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Hawaii’s Inspire Church Says “Aloha” to elektraLite LED Fixtures

Hawaii’s Inspire Church Says “Aloha” to elektraLite LED Fixtures

WAIPAHU, HI — Inspire Waikele Church needed a lighting system for its live singing and live streaming. Axia Concepts of San Jose, CA installed 20 elektraLite 1018AI LED stage lights, 18 ML602 LED moving profile spots with gobos, and a dozen eyeBall LED fixtures into Inspire Waikele’s main sanctuary. For special accent/effects lights, the church now also has two LOS-1 Lightstream Quad LEDs—which offer tight, twisty beam effects from their mountings on a movable split yoke—and eight elektraBar full-featured linear strip LED fixture.

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Fineline Supplies Lighting, Video and Rigging for Duran Duran in Eden, Cornwall, UK

Duran Duran Performs Special U.K. Show; Fineline Supplies Lighting, Video and Rigging

CORNWALL, UK – Bristol, UK based lighting and visuals rental company Fineline supplied lighting, video and rigging equipment plus crew to Duran Duran Live at Eden with BBC Music Day, staged at the Eden Project in Cornwall. The special concert was the finale of the BBC’s 2016 Music Day – a nationwide celebration designed to unite different generations and communities through music.

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Parnelli Awards and Golf Tournament

Parnelli Week 2016: Closer Than You Think! Reserve Your Seat, Table (and Golf Cart) Today!

LAS VEGAS — Yes, it’s August — and still summertime. But the 2016 Parnelli Awards aren’t some hazy abstraction on the distant horizon. The final awards ballot will be posted online in less than a week. Voting will continue for the month of September. And before you know it, October will be here, and the Parnelli Awards staff will be getting the usual last-minute requests for a seat at this year’s awards gala.

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In Memoriam: Monty Lee Wilkes, 1962 - 2016

In Memoriam: Monty Lee Wilkes, 54

KETTLE RIVER, MN — Monty Lee Wilkes, an occasional tour manager, noted FOH engineer and producer, passed away peacefully on Aug. 26, 2016 in hospice at his parents house after a lengthy bout with terminal cancer. He was 54. Wilkes’ work spanned nearly every musical genre, with his resume including credits with The Replacements, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Joe Strummer, Curtiss A, The Suburbs, Soul Asylum, Prince, The Smithereens, Beastie Boys, Britney Spears, The Go Go’s, Engelbert Humperdinck, Soul Asylum, The Suburbs, Babes in Toyland, Lisa Marie Presley, Red Kross, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The B-52’s and the Commodores.

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part of the ceiling collapsed at the Sentrum Scene theater

Oslo Venue Roof Collapse Injures 15

OSLO, Norway — Some 17 members from Oslo’s BI Business School suffered minor injuries when part of the ceiling collapsed at the Sentrum Scene theater on August 21. According to witnesses, sections of the ceiling plaster (approximately a few centimeters in thickness) gradually began falling, first as small bits and then as large sections.

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GLP’s impression X4 Bars light the stage. Pictured here, a production of Taming of the Shrew. Photo courtesy Mark Brenner.

GLP X4 Bars Form Backdrop to First Theatrical Lighting Rig at Shakespeare’s Globe in London

LONDON – Opened in 1997, Shakespeare’s Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan Playhouse in London where many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed. Shakespeare’s Globe is dedicated to experimentation, with its mission to ground itself in research and exploration, pushing the boundaries of its artistic endeavors, principally in relation to Shakespeare’s works. For the first time, the venue has installed a state-of-the-art theatrical lighting rig for the summer season — with GLP’s impression X4 Bars playing a crucial role.

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Garth Brooks at Yankee Stadium

Garth Brooks Performs at Yankee Stadium with Bandit Lites-Supplied Gear

NEW YORK  – Garth Brooks returned to the Big Apple for the first time since 1997 for two big shows at Yankee Stadium July 8-9, with lighting provided by Bandit Lites. The artist was the first country musician to hold a concert on the baseball field, where tens of thousands gathered to see the best-selling solo album artist of all time do what he is best known for: put on tremendously entertaining concerts.

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Luke Bryan tour photo by Todd Kaplan

Luke Bryan’s “Kill the Lights” Tour Design Features Elation ACL 360i Fixtures on Upstage Wall

NASHVILLE – LD Justin Kitchenman of FadeUp Design Group created an upstage wall of lighting effects for Luke Bryan’s current “Kill the Lights” tour by using 100 Elation Professional ACL 360i narrow-beam LED fixtures. The tour launched Feb. 18 and has been trekking its way across North America all summer. It wraps up with a show in Detroit on Oct. 29.

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Renewed Vision aids Flyover America

Renewed Vision ProVideoPlayer 2 Powers Video Playback for FlyOver America Attraction in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — Located at the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN, the FlyOver America virtual flight attraction has been drawing visitors with its new technology, impressive visuals and sensory immersion since opening to the public in April. Setting the stage for the main ride, Renewed Vision’s ProVideoPlayer 2 (PVP2) software is powering playback for FlyOver America’s informative and engaging pre-boarding video experience.

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