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Fest for Beatles Fans in NYC Lit with Q-Wash 419Z-LED Fixtures

Fest For Beatles Fans in NYC Lit wth Q-Wash 419Z-LED Fixtures

Fest for Beatles Fans in NYC Lit with Q-Wash 419Z-LED Fixtures

NEW YORK – This February everyone seemed to be commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ American debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. For one group of fans, however, celebrating the legendary quartet is more than just a once-in-a-half-century event. Every year these devotees gather in New York at The Fest For Beatles Fans, the longest continuously running Beatles festival anywhere. The event was lit with 18 Q-Wash 419Z-LED moving heads from Chauvet Professional.

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Martin Professional named Leading Technologies as its distributor in Italy. Pictured here, from left, are Marco Porro (VP & CEO, Leading Technologies), Steen Matthiesen (VP of EMEA Sales, Martin Professional), Giuseppe Porro (President, Leading Technologies), Paolo Albani (Key Account Manager, Eastern Europe, Martin Professional).

Martin Names Distributors in Italy, Poland

AARHUS, Denmark — Harman’s Martin Professional named Leading Technologies as the exclusive distributor of Martin products in Italy. The company also recently named PS TEATR as its distributor in Poland. The companies are based, respectively, in Monza, Italy and Piaseczno, Poland. Pictured here, from left, are Marco Porro, Steen Matthiesen, Giuseppe Porro and Paolo Albani. The Porros are from Leading Technologies; Matthiesen and Albani are with Martin Professional.

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Casting Crowns Tour Extends Upward Reach of PixelFlex LED Display

Casting Crowns Tour Extends Upward Reach of PixelFlex LED Display

NASHVILLE — Casting Crowns production manager Carter Hassebroek and LD Chris Lighthall worked with Peter Streiff at a PixelFlex rental partner Elite Multimedia Productions (EMP) on a 24 by 32 foot (WxH) 20mm LED curtain display for the Christian band’s Thrive tour.  The six-by-four panel display (WxH) uses custom rigging hardware to extend the panels’ upward reach.

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Robe distributor Controllux provided 38 Pointes, 30 MMX WashBeams, 24 LEDWash 300s, eight LEDWash 600s, eight 600E Spots, four DLXs and 30 ClubScan 250s for Versuz in Belgium

Belgium Nightclub Installs Big Robe Rig

HASSELT, Belgium — For the new 3,000-capacity location for Versuz, a nightclub that draws revelers from Belgium, The Netherlands and beyond with resident DJ Laurent Wery, Robe distributor Controllux provided 38 Pointes, 30 MMX WashBeams, 24 LEDWash 300s, eight LEDWash 600s, eight 600E Spots, four DLXs and 30 ClubScan 250s. Most of them are in the main room, one of three spaces at the club, which features 11 meters (36 feet) of headroom.

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In Memoriam: Paul Marin, 31

In Memoriam: Paul Marin, 31

SYDNEY — Paul Marin, 31, whose design work at dance clubs and stages included lighting and laser effects along with set design, died Feb. 14 from Glioblastoma Multiforme, a form of brain cancer. He had been fighting the disease since it was diagnosed last September. Marin had provided the lighting design for events around the world, including Peter Rauhofer’s WORK! party at Roseland Ballroom in New York City, the Circuit Festival in Barcelona, Spain, various gCircuit events, the Sidney Mardi Gras and many more.

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