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LDI Educational Sessions in Orlando Disrupted by Water Damage

LDI Educational Sessions in Orlando Disrupted by Water Damage

ORLANDO — Educational sessions at the LDI conference sponsored by Strand Lighting-Philips and A.C.T/grandMA had to be relocated quickly on Oct. 27 after water started cascading from above — inside the building. It gushed down through light fixtures, broke several pieces of ceiling tile, and left large puddles of water on the carpeted floor.

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JSI EDI-120

Johnson Systems Inc. JSI EDI-120 Control Retrofit

Johnson Systems’ JSI EDI-120 retrofit electronics package promises to give Electronics Diversified Inc. (EDI) Mark VII rack owners an alternative to replacing systems now in use at many professional and educational venues. The product features Johnson Systems’ CD-3000 firmware and hardware in a unit that is designed to be compact and easy-to-install. The purpose of the product is to help EDI Mark VII rack owners get many more years of reliable performance from their initial investment in their dimmer racks.

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Paul McCartney

McCartney On the Run with Sharpys

SERIATE, Italy – When it was time for rock legend Paul McCartney to acquire a new rig for his recent tour of North America, LD Roy Bennett selected more than 80 Clay Paky Sharpy narrow-beam spotlights. The initial concept sprang from an idea suggested by McCartney himself. “Paul had talked about wanting a laser effect or a ‘cage of light,’” Bennett said, “and when he said that I thought, ‘alright, I know what can do that.’”

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Damian Andrews

Visual Acuity Names Damian Andrews Lead Consultant

BRIGHTON, UK — Visual Acuity named Damian Andrews Lead Consultant, Project Development. Andrews’ experience includes work as stage manager for the Carl Rosa Opera Company, technical manager and senior production manager aboard the Queen Mary 2, work as an event technician and convention-centre operations manager in New Zealand, work on planetarium installations for Sky-Skan, Inc., and for a Melbourne, Australia-based events services company, Staging Connections. He has also served as technical director and chief lighting technician at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. He will now be based at Visual Acuity’s Brighton, U.K. headquarters.

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Stage Technologies is Platinum Sponsor of NATEAC 2012

NEW YORK — The 2012 North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture (NATEAC) Conference, set for New York on July 22-23, announced that Stage Technologies will serve as platinum sponsor. NATEAC was started by Bill Sapsis in 2008 to promote communication between those who design, build and renovate theatres in America, and Stage Technologies served at that event’s main sponsor also.

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Electric

Colour Sound Makes the Rounds at London Clubs

London – Lighting rental company Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) designs and supplies lighting and rigging for a number of UK clubs including the newly opened “Electric” live music venue in Brixton. Other current projects include The Box in Soho, four venues in Brighton and the Ice Bar in London. Each club has its own production needs, which CSE fulfills.

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