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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LONDON – The European premiere for Star Wars: The Force Awakens took place in London on Dec. 26. 2015. with Utopium lit up Nelson’s Column, a monument in Trafalgar Square, during the red carpet event. Utopium provided 24 Clay Paky Mythos, three MDG One atmosphere machines, four Studio Due City-color LED’s and two Studio Due City-beams.
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DUBAI and LONDON – Dubai based event production specialist Maestra announced an independently owned London venture, Maestra London, which opened Jan. 4, 2016. It’s headed by industry veteran Justin Hammond. Hammond is pictured here with Dubai office head Thomas Clements.
Read More »NEW YORK – In an effort to unify all of the offices and employees around the world, Acolyte LED promoted Scott Vontobel to Chief Operating Officer. He is now in charge of all global operations of Acolyte Worldwide, United States, Acolyte Asia (China and Hong Kong), Dubai, Australia and New Zealand.
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STUTTGART, Germany – Danish electro rockers Carpark North wrapped a string of performances in Germany with a show here in early December. LD Johnny Thinggaard Lydiksen from CMY, based in Arhuus, Denmark, who has worked with the band since 2013, used Robe’s Pointes and BMFLs during the tour.
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LONDON – Lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied lighting kit — over 300 fixtures – and crew to the UK arena leg of big beat hard-dance electro rockers Prodigy’s “The Day is My Enemy” tour, working in close collaboration with lighting and show designer Andy Hurst, and also with live video specialists Video Illusions who supplied cameras and LED screens.
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GLADSTONE, Australia – Simon Mai, operations supervisor at Gladstone’s multipurpose Entertainment Convention Centre (GECC), turned to Graeme Hicks of Entertainment Production Supplies for an assist in equipping the 1,700/674 capacity venue (standing/seated) with a media server solution. Hicks steered Mai toward Green Hippo’s Amba.
Read More »TOKYO – Hibino, a supplier of AV gear and services, is the first in Japan to add d3 pro range machines to its inventory. d3 Technologies director Chris Bird confirmed the purchase following a recent visit to the APAC region.
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