WorldStage Provides Technology and Support for Multi-Part Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards and Live Summit

[caption id="attachment_281298" align="alignnone" width="500"]Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards and Live Summit[/caption]

NEW YORK – Glamour magazine celebrated its 27th Women of the Year Awards at a gala ceremony at Brooklyn’s landmark Kings Theatre, which was preceded by an all-day Women of the Year Live Summit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.  WorldStage marked its twelfth year working with Overland Entertainment supporting the multi-part event with audio, video and lighting.

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NYC – The New World Rigging Symposium, taking place March 13-14, 2018 is in conjunction with the USITT Conference and Stage Expo 2018 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Signing up as the Platinum Sponsor is Stage Rigging, Inc. a diversified theatrical rigging company that provides a full range of specialized rigging services on a global basis for tours, corporate and special events, and expositions. Chris Schmidt, Vice President and General Manager of Stage Rigging, states, “For over 40 years Stage Rigging has been an advocate of rigging standards and education, the New World Rigging Symposium is the perfect event for both.”

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[caption id="attachment_281293" align="alignnone" width="700"]Korn uses Ayrton gear[/caption]

WORLD – Korn lighting designer, Thomas ‘Church’ Christmann is no stranger to the world of Ayrton.  “On my first outing with Ayrton fixtures I was really impressed with the style, the output, the versatility and the beam options they offered me.  I was very happy with what I could achieve with my last design so when the next generation of Ayrton fixtures were launched I jumped at the chance to make my new tour design even bigger, even more flexible and even more exciting.”

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NEW YORK – BML-Blackbird was selected to provide a variety of technical services for the Louis Vuitton “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez” exhibition at the former American Stock Exchange building in lower Manhattan. This was the first open-to-the-public event to be held within the 14-story building since it was vacated on Dec. 1, 2008, after the American Stock Exchange merged with the New York stock exchange and Amex Equities and Options traders moved to NYSE headquarters at 11 Wall Street. The exhibit is free to the public and open until Jan. 7, 2018.

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[caption id="attachment_281288" align="alignnone" width="700"]St Patrick's Church gets assist from Furman[/caption]

PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, – When St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Walla Walla, Washington decided to upgrade their AV system, they asked local integration firm Hoffman Pro Systems for simple control of their new technology. Their previous AV system was difficult to safely power on and off, and they wanted a more manageable process with less effort from their staff. That’s why Hoffman Pro Systems Designer and Project Manager David Lewis turned to Furman.

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ANAHEIM, CA – A special block of rooms has been set aside for all those live event professionals attending the Parnelli Awards gala, to be held Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 during Winter NAMM. Suites and regular rooms at the Hyatt Regency Orange County can be accessed through the ParnelliAwards.com website via the Hotel link on the home page. But hurry – this block of rooms will only be available until Dec. 15, or until the rooms are fully booked.

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LAS VEGAS – A news item on a fatal truck crash posted on PLSN.com on Dec. 4, which was also printed in the Dec. 2017 issue of PLSN magazine, relayed details of the incident posted by local news sources that identified the driver as a member of IATSE. PLSN has since learned from numerous sources that the driver, Daniel Berk, who was charged in the incident and listed in critical condition, was NOT an IATSE member.

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