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Hudson Scenic Studio Expands Ownership

YONKERS, NY – Neil A. Mazzella, co-founder and president of Hudson Scenic Studio, Inc. based in Yonkers, NY, has partnered with Neil O’Connor and Corky Boyd in the ownership of Hudson Scenic. Mazzella will take on the duties of chairman, O’Connor will be the new CEO, and Boyd will be senior vice president overseeing project management and sales.

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Acoustic Sails at Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall

Rigging Crews Overcome Challenge Posed by Acoustic Sails at Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall

PALO ALTO, CA — For 842-seat Bing Concert Hall, a $111.9 million projected completed in January, Stanford University turned to Fisher Dachs Associates (FDA), J. R. Clancy and Western Theatrical for a rigging solution to the challenge posed by the new venue’s large, sail-like acoustical wall and ceiling panels specified by acoustic designer Yasuhisa Toyota of Nagata Acoustics.

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Larson Electronics Magnalight PML-90LED-DP-120

Larson Electronics Magnalight PML-90LED-DP-120

Larson Electronics’ Magnalight PML-90LED-DP-120 is a high-power LED spotlight designed to produce a light beam reaching 2400 feet in length. It features waterproof construction and high stability mounting, and can be operated with either 120 VAC or 12/24 VDC. The PML-90LED-DP-120’s housing is IP68 rated waterproof to three meters of submersion, making it impervious to the effects of splashing water, driving rain and high humidity.

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Dubai

Mandylights Illuminates Dubai’s New Year’s Eve

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Mandylights LDs Richard Neville and Alex Grierson spent a month in Dubai as lighting designers for Dubai’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. The 25-minute show took place around the center of Dubai in front of the Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest building. Using some 350 intelligent fixtures, the pair illuminated the Burj, lake and surrounding precinct which played host to 15 individual performer stages and a massive 210-meter (689 ft) long seamless projection screen.

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Lucas Covers

XL Video Names Lucas Covers CEO

BRUSSELS – XL Video has appointed Lucas Covers, former CEO of De Boer Structures and Philips Home Networks, as its new CEO. Covers has served as a senior executive at Philips where he held several international positions. These included the management of the digital video business, Philips Home Networks, located in Paris. In 2008 he became CEO of De Boer Structures, an international supplier of temporary and semi-permanent structures.

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Blue Planet Lighting Helps Presley Theatre Gear Up for 2013

Blue Planet Lighting Helps Presley Theatre Gear Up for 2013

BRANSON, MO — Blue Planet Lighting supplied new GLP Moving Lights, Philips LED Linear Fixtures as well as a High End Systems Console to the Presley Theatre here. The package included GLP Impression Spot One Moving Lights, Philips Showline 640 Linear LED Fixtures and a High End Systems Full Boar Lighting Control Console.

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Christie 3-chip DLP projectors will be used for a sound and light show that tells the story of Canada’s history by lighting up Parliament Hill

Projection Mapping Turns Ottawa’s Parliament Hill into Virtual Storybook

OTTAWA, Canada — A large-format projection planned to run from July 10-Sept. 7, 2013 will mark the fourth consecutive year that Christie 3-chip DLP projectors will be used for a sound and light show that tells the story of Canada’s history by lighting up Parliament Hill. The show, Mosaika – Canada Through the Eyes of Its People, has been seen by more than 250,000 visitors annually.

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