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Martin MAC Aura

Martin MAC Aura

The Martin Professional MAC Aura is a new compact LED moving head wash light with zoom that offers “eye-candy aura effects.” It also functions as a single-lens wash with fully pre-mixed color. The Aura’s new optical system combines two illumination systems in one luminaire – multicolor beam LEDs and a backlight LED lens array – to produce new visual palette designed to take the synthetic look out of LED wash lights.

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Batman Live

Tait/FTSI Seminar at PLASA Details Production of Batman Live

LONDON — Key members of the Batman Live production team joined Tait Towers staff to reveal the details behind the show at a seminar Sept. 12 during this year’s PLASA exhibition in Earls Court, London. Production director Jake Berry and set designer Es Devlin, who sought out Tait Towers for the ambitious live touring production, were joined at the seminar by James “Winky” Fairorth, president of Tait Towers, along with Dana Bartholomew from Fisher Technical Services (FTSI), also part of the Tait Tower’s group.

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Rose Brand Announces a New Scholarship Program

SECAUCUS, NJ — Rose Brand has announced the Rose Brand Scholarship Program, which is awarded to a student in the amount of $5,000. A Rose Brand credit for $2,500 will also be given to the student’s school to help enhance the theater program. The scholarship is intended for students who wish to pursue a career in scenic design, theater direction, or scenic art.

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Creamfields 2011

Creamfields 2011 Gets an Assist from LarMac Live

DARESBURY, U.K. — The Loudsound-produced dance festival, Creamfields, returned for 2011 with LarMac Live (LML) coordinated technical production for a second year. LML also facilitates production on Rockness, Bestival and other Loundsound-produced events. For Creamfields, production manager Ian “Lar” Greenway played a key role, assisted by Anthony Norris.

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Peter Pan with lighting from PCE

PCE Supports “Peter Pan” with Clay Paky, Elation and ETC Gear

LOS ANGELES — LD Michael Gilliam’s design for McCoy-Rigby’s national touring production of Peter Pan is using Clay Paky, Elation and ETC gear provided by Pacific Coast Entertainment (PCE). Clay Paky’s Sharpy fixture is used to represent Tinkerbell. The rig also uses 14 Elation Design Wash 1400E and 16 Power Spot 700 CMY II fixtures.

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