AMMAN, Jordan – TriTec AV used Clay Paky gear to light a concert performance by R&B singer/songwriter Akon last year. The show, hosted by The Arabian Journal and organized by Young Modes, was themed, "Party Like Never Before." Honorary guest Melissa Feat opened the concert.
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And now a word from Terry Lowe, the publisher of what you're reading – and how it did not exist 10 years and one month ago. "Many of our competitors tried to spin it that we were just a flash in the pan, but 10 years later we're still cranking out the magazine and continuing to be important to those in the lighting and staging industry."
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KIEV, Ukraine – The 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest featured competitors form 13 countries, and the live broadcast was seen by an estimated 13 million viewers. LD Per Sundin used wysiwyg to previsualize the rig at the Palace of Sports in Kiev.
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LONDON – White Light is supplying the lighting gear for Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, The Phantom of the Opera.
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Stage Research's License Server, new software that allocates licenses on demand for network users, runs on a central computer server to manage concurrent use of any Stage Research product.
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SINGAPORE – Craig Burridge, technical director for St James Holdings, parent company of Bellini Grande Pte. Ltd., specified eight Robe DigitalSpots and a moving light rig for the main room of the Bellini Grande jazz entertainment and dance club.
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TAMPA, FL – After a somewhat checkered past, the 17,000 square foot Ritz Ybor in Tampa's historic cigar-making district was restored as a multi-use facility for the performing arts and other functions in 2008. The venue's lighting designer, Brett Lorins, updated the original plan for a PAR can dominated rig to one including LEDs from Chauvet.
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UPPSALA, Sweden – The Upsala Nya Tidning (UNT), a Swedish newspaper, has a new visitor center that uses a Medialon system for a Media Center and also for conference facilities. PolyVision Teknik served as A/V system integrator for the project.
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PARIS – Le Queen nightclub upgrading its lighting recently with a two-pronged goal: to keep the party spirit in place, but also keep the lighting rig and its operation as simple as possible. The club management chose a mix of Martin MAC 250 Beam, MAC 250 Krypton and MaxModules for the job.
Read More »BOSTON – JCALPRO made a $1,000 donation to support relief efforts in Haiti. A matched joint donation was also made in association with The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) and the American Library Association (ALA), which held its 2010 Midwinter Meeting at the MCCA.
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JERSEY, U.K. – A new grandMA2 light console has been installed at Jersey Opera House, specified by Simon Francklin, technical manager and supplied by Stage Electrics.
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NASHVILLE, TN and BIRMINGHAM, AL – Media Visions, a Daktronics rental partner, rang in the New Year with Daktronics PST displays at Nashville's "Music City Bash on Broadway" and the Papajohns.com Street Festival and Pep Rally in Birmingham.
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