LONDON – S+H Technical supplied 360 meters of their ShowLED animation cloth, 20 meters of 1 and 2 meter Pea-light strings and 2000 x 4-channel DMX controlled Pea-lights – used to decorate three Christmas trees – for ‘The Abba Christmas Party’, a TV special produced by Thames, part of Freemantle Media UK at the London Studios on the South Bank. The show was broadcast on Christmas Eve’s ITV 1 prime time.
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NASHVILLE – PixelFLEX named Alexander Williams director of project management. Williams, a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, comes to PixelFLEX with experience as a video engineer, video director, sales engineer, and project management.
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CHICAGO – Chi-Town Rising, the Windy City’s first countdown NYE celebration, featured a performance by Chicago, the band, lit by Christopher Wren, LD at ONE618. Wren used Nexus 4×4 COB LED panels from Chauvet Professional to engage the 20,000 people who attended the live event. Some 595,000 households also tuned in to watch on television.
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SALT LAKE CITY – USITT announced winners of its annual archictectural competition for best performance space design. Top honors will go to the Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago (pictured here), the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, UK, and the Salle de Spectacles de Mont-Laurier in Quebec, Canada. Designers and consultants for the winning venues will receive their awards at USITT 2016 in Salt Lake City March 16-19.
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LONDON – Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting and LED video gear for a recent U.K. tour featuring the band Public Service Broadcasting. LD Francis Clegg designed the visuals. The rig included Clay Paky, Robe and SGM fixtures.
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NASHVILLE — Nashville set a new record for its Jack Daniel’s Bash on Broadway: New Year’s Eve in Music City event. Bandit Lites once again provided the lighting for both the Music City Stage and the 150 foot tower adorned with the massive music note that ushered in 2016. LD John Lucksinger oversaw the lighting, with an assist from Bandit LD Teresa Porterfield-Fensler. Chris Lisle served as production manager for the event, which involved 45 truckloads of gear and 242 local stagehands.
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NASHVILLE – For the inaugural Music City Big Break competition held at the Mercy Lounge, event founders/producers David Bell and John C. Davis and production designer Steven Dahl turned to Elite Multimedia for show visuals that included lighting and video gear from Clay Paky, Chauvet, Elation and PixelFlex. Elite’s Jon Chavez served as project manager and Jeff Mathews was the LD for the event.
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MILAN, Italy – For the U.S. exhibition at Expo 2015 in Milan last year, Habegger AG, from Switzerland, designed and installed a lighting system that included energy-saving LED technology from ETC. Approximately 61,354 square feet of exhibition space was lit by 150 Source Four LED Series 2 luminaires, complemented by 20 Selador Desire D60 luminaires and 130 conventional Source Four fixtures.
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MIAMI – For the halftime show featuring John Fogerty at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens on Dec 31, Abbas Ritscher of The Design Oasis worked with show LD John Hollingshead. The rig included 10 Strike 4 fixtures from Chauvet Professional, positioned behind the stage.
Read More »NEW YORK – ETCP noted a high renewal rate for its original certificants. A decade ago, more than 200 riggers from North America gained their ETCP Certifications at LDI in Orlando, FL. Last November, 90 percent of that inaugural class opted to renew their certifications as the term of their second 5-year renewal was due to expire. Most of those who chose not to renew their certifications have retired from the industry.
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