CHAUVET Professional Wins 5th WFX New Product Award

DALLAS – The CHAUVET Professional Ovation B-565FC carried on a proud tradition at WFX 2017, when it won Worship Tech Director magazine’s New Product Award for Lighting. The groundbreaking batten luminaire, which was introduced earlier this year, joins four Ovation ellipsoidal LED fixtures that have received the prestigious honor. “We’re humbled and very gratified to receive this award,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet. “Our team has worked extremely hard to understand the needs of the church market, so we can develop products that address those needs in a way that makes economic sense for a house of worship.”

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NEW YORK– Switzerland-based designer Philipp Plein presented his spring and summer 2018 men’s and women’s collections at New York Fashion Week in a runway spectacle that combined A-list entertainment with Plein’s edgy designs.  WorldStage provided lighting for the event that transformed the mammoth Hammerstein Ballroom into a club-style venue for some 3,000 attendees.

LAS VEGAS – Celine Dion’s LD, Yves Aucoin, added Robe MegaPointe multi-purpose moving light fixtures to the rig for the artist’s show at Caesars Palace Colosseum in Las Vegas. This is the first live concert show using MegaPointes in North America, according to Robe. The hard-working Grammy Award winning artist and top selling recording star who offers an accessible mix of pop, soul, rock and R&B is currently playing around 70 shows a year in Las Vegas in a series of three-week stints, and tours other territories in between.

DALLAS – Elation Professional’s new Artiste Dali™ LED moving head won a PLASA Award for Innovation only a short month ago. Now another in the company’s Artiste series, the Artiste DaVinci WH™, has been honored with a New Product Award as the “Best Moving Light” at the WFX Conference & Expo in Dallas. “We are very excited about the Artiste product series and are delighted with the recognition it is getting,” stated Elation Sales Director Eric Loader. “With Artiste DaVinci we put all the design features that creative LDs ask for in a small package.”

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NASHVILLE – American heavy metal band Stone Sour is touring the nation with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The Grammy nominated group recently released its sixth studio album, Hydrograd, which debuted at No. 8 on Billboard’s 200 chart, and appeared at No. 1 in three categories. Lighting designer Julie Cox fashioned a rig that would fit the direction of simple and clean while still packing a powerful punch. By choosing fixtures that would balance truck space, multiple effects and budget, she crafted a multilayered and emphatic design that could complement the powerhouse band’s sound.

NASHVILLE  – Chris Young is rounding out the year with a new album and a tour run that covers the country as part of Jason Aldean’s They Don’t Know tour. Bandit Lites is providing the lighting package for the award winning artist, whose sixth studio album is set to drop this month and features his most recent single, “Losing Sleep.”  Bandit supplied Elation CuePix Blinder WW2 fixtures, Robe Pointes, Ayrton MagicPanels and Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes.