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grandMA2, Sharpys Two-Step on the Country Scene

CMA Music Fest

grandMA2, Sharpys Two-Step on the Country Scene

NASHVILLE – grandMA2 and Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures have gone country playing key roles on the ‘Brothers of the Sun’ Tour with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw, and at the fan-favorite CMA Music Festival, which held concerts at Nashville’s LP Field. LD Mike Swinford used 55 Sharpys on the CMA Music Festival and 16 Sharpys on the Chesney/McGraw tour. Programmer Mark Butts, a grandMA2 beta tester, is specifying the console on all his new projects, he says.

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Ilumipanel 40 IP

ILUMINARC Ilumipanel 40 IP

SUNRISE, FL – Ilumipanel 40 IP is an architectural LED wash light designed for small spaces to uplight walls, trees or statues.  It is equipped with 40 3-watt RGB LEDs and 30-degree lenses with impact-resistant glass lens cover and a dry-seal GORE valve. Other features include built-in automated programs and customizable color temperature presets. The fixture’s dimensions are 3.5 x 14.6 x 12 inches / 82 x 371 x 306 mm and it weighs 18.25 lbs / 8.28 kg.

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Chris McMeen

McMeen Joins Christie Lites Rental Team

NEW YORK – Chris McMeen has joined Christie Lites as a new member of its Rental Rep team. McMeen is developing new client and market relationships in the New York City/New Jersey area and serving his client base from all 12 Christie warehouse locations across North America. He was most recently Northeast Regional Sales Manager at High End Systems, a Barco group.

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Bieber with 4Wall cases

4Wall NY Lights Justin Bieber at Apollo Theater

NEW YORK – 4Wall New York provided lighting for a recent Justin Bieber show at the Apollo Theater, which was also filmed for Bieber’s NBC television special, Justin Bieber: Around the World. 4Wall provided event production company Event Resources with a lighting package that included Martin MAC Aura and MAC 301 LEDs, as well as Vari*Lite VL3000 Spot fixtures.

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ETC Source Four Spotlight

ETC Milestone: Three Million Source Four Fixtures Shipped

MIDDLETON, WI – The Source Four incandescent ellipsoidal spotlight will be 20 years old this fall. Introduced at LDI in 1992, the fixture is now a mainstay of conventional lighting in a wide variety of rigs. ETC recently noted that more than 3 million Source Four fixtures have been manufactured, sold and put into service. That tally does not include the new Source Four LED fixture introduced this year.

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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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