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Jessie J “Alive” Tour Includes CT Video System Powered by Avolites Media Servers

Creative Technology (CT) provided a video system including LED screens (more than 300 Barco MiStrips) and control (Ai Media Servers and a Panasonic 450 mixing system with a multi-viewer output).

Jessie J “Alive” Tour Includes CT Video System Powered by Avolites Media Servers

LONDON — For Jessie J’s Alive Tour, Creative Technology (CT) provided a video system including LED screens (more than 300 Barco MiStrips) and control (Ai Media Servers and a Panasonic 450 mixing system with a multi-viewer output). The mix of prerecorded video content and I-Mag was overseen by Paul Caslin and Steve Price. The Jessie J Alive Tour completed its U.K. leg in November and takes off to America in the New Year for a three-month tour.

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The 2013 Crown Gospel Awards were staged at Durban’s International Conference Centre (ICC)

South African Gospel Awards Lit with Robe Gear

DURBAN, South Africa — The 2013 Crown Gospel Awards, staged at the International Conference Centre (ICC) here and seen for the first time via South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), was lit with an LED-dominated rig that included 24 Robe Pointes 18 DLF Wash fixtures, six DLS Profiles, 30 LEDWash 600s and 70 LEDForce PRs, all supplied by Gearhouse South Africa.

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PLASA Updates Standards, Changing “ESTA” References to “PLASA”

NEW YORK — PLASA announced that it has posted standards up for reaffirmation for public review on the association’s website, through Feb. 3, 2014. The standards pertain to theatrical fog, control cables, protocols and floor slip hazards. No changes are planned, except for the switch from “ESTA” references to “PLASA,” but the association is using those planned changes as an opportunity for the public to comment on any further changes that might be needed.

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Cambridge University Troupe Tours American Venues with MVS Hazer

NASHVILLE — The Cambridge University American Stage Tour (CAST), which presented Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure over a three-week span earlier this year, relied on an MVS Hazer from Le Maitre for the traveling production. The tour ran for three weeks and visited venues in Nashville, TN; Columbia, SC; Washington DC; Rochester, NY; Erie, NY; New York City;  Providence, RI and Cambridge MA.

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Latvian Song and Dance Festival Lit with Philips Vari-Lite Fixtures

Latvian Song and Dance Festival Lit with Philips Vari-Lite Fixtures

RIGA, Latvia — LD Normunds Blasans specified Philips Vari-Lite’s VL3015LT Spots, VL3500 and VL3000 Washes for an open-air event featuring music from 20,000 performers celebrating Latvian culture here recently. NA Stage & Light supplied 20 VL3015LT Spot luminaires, 16 VL3000 Washes, and 24 VL3500 Wash fixtures for the 25th Latvian Song and Dance Festival, which drew an audience of more than 40,000.

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