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Hometown Hero Lighting Company Finalists Announced

2012 Hometown Hero Lighting Company

Hometown Hero Lighting Company Finalists Announced

LAS VEGAS — The votes from PLSN readers are in, the results tallied and the regional winners of the 2012 Hometown Hero Lighting Company competition have been named. They are: Canada: Midnite Hour Productions (Etobicoke, ON); Northeast: East Coast Lighting & Production Services (Warwick, RI); Southeast: Design Productions, LLC (Birmingham, AL); Midwest: Intelligent Lighting Creations (Arlington Heights, IL); Southwest: Precise Corporate Staging (Tempe, AZ); Northwest: Alaska Universal Productions (Fairbanks, AK).

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Road Scholars, Then and Now

Life on the road, living the life of a roadie: What does that really mean? It could mean many different things, depending on who you talk to and what type of tour. Rock legends go on and on about the old days. We have all heard the stories. If not, do a YouTube search and you’ll find plenty of rock stars reminiscing about the “good old days.” One of my favorites has to be Van Halen’s rider that specified a bowl of M&Ms for the dressing room, with all the brown ones removed. If you’re a rock god, I guess you get what you want — but David Lee Roth has since explained that it wasn’t the brown M&Ms that he hated, but inattention to detail, which increases safety risks.

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Spiegelworlds Empire photo by Thom Kaine

Spiegelworld’s Empire

While Broadway has become a haven for family-friendly entertainment, some people want to spice things up along the Great White Way. That’s where the production of Spiegelworld’s Empire comes in. The irreverent show is a bawdy mix of circus stunts, cabaret performance and vaudevillian hijinks filled with innuendo, naughty jokes and a touch of skin. The circus acts range from a highly agile acrobatic trio clad in lingerie to twirling, high-speed skaters to an amazing balancing act with bones and a feather. It’s a rollicking good time for adults.

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American Ninja Warrior set photo by Justin Lang

American Ninja Warrior

A TV Lighting Crew Takes On the World’s Toughest Obstacle Course

Japanese TV has long featured contests where everyday people risk public humiliation for a chance at getting on national TV — picture 10 contestants in inflatable bowling pin costumes waddling away from a giant rolling ball. But Sasuke, or Ninja Warrior, a series of TV specials that first hit the airwaves in 1997, is different. These competitions focus more closely on each participant’s Ninja-like qualities: strength and agility.

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Electric Daisy Carnival 2012 - Las Vegas, NV. Photo by Drew Ressler

Electric Daisy Carnival 2012

Insomniac Events’ three-night, dusk-to-dawn Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC), drawing more than 300,000 to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway June 8-10, featured seven unique stages, live acts, more than 100 DJs, carnival rides, fire sculptures, large-scale artwork, nightly fireworks and laser displays and 500 costumed performers on stilts, funky bicycles and trampolines.

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