NEW YORK – Last month, the American National Standards Institute’s Board of Standards Review approved four ESTA standards: two brand-new, safety-related documents and two control protocol documents that were reaffirmed. These and all of ESTA’s published standards are available for free download to everyone, courtesy of ProSight Specialty Insurance, at tsp.esta.org/freestandards, or they may be purchased from ANSI or IHS.
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Hello readers, this month the word “BIG” springs to mind when I think of this issue. It seems that every week, we here at PLSN get a new piece of news across our desk that utters the word’s “Largest” or “Biggest Ever” in the headline.
Of course, this draws my eye every time to see what they are announcing. Half the time it’s a con job, 25 percent of the time the writer actually thought they were really the biggest, and well — sometimes it actually is.
SALT LAKE CITY – Twelve young artists from groups underrepresented in live entertainment production have been selected for USITT’s Gateway mentorship program at USITT 2016 in Salt Lake City March 16 to 19. Pictured here is one of the 12, Shelby Choo, Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle), Technical Direction.
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John McKernon and City Theatrical have announced that Lightwright 6, the newest version of software for managing entertainment lighting paperwork, will be released in April 2016. Lightwright 6 will be launched at USITT 2016 on March 17-19th in Salt Lake City. John McKernon will be on hand all three days to demonstrate the new features and to speak with present and future Lightwright users.
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KARLSBAD, Germany – GLP announced that one of its former senior employees. Dejan Hajdukovic, who had been part of the sales team from 2008-2012, is returning as Sales Managerl Hajdukovic will be based at company headquarters in Karlsbad, Germany.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Contour Veranstaltungsservice GmbH (Event Services) expanded its inventory with a new purchase 30 Clay Paky 100 Show Batten AS units last year. The company supported the visual needs at Wirtschaftstag 2015, an annual business forum that takes place at the Frankfurter Jahrhunderthalle, a convention center in Frankfurt, providing the newly purchased AS units along with 14 Show Batten 100s for that event.
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