LONDON – Robe lights were right there at the hub of the action for the UK’s largest student show and the world’s biggest Bhangra competition, ‘Bhangra Showdown’, which this year seriously upped the ante, moving to the SSE Arena, Wembley, London for the first time, reflecting the success and popularity of the event now in its eighth glorious year.
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EMERYVILLE, CA – Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading data, video, audio and film integration firm, has hired Claire Virtue as head of People Operations, effective Jan. 29. Focused on ASG’s managed services and on-site support personnel, she is also continuing company-wide employee initiatives and policies.
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SUNRISE, FL – Brothers Gow has done over 500 live shows since the quintet was formed in Flagstaff, Arizona in late 2007, and it’s safe to say that no two performances have ever been the same. Fans never know where this popular jam band is going to take them musically as it seamlessly blends rock, funk, jazz, reggae and other genres in fresh new ways. Such music calls for a lightshow with the speed and suppleness to wrap itself around the band’s free-flowing sound, which is exactly what LD Matt Collier is providing on its current “Fly With Me Tour,” using a collection of Chauvet fixtures.
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DALLAS, TX – In Oak Creek, WI, the Oak Creek Assembly of God recently produced the musical “A Little Boys Prayer”. Set in a small town but with over 200 performers in the show, Technical Director Nate Turner needed to create a lighting design that could take the congregation somewhere they have never been before. To do this, he needed both multi-faceted and powerful automated fixtures, so he worked with Clearwing Productions who provided him with VL4000 Spot and VL3000 Spot luminaires from Phillips Vari-Lite.
Read More »NORWALK, CT – Theatre Projects collaborated on the design of the new Amphitheater Hot Shop at the Corning Museum of Glass, which celebrated the grand opening of the 100,000-square-foot Contemporary Art + Design Wing this past weekend.
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FARMINGDALE, NY – Group One Ltd., the U.S. distributor for U.K.-based Avolites, noted that Avolites’ compact Quartz console has been purchased by a growing number of sound rental companies. The distributor also noted that the console is being used at Omnia nightclub at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
CINCINNATI, OH – At the USITT show, Rosco Laboratories presented their seventh annual royalty check from the sales of Roscolux #359 Medium Violet to Behind the Scenes. Pictured here, from left, are PLASA/Behind the Scenes foundation members Bill Groener, Rick Rudolph and Eddie Raymond with Ed Donohue, president of Rosco – North America. This year’s $3,390 contribution brings the total to $18,348 since the program began.
Read More »NASHVILLE – For Shaping Sound, the dance company founded by Travis Wall, Nick Lazzarini, Teddy Forance and Kyle Robinson, Bandit Lites provided gear to meet the specifications of LDs Seth Jackson and co-designer Nathan Scheuer. Jackson and Scheuer worked to create a traditional dance plot with modern technology. Lighting director Teresa Porterfield Fensler also worked with the Bandit-supplied rig on the 36 date tour, which concluded in late February.
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ANTWERP, Belgium – Event agency DDMC turned to LD Jean-Jacques Marotte for help in lighting the opening ceremony for a new railway tunnel north of Antwerp, Belgium. PRG Belgium supplied the fixtures, which included gear from SGM.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary – Ayrton’s dynamic MagicPanel-R and MagicBlade-R LED lighting fixtures formed key elements in Light Design Kft’s lighting of the interactive singing contest Rising Star Hungary, the Grand Finale of which broke all ratings records in February 2015. The competition took place over three months and was broadcast on television networks across Hungary and the neighbouring countries.
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