LD for Dennis DeYoung’s Feb. 11 Show at Star Plaza Theatre Adds Rogues to Rig

MERRILLVILLE, IN — For Dennis DeYoung’s Feb. 11 show at the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, IN, LD Matthew Ryan made good use of a tour rig augmented with fixtures from JR Lighting Design that included Rogue RH1 Hybrids from Chauvet Professional.

TORONTO — Zeds Dead, the duo comprised of “DC” (Dylan Mamid) and “Hooks” (Zachary Rapp-Rovan), got a visual assist for their tour in support of their debut album, Northern Lights, from LD Tom Campbell, who used Avolites’ Sapphire Touch console to control the looks.

ST. LOUIS, MO – Altman Lighting will be welcoming visitors to its booth 1100 at the USITT show In St. Louis with a range of products including their convection-cooled PHX 150W LED profile (pictured here), the Mains-Dimmable Pegasus LED Fresnel, the Chalice LED series of pendant house light luminaires, plus the complete family of Gallery 50W LED architectural luminaires.

OAKLAND, CA — Friends of the late production and tour manager Benny Collins have announced plans for a memorial service, “A Celebration of a Life Well Lived.” The event is set for Saturday, April 1, 2017, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Fox Theater Oakland, 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA. 94612

ST. LOUIS, MO – Continuing its commitment to supporting students and educators, ETC is packing this year’s USITT tradeshow with activity. Product trainings; educational sessions; new-product demos on stands 114, 214 and 314; and the popular Student Session are just a portion of what ETC will offer at USITT, March 9th to 11th, in St. Louis, MO. Among the featured products: the company’s Gio @5 lighting-control desk, pictured here.

HOUSTON — LD Bob Barnhart, who has lent his talents to 19 Super Bowl Halftime Shows, included Claypaky Mythos and Sharpy fixtures in the rig used to light Lady Gaga at Super Bowl LI.  Barnhart used 56 Mythos on field truss set against the upstage wall below the first row of seats. The lights were positioned on 2.5-foot spacings from the center of the field out to the 20 yard lines. A grandMA2 console also controlled a portion of the lighting complement at Houston’s NRG Stadium.

SAN FERNANDO, CA — TMB has planned a number of tributes for Tommy Stephenson, who died Feb. 21. In addition to being a longtime employee at TMB, Stephenson, who had to retire in 2013 due to health reasons, was also the company’s first employee. The TMB remembrances will include a toast for Tommy at the company’s USITT booth at the end of opening day, Thursday, March 9.

KNOXVILLE, TN — It’s a small world, especially in Tennessee’s country music circles, and chance encounters between talented people aren’t that uncommon. One such random encounter led to a new look for singer-songwriter Erick Baker’s Valentines Day show at Knoxville’s Bijou Theatre. Bandit Lites has the details.

PARIS — Valère Huart-Gyors, Ayrton’s export manager, who has been working at the company since 2011, died Feb. 19. He was 37.