripar Profile

American DJ Mega TRIPAR Profile

American DJ’s Mega TRIPAR Profile has a “sit-flat” design similar to the company’s Mega Par Profile, but the TRIPAR Profile been upgraded with Tri-Color LEDs for RGB color blending. Powered by five 3W 3-in-1 Tri LEDs (red, green and blue), the Mega TRIPAR Profile promises ultra-bright colors that are more smoothly blended than those created by par cans with single-color LEDs. Its Tri-Color LED technology also promises to eliminate the RGB shadows often associated with single-color LED lamps.

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Iluminarc Ilumiline 36 IP

Iluminarc Ilumiline 36 IP

The Iluminarc Ilumiline 36 IP linear LED architectural wash light has IP 67 rating and features 36 one-watt RGB LEDs with three lens options: 15, 30 or 60-by-10 degrees. The fixture measures 3.2 feet long by 2.7 inches wide by 4 inches deep and is well-suited for use within tight spaces or to highlighting artwork and wall hangings, mantels or textured walls.

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Robinson Crusoe

HSL Supplies Robinson Crusoe Panto

LONDON – Panto veteran Nick Richings was designing his first Robinson Crusoe production since 1981, so he had plenty of ideas to bring to the table for this year’s 38-show run. It was requested he make the lighting look like a rock show and fill the large space both onstage and in the auditorium. Ian Westbrook designed the set. HSL supplied and installed the full mother grid, the flying system and lighting.

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Joe Labero

Martin MAC Auras Highlight Magic Show in Thailand

AARHUS, Denmark – LD Palle Palme is the first to use Martin Professional’s MAC Aura in Thaland. Palme chose 18 Auras to make his own magic in the rig for Swedish magician Joe Labero. The magic show entertains five nights per week, two shows per night, requiring a stable lighting rig, Palme says. Orange Events in Kuala Lumpur supplied the gear.

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Helsinki Music Centre

ETC Controls Helsinki Music Centre’s Lighting

MIDDLETON, WI – With seven stages but few on the lighting staff, Helsinki Music Centre turned to three ETC Unison Paradigms to integrate its lighting control. They wanted non-technical persons – such as orchestra members, stage managers and even music students – to be able to use the show lighting in the halls for rehearsals and concerts.

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DDT

Russian Rockers DDT Tour with Martin Gear

AARHUS, Denmark – Russian band DDT toured across Russia, former Soviet countries and Europe in 2011 and continue into 2012 with a Martin rig. Stage and lighting designer Andrejs Dubkovs of Lumen Art Division spec’d MAC III series and MAC 2000 series fixtures along with MAC 700 Washes and MAC 301 Wash luminaires.

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