MONTERREY, Mexico – For the Pa’l Norte Festival, a two-day event that drew a total of close to 160,000 March 31-April 1 to Monterrey’s Fundidora Park with a roster of headliners that included The Killers, Placebo, MIA, The Offspring, Kaskade, Maná, Jason Derulo and Enanitos Verdes among others, Serpro Producciones provided a lighting rig that included 72 Maverick MK2 Washes from Chauvet Professional..
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SASKATOON, SK, Canada – Telemiracle, the annual telethon in Saskatchewan, Canada that raises awareness and funds for the Kinsmen Foundation, marked its 41st year with a 21-hour, commercial-free live broadcast from TCU Place, Saskatoon’s Arts and Convention Centre. The show’s lighting designer, Slobodan Marin, gave new punch to the telecast with Claypaky Scenius moving head spotlights, Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K10s and Robert Juliat Dalis 862 Footlights.
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MILPITAS, CA – Riverview Systems Group, Inc., is honored to celebrate 30 years of providing the world’s leading brands with the technical and production design expertise to successfully produce engaging and innovative live events. To mark the occasion, Riverview is hosting events at its headquarters through the remainder of the year that showcase the company’s impressive history of event design and production, with a focus on past and present A/V technology and creative solutions.
MOSCOW – Robert Juliat’s Dalis 860 LED cyclorama lighting fixtures are currently playing a key role in Snégourotchka (The Snow Maiden) by Rimski-Korsakov at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. The opera premiered on 15 June on the 1740-seat Heritage Stage on a set designed by Vladimir Arefiev, with lighting by Damir Ismagilov. In the largest installation of Dalis to date, Ismagilov chose to use 92 Dalis 860 asymmetrical LED units to illuminate three enormous lightboxes – the largest features of the set in this spectacular production – which form the backdrop to the Russian folk tale that tells of the Snow Maiden’s ill-fated love for the human, Mizgir.
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MOLDOVA, ROMANIA – King of Kings events are some of the most popular kickboxing events in the world and Elation dealer Eventica Grup SRL of Moldova has been a staging and technical contractor of KOK tournaments for years. For past events, Eventica has turned to Elation Platinum SBX™ hybrid fixtures for their multi-functionality, power and dynamism. For the King of Kings World Grand Prix 46 tournament held April 1st in Moldova, Eventica added Elation’s new Fuze Wash Z350™ to the line up along with other Elation gear. Lighting design was by Max Cojocari.
MODENA, ITALY – A crazy gig of epic proportions saw a quarter of a million Vasco Rossi fans pack into Modena Park for the one and only 2017 live appearance by Italian superstar and local hero in an epic homecoming concert. Lighting designer Giovanni Pinna, known for the imagination and flair of his work, wanted to make a BIG impact for this incredible show … and utilized 550 Robes as the backbone of his rig – making about around two-thirds of the total fixture count – with 200 x Spiiders, 50 x BMFL Blades and Spots, 200 x LEDWash 1200s and 600s and 100 x LEDBeam 100s.
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ANAHEIM, CA – As you may have heard, the next Parnelli Awards will be taking place in Anaheim, CA, coinciding with Winter NAMM 2018. Along with the geographic shift, of course, the time frame for the awards has changed from autumn (Oct./Nov.) to winter (Jan. 26). Accordingly, the time frames for reader nominations and voting periods have shifted a bit as well. Here’s a heads up on when everything’s happening this year:
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NASHVILLE – For the first Innovation in Music Awards, held June 6 at the Westin in Nashville, LD Bob Peterson turned to Bandit Lites for a rig that would work well with the venue’s low ceiling and keep attention focused on the honorees. He used HES’ framing SoloSpot 2000s for key light and RobeCYC FX8 for scenic light and beam effects.
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COLOGNE, Germany – When Let’s Dance, the German version of Dancing with the Stars / Strictly Come Dancing, celebrated its 10th anniversary series recently, lighting designer David Kreilemann decided to place special emphasis on the versatile and powerful XR 440 BWS moving head from PR Lighting.
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RIMINI, Italy – The second annual MiR (Music Inside Rimini) exhibition ran from May 7-9, 2017 at the Rimini Expo Centre. The event featured live acts performing on stages equipped with gear on display at the show, and made use of nine Litec roof systems ranging in size form 10 by 8 meters to 27 by 13 meters in size.
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