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Parnelli Awards Announce Presenters for 23rd Annual Show

Parnelli Awards Announce Presenters for 23rd Annual Show

The Parnelli Awards has announced the live event professionals who will be handing out awards as presenters at the 23rd Annual Parnelli Awards gala on January 24, 2025. “We have assembled a good, eclectic group to be part of our 23rd gala,” says Executive Producer and PLSN/FOH magazines founder Terry Lowe. “We are grateful to these nine professionals from across the live event field who will enhance what we expect to be our best Parnelli Awards yet.”

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ADJ Entour Snow Machines Fill Downtown Paramount, CA for Tree Lighting 2024

Eight ADJ Entour Snow machines were used to fill downtown Paramount, CA with a flurry of synthetic snowflakes for the city’s annual Christmas tree lighting celebration. A holiday traditional which started over a quarter of a century ago, the City of Paramount’s annual tree lighting celebration has become one of the biggest events on the local community calendar. This year’s festivities attracted over 10,000 people.

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Techni-Lux to Host Technology Day Open House on Jan. 9, 2025

Techni-Lux, a leader in advanced lighting technology and accessories, in its 34th year in operation will be hosting its 5th technology fair and open house on Jan. 9, 2025 in Orlando, FL. Guests will have an opportunity to go hands on with dozens of products, vendors and exhibits for entertainment lighting, video, and special effects used for creating immersive environments.

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Hippotizer at Heart of Digital Christmas Card Animation at Queens Hotel

A heartwarming Christmas story told through projection mapped animations in the run-up to Christmas is being driven by tvONE’s Green Hippo brand of Hippotizer Media Servers onto the façade of The Queens Hotel in Leeds. The animation, ‘To Leeds, With Love’, is a reimagining of The 12 Days of Christmas song, featuring a cheeky gingerbread man who is on a mission to decorate the hotel for a festive party.

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Robe at LDI 2024

Leading lighting and LED manufacturer Robe Lighting s.r.o. enjoyed the pre-holiday buzz in the air at the Live Design International (LDI) expo in Las Vegas last week, ‘wowing’ crowds with a new live performance stage production, “The Fifth Dimension”, which helped win the coveted “Most Creative Use of Light” Award at the show.

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Robe Middle East to Distribute Avolites

Avolites announces a change in partnership in the Middle East, which will see the UK-based lighting and visual control manufacturer distributed and serviced by Robe Middle East as of January 1st, 2025. Service and support throughout all Middle Eastern countries will be managed via the considerable resources, experience and organizational infrastructure of Robe Middle East, headed by Managing Director Elie Battah and his talented team.

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Avolites Announces Prism ‘Early Access’ Edition Release of its Media Software

Avolites announced the release of Prism ‘Early Access’, the latest edition of its popular media software. Prism ‘Early Access’ (E.A.) edition can be downloaded for free via the Avolites website and becomes operational when used in conjunction with an AVOKey (Avolites license key). The full Prism ONE paid license release is currently scheduled for the Spring 2025

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Boom Special Effects Uses Antari for Annual McAllen Holiday Parade

Praised as the Best Parade in Texas, the McAllen Holiday Parade presented by H-E-B helped kick off the festive season in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. This unique nighttime holiday parade featured over 60 illuminated floats, 38 larger-than-life character helium balloons, 16 school bands and dance teams, and appearances by international and local celebrities. When approached for the project, Boom Special Effects in Arlington, TX, knew exactly how to create a “wow” factor; snow – a rare sight for many in the “South Pole” of Texas.

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Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center Invests in Ayrton Rivale Profile and Karif-LT Fixtures

The Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center, Northern Arizona’s premiere entertainment venue, has installed Ayrton Rivale Profile and Karif-LT fixtures in its lighting rig. Formerly known as the Yavapai College Performing Arts Center, the theater offers seating for 1,064 and the best in live performance at its Perry & Sandy Massie Foundation Theatre. 

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St Paul’s Cathedral Shines with PROLIGHTS

Blue Thunder Sound provided full production for the London Film Music Orchestra concert at the St Paul’s Cathedral, using over 200 lighting fixtures, including 102 PROLIGHTS Smart Bat units. Blue Thunder Sound strategically placed the lighting fixtures to enhance the architectural features of the cathedral, minimizing cable runs by employing wireless signals for lighting and audio control.

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Tom Kenny, Felix Peralta, and David Convertino Create Latin Grammy Looks with CHAUVET Professional and 4Wall

The Latin Grammy Awards celebrated its 25th anniversary in a big way on November 14, putting on a glittering show that was impressive even by the exalted standards of awards festivals. Every genre in the galaxy of Latin music shined at the Kaseya Center. LD Tom Kenny and the rest of the lighting team (LDs David Convertino, Felix Peralta, & Joseph Vineyard), creating distinctive looks that reflected the individual musical personas of all these performers in the three-hour live broadcast show represented a challenge – albeit a very fun one.

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