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ETC Celebrates Thea Award Winners

ETC Celebrates Thea Award Winners

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MIDDLETON, WI– The Themed Entertainment Association recently announced their 2018 Thea award winners. And even with the diversity of winners – including theme parks, museums, visitor centers, and spectaculars – a majority of the winners had one thing in common: Control products from ETC. Overall, ETC had a hand in nine of the Thea Award-winning projects. “We’re delighted for each of our partners recognized with a Thea award, and congratulate the winners on their vision,” said Karl Haas, National Sales Manager for Architecture at ETC.

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PixelFLEX™ Helps Change the Perception of Worship at Shoreline Church

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NASHVILLE,– Located in Destin, Florida, Shoreline Church has always tried to find creative and unique ways to share their message while changing the perception of a typical church. As their congregation has continued to grow, the church recently had the opportunity to continue their ministry vision with the renovation an old nightclub into a modern worship facility. Knowing they wanted to install the technical elements that would allow them to further the creativity of their worship services, they found a key component to their new design in a FLEXLite II 3.9mm LED video system from PixelFLEX™.

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BLIZZARD’S LOOP™ Nabs Inaugural PLSN Gold Star Award for *Best New Eye Candy*

[caption id="attachment_281180" align="alignnone" width="800"]Blizzard Nabs the PLSN Gold Star Award for best eye candy[/caption]

WAUKESHA, WI. – Victory is sweet! Blizzard Lighting’s LOOP™ linear LED moving head chewed its way through gooey, sticky competition and scored PLSN’s 2017 Gold Star Product Award for Best New Eye Candy fixture! Awarded at LDI, the prize adds just a little bit more sweetness to an already delicious product. So what made PLSN’s editors and writers crave LOOP™ so bad? In a word, its flavor.

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Bandit Lites Makes Christmas Magic With Dave Koz 20th Anniversary Tour

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE –  One of the most cherished aspects of the holiday season is the music that connects precious memories with the present, and no one knows that better than Dave Koz who has returned to the stage for the Dave Koz 20th Anniversary Christmas Tour with Special Guests David Benoit, Rick Braun, Peter White and introducing Selina Albright. Chris Lisle Lighting Design relied on Bandit Lites once again for the lighting package to illuminate the acclaimed saxophonist and nine-time Grammy nominee and his friends who reunited as members of the original 1997 cast.

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HARMAN Professional Solutions Opens North America Experience Center in Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES—HARMAN Professional Solutions, the global leader in audio, video, lighting and control systems, including networked AV, today announced the grand opening of the HARMAN Experience Center in Los Angeles. The facility joins a worldwide network of HARMAN Professional Solutions Experience Centers in Singapore, China and soon in London, designed to demonstrate how HARMAN solutions uniquely address customer needs across multiple vertical markets. 

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Christie D Series Redefines 3LCD Value Segment

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Christie is expanding its D Series lineup with three new value-priced single-lamp models, which are available with up to 8100 ISO lumens and both WUXGA and HD resolutions. With a combination of brightness, image quality, lens and resolution choice and a compact form factor, the Christie D Series leads the market in balancing great overall value with the best price point in this projector class. The new Christie D Series projectors offer 65,000:1 contrast ratio, 3,000 hours of lamp life, and easy integration, making them ideal for higher education, business, museums, houses of worship, government facilities, and selected rental and staging venues where they seamlessly integrate into any environment. The D Series models come with a three-year parts and labor warranty and begin shipping this month.

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The perfect gift

Holiday Gift Idea: How About a Ticket to the Parnelli Awards?

LAS VEGAS – If you’re part of the live event production industry, attending the annual Parnelli Awards is the place to be – and be seen. Be front and center as the industry salutes the finest companies and practitioners at the 17th Annual Parnelli Awards. It’s a night of magic where the industry’s greatest stars gather for good drink, good food and the privilege of honoring our very best. And this year, as the Parnelli Awards move to its new home in the Anaheim Hilton, on January 26, 2018 (during the NAMM show), attending this gala fest is more convenient than ever. Best of all, your ticket includes access to the pre-show festivities and cocktails, the dinner and awards ceremony and the exclusive after-party. Better yet, reserve a table for 10 and celebrate with your clients or crew!

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CityTec Sparta Lit with DTS Fixtures

Sparta Stadium, Rotterdam, Revamps its Facade Lighting with HELIOS BRONZE and DRIVENET.

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ROTTERDAM – The Sparta Stadium, also known as ‘The Castle’, is located in the Spangen district of Rotterdam. To celebrate the centenary of its inauguration, the Municipality of Rotterdam commissioned Atelier LEK to create a suitable new lighting design for the original facade of the stadium, considered a city monument. Iris Dijkstra, LD at Atelier LEK, designed a plan for two purposes: traditional and classic lighting during normal days of the week, exuberant and spectacular during special and sport events.

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ACT Lighting Supports Behind the Scenes Through Pledge-a-Product Program

[caption id="attachment_281162" align="alignnone" width="500"]L to R – Jules Lauve, Rick Rudolph (Chair) and Eddie Raymond with Brian Dowd (second from left), Vice President of Sales for ACT Lighting[/caption]

LAS VEGAS – ACT Lighting continued their support for Behind the Scenes with a $5,000 check presentation at LDI. The donation reflects proceeds from the sales of the dot2 series of lighting control solutions from MA Lighting. The dot2 range consists of the lighting consoles: core, XL-F, XL-B; playback expansion wings: F-wing and B-wing; the Node4 1K network output node; onPC console software; and 3D visualization software. Designed for small and mid-sized projects and venues, dot2 offers advanced functionality with outstanding ease-of-use. Full tracking backup is available via plug and play networking. Learn more about the dot2 Series.

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