LONDON and LAS VEGAS — This year Le Maitre, a leading provider of pyro and special effects, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The company was founded in 1977 by Rick Wilson and Harold Berlinski, and Karen Cornacchia joined three years later. Back then, the main products were mirror balls, the Pea Souper dry ice machine and PyroFlash effects along with the company’s two-way controllers.
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JOHANNESBURG – MGG provided full technical production support for the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) Annual Convention, which celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Sandton Convention Centre’s Pavilion Venue in Johannesburg. MGG supported the designs from lighting designer Francois van der Merwe from Wizardry Group for both the conference and banquet styled show, providing Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpys and other fixtures.
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LONDON — Stockholm-based heavy metal band Opeth has been rocking some pretty big venues with specially designed shows for NYC (Radio City Music Hall, Oct. 1, 2016), London (Wembley Arena, Nov. 19, 2016) and the Sydney Opera House (Feb. 6, 2017). Although these shows were part of their world tour in support of their Sept. 30, 2016 album release, Sorceress, they featured extended sets with songs from previous albums as well, and doubled the light rig. LD Magnus Boyd turned to Siyan Limited for an assist with the Wembley gig, deploying extra Claypaky fixtures, new Aryrton units and grandMA2 consoles for control, all of which were sourced in the U.K. via Ambersphere Solutions.
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JERUSALEM – ‘I Am Jerusalem’ is a new multimedia interactive experience designed to welcome visitors to one of the most famous cities in the world, offering a fast-moving history and snapshots explaining how cultural diversity is fundamental to the dynamics and development of life in this vibrant gateway to the Middle East. Robe Pointes moving lights were specified by the installation division of Danor Theatre & Studio Systems as part of the entertainment lighting scheme in the theatre which features 270 degree wrap-around HD video and a video ceiling.
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ATLANTA — Visional Productions, an Atlanta-based design company, used three custom-built media servers running Avolites Ai V9.1 software and an Avolites Quartz console to control and live-edit a mix of pre-recorded content and live-streamed video at an annual three-day Christian youth conference. The event, Passion 2017, which took place Jan. 2-4 in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, drew audiences of 50,000 young adults from around the globe.
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LAS VEGAS – For two special Maroon 5 concerts at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Dec. 30-31, LD Brian Jenkins, who has been handling programming duties in fulfillment of Roy Bennett’s tour design, came up with some new looks using GLP’s X4 Bar 20 fixtures.
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MERRILLVILLE, IN — For Dennis DeYoung’s Feb. 11 show at the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, IN, LD Matthew Ryan made good use of a tour rig augmented with fixtures from JR Lighting Design that included Rogue RH1 Hybrids from Chauvet Professional.
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TORONTO — Zeds Dead, the duo comprised of “DC” (Dylan Mamid) and “Hooks” (Zachary Rapp-Rovan), got a visual assist for their tour in support of their debut album, Northern Lights, from LD Tom Campbell, who used Avolites’ Sapphire Touch console to control the looks.
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ST. LOUIS, MO – Altman Lighting will be welcoming visitors to its booth 1100 at the USITT show In St. Louis with a range of products including their convection-cooled PHX 150W LED profile (pictured here), the Mains-Dimmable Pegasus LED Fresnel, the Chalice LED series of pendant house light luminaires, plus the complete family of Gallery 50W LED architectural luminaires.
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OAKLAND, CA — Friends of the late production and tour manager Benny Collins have announced plans for a memorial service, “A Celebration of a Life Well Lived.” The event is set for Saturday, April 1, 2017, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Fox Theater Oakland, 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA. 94612
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ST. LOUIS, MO – Continuing its commitment to supporting students and educators, ETC is packing this year’s USITT tradeshow with activity. Product trainings; educational sessions; new-product demos on stands 114, 214 and 314; and the popular Student Session are just a portion of what ETC will offer at USITT, March 9th to 11th, in St. Louis, MO. Among the featured products: the company’s Gio @5 lighting-control desk, pictured here.
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HOUSTON — LD Bob Barnhart, who has lent his talents to 19 Super Bowl Halftime Shows, included Claypaky Mythos and Sharpy fixtures in the rig used to light Lady Gaga at Super Bowl LI. Barnhart used 56 Mythos on field truss set against the upstage wall below the first row of seats. The lights were positioned on 2.5-foot spacings from the center of the field out to the 20 yard lines. A grandMA2 console also controlled a portion of the lighting complement at Houston’s NRG Stadium.
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