MOONACHIE, NJ – 4Wall New York is hosting mini classes on LEDs, moving lights, consoles, color theory and more for students, parents and teachers who are interested in entertainment lighting. The event, originally set from 9 am to 12:30 pm. on Jan. 23, 2016, has been postponed to Jan. 30.
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Leica Geosystems’ DISTO laser distance meters and LINO self-leveling lasers promise to improve live entertainment production productivity and efficiency while delivering pinpoint accurate data to 1/16th of an inch. The products are now available via Mountain Productions’s online Rigging Shop (shopmtn.com). Almost every aspect of entertainment production requires precise measurement data, from site surveys to rigging points.
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MANCHESTER, UK – Lighting designer Oliver Suckling served up the visuals for a NYE lineup at Sankeys Warehouse in Manchester that included Fat Boy Slim and Basement Jaxx (pictured here), among others. Suckling made good use of ADJ fixtures in the rig, including 40 Vizi Beam 5RXs and 38 Inno Color Beam Quad7s.
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LONDON– Behind the scenes at NBC’s The Wiz Live, an LED back wall formed the scenic backdrop; three LED portals opened and closed and an extensive amount of automated scenery tracked in and out. d3 Technologies also played a key role in bringing Dorothy’s journey to Oz to life for a new generation of viewers.
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GLASGOW, Scotland – HSL supplied lighting for more than 30 holiday pantomime productions all across the UK. Many of the shows were produced by Qdos. In addition to lighting gear, HSL supplied rigging and a Kinesys automation system for the largest show, Peter Pan, which was staged at the 3,000 seat Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow.
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ZURICH – Two leading Croatian music acts – rock band Prljavo Kazalište and pop singer Tony Cetinski – double headlined in a special annual concert event in Zurich’s Stadthalle Dietikon. Sven Kučinić, who works regularly with Prljavo Kazalište, designed the lighting for both acts, using Robe fixtures. The event was organized by Croatia-Media Organizacija (Croatia Media Organization).
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NASHVILLE – 2016 has only barely begun and Bandit Lites has already gathered at the Annual General Meeting to celebrate the previous award-winning year, while those in attendance discussed future company goals. In January 2015 Bandit won the prestigious Pollstar Lighting Company of the Year Award, followed by the equally prestigious Parnelli Award for Lighting Company of the Year in October. Bandit honored many people this year starting with longtime Bandit Brent Barrett, who has had a remarkable tenure with Bandit since the founding of the company. Pictured here is Barrett with company founder Michael T. Strickland.
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NASHVILLE – For the Parthenon in Nashville’s Centennial Park, a full-scale copy of the original Parthenon in Athens, DWP Live helped approximate the colors that were originally used for the original structure some 2,500 years ago. The columns were bathed in the hues for a Japanese TV program. DWP Live used four Barco HDFW30 projectors, three Pandoras Box media servers and two outputs to map the building.
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DALLAS – LMG name Kaci Whisenhunt business development manager. Based in the Dallas office, her role will include building relationships with new clients to help meet company revenue goals and strengthening LMG’s exposure in local and national markets. Kaci will be working on capturing more local Dallas business and will also be responsible for finding more clients around the state of Texas in cities like Austin, Houston and San Antonio.
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PARIS – Robert Juliat named two new distributors at the start of 2016: A.C.T Canada (for Canada) and RM Multimedia (for Italy). Robert Juliat termed the agreement with A.C.T Canada as a natural extension of its relationship with A.C.T Lighting in the U.S., and also noted that the company’s use of MDG as a distributor in Canada concluded on Jan. 1, 2016. Pictured here are Ermanno Tontini and Marco Bartolini from Robert Juliat’s new Italian distributor, RM Multimedia.
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