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L&E Announces Plan to Close

WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY — Lighting & Electronics, Inc. (L&E), which has served the entertainment industry since 1960, announced to its dealers its plan to close its doors. The company will be scaling back its operations over the next 60 to 90 days and announced plans to sell its clamp business, including its Get-A-Grip, HangTuff and PipeDream products, to another company.

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2012 Parnelli Awards Oct 20 Mirage Las Vegas

Parnelli 2012 Awards Ballot Finalized, Voting Begins!

LAS VEGAS — PLSN readers — and that means YOU — have nominated the top individuals and companies involved in lighting, staging, video, sound and production support for the two dozen categories of awards that will be presented Oct. 20 at the Mirage in Las Vegas (Yes, tickets are still available!) Now PLSN readers — and that means YOU — all have the opportunity to vote — but only until Sept. 30. This is it for 2012 — don’t miss out! Go to www.parnelliawards.com/vote and let YOUR voice be heard!

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Prism Projection RevEAL Studio.UV

Prism Projection RevEAL Studio.UV Fresnel

Prism Projection recently expanded its RevEAL line of products with the RevEAL Studio.UV Fresnel. The RevEAL Studio.UV Fresnel is designed for special effects applications with black light paints or where you need an ultraviolet source. It features a high output ultraviolet emission of 12,000 mW at 365nm light output along with the same variable beam and precise barn door cuts of the rest of the Studio Fresnel range. The LED-powered Studio.UV Fresnel offers an output comparable to 400W discharge lamps while drawing only 80W of power. It can also be dimmed without requiring mechanical dowsers.

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CNN Journalist Awards

Gearhouse Supplies CNN Journalist Awards in Zambia

ZAMBIA, South Africa – Gearhouse Group supplied full technical production for the CNN African Journalist of the Year Competition 2012. Produced by Mark West of CAP Events, the event which took place at the Government Complex Auditorium, Lusaka. Alasdair Richard’s lighting rig was designed specifically around the camera requirements for the live broadcast.

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Mega-Lite N-E Color FX9

Mega-Lite N-E Color FX9

Mega-Lite’s N-E Color FX9 is an LED strip fixture with matrix capabilities. Its nine tri-color RGB 3W LEDs (with 27 red, green and blue LEDs in all) are designed for smooth color mixing, and with the ability to generate a 2.5-foot beam with output measuring close to 100 lumens at 10 feet, the fixture is powerful enough to serve as a wall or cyc wash.

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Craig Sweeny-Chisholm, Head of Stores Electrics at Qdos Entertainment (left), with Qdos Stores Electrics Assistant Andy McNeish

Qdos Keeps Jem Glaciators Running with Martin Service

SCARBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK – Qdos Entertainment is one of the largest single owners and users of Jem Glaciator low-lying fog generators. As one of the world’s leading pantomime producers, Qdos has 24 pantomimes staged in the current season and over 570 productions to its credit. To add effects, they stock 23 of the Jem units and recently added a comprehensive Martin service contract to keep the machines running smooth for years to come.

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Electric Forest Festival photo by Sebastian Collet/Guildworks

2012 Electric Forest Festival

There’s something primordial and mysterious — even psychedelic — happening in the forest. Laser beams cut through the wooded expanse and ricochet off 50-foot white pines sporting bounce mirrors, and artful lighting displays (some inspired by the symbolic designs inherent to Sacred Geometry) radiate throughout well-traveled and isolated locations of the woods.

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Analog Way Eikos EKS500 Matrix Switcher, front

Analog Way Eikos EKS500 Matrix Switcher

I have to keep reminding myself that computers really only do one thing at a time and, even then, it’s only what you tell them to do. It’s like I always tell my technophobe friends, “Think of it like a toaster, you can make toast — not lasagna.” Video gear is much the same way. In fact, that’s what I think distinguishes great products from mediocre ones.

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Going 3D

3D Stereoscopy-Friendly Media Servers

What is Stereoscopy? Since I live in Las Vegas, I’d wager a healthy bet that we’ve all seen a 3D movie at some point in our lives. And I’m sure we’ve wondered how it works while we’re wearing those funny cardboard (or, if you’re at a theme park, they might be plastic) glasses.

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Dealing with Loss

This month, I am writing to all of you about a serious situation in our industry. Every production inevitably ends up suffering from this serious condition at some point in preproduction, or even after the show opens. It is time that we all work together as professionals to help reduce further occurrences of this terrible state of affairs. As I am sure most of you reading this are aware, all too often, cues and looks get programmed and never used.

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