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Grammy Salute to the Beatles Used Vari-Lite Fixtures

The Beatles: The Night That Changed America used Vari-Lite lighting fixtures to help Grammy organizers mark 50 years since the band first performed on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Grammy Salute to the Beatles Used Vari-Lite Fixtures

LOS ANGELES — Filmed one day after this year’s Grammy Awards, and broadcast on CBS on Feb. 9 and Feb. 12, The Beatles: The Night That Changed America used Vari-Lite lighting fixtures to help Grammy organizers mark 50 years since the band first performed on The Ed Sullivan Show. LD Matt Firestone chose the fixtures for the production, which was filmed at the Los Angeles Convention Center and presented by the Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and CBS.

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ADJ Introduces Two New Inno Color Beams

By combining the latest quad-color Osram Ostar LEDs with motorized zoom, ADJ’s new Inno Color Beams offer lighting designers versatility with bright, powerful moving heads which can provide both intense shafts of light and wide-reaching wash effects. The more compact of the two new fixtures, the Inno Color Beam Z7, features seven powerful 10W quad-color (RGBW) Osram Ostar LEDs. The Inno Color Beam Z19, with nineteen quad-color Osram Ostar LEDs, rather than seven, the fixture offers even more powerful and far-reaching effects.
Saddleback Church called CCI Solutions with an Easter challenge. With as many as 35,000 converging at the campus here for holiday services, the church needed LED walls in two of the tents erected for overflow crowds

Saddleback Church Uses Absen LED Video Walls for Easter Services

LAKE FOREST, CA — Saddleback Church called CCI Solutions with an Easter challenge. With as many as 35,000 converging at the campus here for holiday services, the church needed LED walls in two of the tents erected for overflow crowds. CGI Solutions turned to Absen to obtain the required 3.9mm LED video gear with a three-week turnaround. The result: a 9.84 by 16.4 foot video wall for Tent 2 and 6.56 by 11.48 foot video wall for Tent 3.

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Norlux Moves Corporate Headquarters

ELGIN, IL — Norlux Corporation, which designs and manufactures custom LED lighting solutions for the architectural, industrial, retail and aviation/transportation markets, moved its corporate headquarters to 1225 Bowes Rd., Elgin, IL 60123; 630-784-7500, Fax 630-871-8506.

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USITT

More Schools Secure Safe Stage Rigging with USITT

SYRACUSE, NY — USITT approved free stage rigging inspections and safety training for a dozen more schools this spring through its Rigging Safety Initiative. With this round of funding, USITT brings stage safety to schools in New York State, Massachusetts, Illinois, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, and Missouri. USITT’s Rigging Safety Initiative began with a $10,000 grant from JR Clancy in 2011.

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Bandit Lites supported the 2014 CounterPoint festival in late April near Rome, GA

Counterpoint Music Festival Goes Big with Bandit Lites

ROME, Georgia — Bandit Lites kicked off its busy 2014 festival season with the CounterPoint Music Festival April 25-27. More than 60 artists, including Outkast, Foster the People, Pretty Lights, Matt & Kim and St. Lucia performed on one of the event’s five stages at Kingston Downs in Rome, northwest of Atlanta.

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