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Nashville Church Pairs Vista Spyder with new LED Wall
FRANKLIN, TN — The non-denominational Peoples Church, based here, paired a Vista Systems Spyder X20 with a 33-by-10-foot 4mm LED video wall for its 1,750-capacity sanctuary here. Once known as First Baptist, the church dates back to 1838; the current structure was erected 15 years ago. The congregation is currently close to 6,000 in size.
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Bryan Ferry U.K. Tour Rig includes Robe Moving Lights
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, U.K. — Production specialist One Big Star, based here, added to its inventory of Robe moving lights to fulfill Rod Clay’s lighting design for the current U.K. leg of Bryan Ferry’s The Jazz Age tour. The trek included gigs at London’s Royal Albert Hall among other prominent venues.
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Robe Fixtures Chosen for “Un Minuto Per Vincere”
ROME —Italian TV lighting designer Massimo Castrichella chose Robe’s ROBIN DLS profile, LEDWash 1200 and LEDBeam 100 fixtures for the most recent round of Un Minuto Per Vincere (One Minute To Win) game shows. Based on the U.S. game show, Minute To Win It, the Italian version is now in its second season.
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Blueprint Events Using SGM LED Fixtures for Various Gigs
BRISTOL, U.K. — Blueprint Events, based here, which acquired a stock of SGM LED fixtures, has been using them for applications ranging from the electro tent at the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium to London’s Battersea Power Station (pictured here), which recently played host to Shine, Cancer Research UK’s full and half marathon nighttime walking events that raise funds for cancer research.
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SYDNEY — The Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour, a posthumous celebration of the artist’s oeuvre that combines his dancing and singing style along with Cirque du Soleil spectacle, made its first big splash in late 2011 and most of 2012 in the U.S. before moving on to Mexico City, Europe, Asia and Australia in late 2012 and 2013.
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