GEORGE, WA — USC Events’ inaugural 2016 Magnifique Festival took place Sept. 17 at the Gorge Amphitheater, featuring a lineup that included Kaskade, Chromeo, Gramatik, Duke Dumont, Netsky, and Mija. Production designer Erik Mahowald turned to LMG for a rig that included Martin MAC Viper Profiles, Robe Pointes, Robe Robin 600 LEDWash fixtures, Chroma-Q Color Force 48s and Showline Nitro LED strobes.
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NEW YORK – Christie and DWP Live provided Radio City Music Hall to provide Boxer 4K30 projectors for the venue’s Rockettes productions, including the upcoming Christmas Spectacular, starring the Radio City Rockettes and the 2016 engagement of New York Spectacular, starring the Radio City Rockettes.
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ATLANTA — NanoLumens promoted Doug Price from director of systems engineering to vice president of systems engineering. He will oversee design and engineering of NanoLumens’ installed projects.
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NASHVILLE – One of the first projects for mobile production specialist TNDV’s recently-launched Exclamation truck was also one of the company’s biggest shows logistically in its 13-year history, as it provided turnkey services for General Assembly 2016 (“GA16”), the flagship event of Cleveland, Tennessee-headquartered Church of God. TNDV managed all elements including video, audio, lighting, staging and crews for the 22-camera production, which spanned four locations spread across two floors of the Music City Center in Nashville.
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SUNRISE, FL – SelbyGuard Rain Protection, based in Haarlem, the Netherlands, named Sunrise, FL-based Inner Circle Distribution (ICD) North American distributor for its line of rain hoods and rain domes. The products, which protect moving lights and other high-end electronics, will be featured at LDI, Oct. 21-23, in Booth 2315. The line consists of the Rainroof range of products, designed to cover hung fixtures, and the Airdomes category, created to cover floor fixtures.
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ANGLET, France – The Surf de Nuit is a unique concept gathering thousands of spectators each year in August on the Sables d’Or beach in Anglet, France. Listed in the official World Surf League (WSF) calendar, this competition sees 12 of the best professional surfers duke it out by night under the light of gigantic Airstar balloons. Equipped with LED-lined surfboards (lumiboard), the riders compete for this coveted League trophy and put on a real show with daring tricks.
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JERUSALEM, Israel — For Armin van Buuren’s “Armin Only Embrace” show, a four-hour trance event that drew some 10,000 to the Pais Arena, LD Marc Heinz and Andre Beekmans from The Art of Light specified 300 Robe moving lights. Michael Seeverens, van Buuren’s touring lighting director, was at the controls.
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UK – LED screen, drapes and special FX specialist S+H Technical Services is supplying their Glux 12mm LED screen to the current UK and European tour by maverick rock band 10cc which is celebrating 40 years since their seminal “Sheet Music” album. Released in 1974 this was their second album which received worldwide critical acclaim and remained in the UK charts for an incredible six months! It’s generally considered to be one of THE most influential studio albums of the 20th century.
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LAS VEGAS — PLSN’s LDI booth #623 will be featuring a wide selection of book titles listed on plsnbookshelf.com. For two of the newest titles, authors will be on hand sign copies of their books at the show. Paul Dexter will sign Concert Lighting, a book he co-wrote with Jim Moody, now in its fourth edition, on Friday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. Longtime PLSN contributor Brad Schiller will be signing the just-released third edition of his book, The Automated Lighting Programmer’s Handbook, on Saturday, Oct. 22 at noon.
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NEW YORK – Like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Radio City Rockettes, the Jingle Ball Tour concert at Madison Square Garden has become one of the Big Apple’s iconic holiday events. Pharrell Williams, Calvin Harris and Maroon 5 have performed at the annual show; so too have Selena Gomez, The Weeknd and One Republic. This year’s concert will be just as diverse and star studded with Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, The Chainsmokers, Meghan Trainor, Fifth Harmony, Ellie Goulding, Diplo, Charlie Puth, Lukas Graham, Daya, and Niall Horan scheduled to appear.
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