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Clearwing Lights Summerfest Stages in Milwaukee with 76 Martin MAC Axiom Hybrid Fixtures

The fixtures were used on six of the mega-festival's stages, including the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard stage, pictured here.

Clearwing Lights Summerfest Stages in Milwaukee with 76 Martin MAC Axiom Hybrid Fixtures

MILWAUKEE— Clearwing Productions augmented its rental lighting inventory with 76 new Martin MAC Axiom Hybrids and deployed them, along with other fixtures, in the rigs for many of the stages of the biggest annual music festival in the world, Summerfest. They were used on six of the festival’s 11 permanent stages, playing a prominent role in the lighting for the BMO Harris Pavilion, the Miller Lite Oasis and the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard stage, among others.

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The Aquarium in Nanchang, China. It is one of the attractions in the new Wanda Cultural Tourism City.

Wanda Cultural Tourism City Opens in Nanchang, China with Alcorn McBride Equipment for Show Control

NANCHANG, China – The Wanda Cultural Tourism City complex in Nanchang, China packs a theme park, movie park, aquarium, hotels and retail stores within an area measuring two square kilometers. It is expected to attract 10 million visitors a year to the southeastern Chinese city. The Flying Theater and Interactive Theater in the Wanda Movie Park and the Domed Theater in the Wanda Aquarium feature Alcorn McBride A/V, lighting and show control equipment. 

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Moving pods were loaded with Elation SIXPAR 200s and Clay Paky Sharpys. Other fixtures in the rig included Martin MAC Vipers, Clay Paky Mythos and more Sharpys - 68 in all.

HSL Supplies Chris Brown’s ‘One Hell of a Nite’ in Europe

DUBLIN – HSL supplied lighting, rigging and a Kinesys automation system for the European leg of Chris Brown’s “One Hell of a Nite” tour, working for production designer and manager Tom E. Marzullo from Out Of Our Minds Creative Services, LLC. HSL project managers John Slevin and Jordan Hanson coordinated everything for the Blackburn, U.K.-based rental company and ensured that the production design, created collectively by Tom E with input from Christie Lites’ Robert Roth and Robert Achlimbari from All Access, was supplied with all the lighting, rigging and automation elements it needed. The Europen shows took place in May and June, 2016.

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Philip Harting, CEO and General Partner (center) attended the grand opening.

Harting North America Expands into Mexico

ELGIN, IL and MEXICO CITY – In late July, Harting North America opened a sales office in Mexico City and a manufacturing facility in Silao, Mexico,  The Mexico City office is in the Miguel Hidalgo borough, in the Torre Virreyes skyscraper center. The manufacturing plant, the company’s 14th, opened a day later in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, about 375km northwest of Mexico City. The formal name for the Mexico-based business unit is Harting Mexico Sales S.A. de C.V.

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Evolve Media

Evolve Media Group Announces New Location In Las Vegas

ORLANDO, FL — After expanding its Southeast reach from Orlando, Florida, to Atlanta, Georgia, just a few short years ago, Evolve Media Group has grown again, opening a third location in one of the busiest convention destinations in the world, Las Vegas, Nevada. “We’ve always served a broad US market, but West Coast destinations were always slightly challenging,” said Tyler Mayne, CEO of Evolve Media Group.  “With Evolve West Coast now open in Las Vegas, the sky’s the limit.”

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Sarah Connor tour photo by Ralph Larmann

LD Bertil Mark Uses GLP X4 Fixtures and Battens for Sarah Connor Tour

SAARBRUCKEN, Germany — LD and production designer Bertil Mark has been crafting the looks for German pop and R&B singer Sarah Connor’s recent shows using a combination of GLP’s X4 (Tunable White) LED fixtures and 32 of the new X4 Bar 20 battens. Connor has been touring in support of her most recent album, Muttersprache (Mother Tongue), which has gone triple platinum since its release in May 2015.

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