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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WARSAW, Poland — Warsaw’s skyline became more colorful when the central tower for the city’s Palace of Culture and Science received a lighting update from Prolight, using Griven Powershine D RGBW fixtures controlled by Wireless Solution’s W-DMX.
Read More »MIAMI — In January of 2011, HD House experienced a rental company’s worst nightmare: a new customer, whom they fully vetted and researched, stole $255,000 worth of their equipment in a single day.
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The StacoVAR mini from Staco Energy Products is an automatic power factor correction bank that lets users maintain the desired power factor level through the use of a microprocessor-based controller that adjusts to system load conditions. StacoVAR mini is designed to accurately regulate power factor automatically, making it well-suited where there are power factor penalties. It’s also engineered with a compact size and footprint.
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LONDON — LD Tom Kenny designed the original lighting scheme for Roger Daltrey’s U.K. tour, which features songs from The Who’s rock opera, Tommy. But Kenny was busy with prior commitments in the U.S., and had LD Dave Farmer step in.
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ORLANDO, FL — LMG Touring is currently on the road with Maroon 5 and Train on their summer tour through North America, which kicked off in late July in California. The tour was set to hit over 40 cities including Las Vegas, Nashville, Phoenix, Tampa, Winnipeg, and Dallas.
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PASADENA, CA — Pete’s Big TVs is providing visual support for the 33rd annual An Evening of the Stars benefit for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). The show was taped at the Pasadena Civic Center Aug. 14 and will be broadcast on the BET Network on Sept. 25.
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MIDLAND, TX — Tomcat named Scott Johnson project manager. Prior to Tomcat, Johnson was senior design engineer at James Thomas Engineering, where he worked for almost 11 years. As such, Johnson has considerable experience and knowledge of production drawings, special projects, custom installs & training, advertising and marketing, customer service and solutions.
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