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Event Safety Alliance Preparing for 2016 Severe Weather Summit

Severe Weather Summit

Event Safety Alliance Preparing for 2016 Severe Weather Summit

NORMAN, OK — Touted as a weather contingency planning workshop for live event professionals, the Severe Weather Summit takes place on March 8-9, 2016. Presented by the Event Safety Alliance in cooperation with the National Weather Center and sponsored by WDT/Weather Ops, the event invites everyone in our business to attend and further their education. The summit features experts from the National Weather Service and industry leading weather forecasting companies.

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Hope Church in Memphis

Hope Church in Memphis Using MA Lighting dot2 Console, Clay Paky B-EYE K20 Fixtures

MEMPHIS, TN – Hope Church in Memphis, TN expanded on its already impressive AV capabilities within its 5,000-seat sanctuary with a dot2 XL-F console with built-in fader wing from MA Lighting and four Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 lighting fixtures.  Both brands are distributed in North America exclusively by A.C.T Lighting, Inc. The Nashville office of 4Wall Entertainment Lighting handled the lighting and associated rigging install.

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On Your Feet production photo by Matthew Murphy

For Broadway’s ‘On Your Feet,’ Ken Posner Opts for Chauvet DJ LEDs

NEW YORK – For the Broadway production, On Your Feet, which features the music of Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, LD Ken Posner relied heavily on Chauvet DJ’s Intimidator Beam LED 350 moving fixtures, including 59 of the fixtures in the rig. The fixtures helped Posner tackle a major challenge in creating the lighting design – replicating the concert world on a Broadway stage, which doesn’t have nearly the space of a touring venue.

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Mill City Museum

Minnesota Museums Get AV Assist from Alcorn McBride Gear

MINNEAPOLIS – There are many entertaining and informative places to visit while in the Twin Cities. Mill City Museum (pictured here) and the Minnesota History Center offer visitors and residents alike a chance to experience Minneapolis and St. Paul’s rich history.  Their interpretive and interactive exhibits are driven by Alcorn McBride audio, video and show control equipment.

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Curtain Up: Celebrating 40 Years of Theatre in London and New York at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

London’s “Curtain Up” Exhibition Celebrates U.K., U.S. Theatre Production with White Light Assist

LONDON – Curtain Up: Celebrating 40 Years of Theatre in London and New York at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, celebrates the extraordinary story of theatre in both London’s West End and New York’s Broadway. Created in partnership with The Society of London Theatre, the V&A and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, it explores the craftsmanship that goes into creating award-winning plays, musicals and productions.

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Primetime owner Patrick Michiels and Fritz Abrahams

Dutch Rental Company Primetime Rises from the Ashes with Elation Fixtures

CUIJK, The Netherlands – Dutch rental company Primetime Eventtechniek + Inrichting lost everything in a major fire last August that reduced their building to ashes. Devastated yet undeterred by the major setback, Primetime owner Patrick Michiels vowed to rebuild and wasted no time getting the company back on its feet with an admirable “full speed ahead” attitude and the recent acquisition of an Elation Professional lighting package. Michiels is pictured here (left) with Fritz Abrahams, owner of Elation partner Fritz-Events.

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Grande Stade de Lyon in France

Stadium Opens in Lyon, France with Lighting Display Featuring 230+ Robe Fixtures

LYON, France – A total of 232 Robe moving lights – including 80 BMFL Blades, 70 LEDWash 1200s, 84  Pointes and eight LEDWash 300s – were part of a colorful opening ceremony for the new 415 million euro Grande Stade de Lyon in France. Lighting designer Tony Anzalone was working for Lyon based GL events Audiovisual, who coordinated and supplied the high profile event’s technical production.The grand opening show featured a high energy son et lumière with a cast of 1500 people culminated in a show-stopping performance by rapper will.i.am.

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