BERGAMO, ITALY – The historic stage of the foremost Russian theatre has reopened after six years of renovation and restoration. Clay Paky’s Russian distributor DOKA played a key role in renovating the Bolshoi Theatre starting in 2005. Much of the equipment installed was manufactured by Clay Paky, featuring more than 350 moving heads, projectors and color changers, as spec’d by the Bolshoi’s chief LD, Damir Ismagilov.
Read More »SYRACUSE, NY – J.R. Clancy was honored at USITT’s 2012 Annual Conference with the USITT Award for a lifetime of contributions to the performing arts. J.R. Clancy President Mike Murphy accepted the award on behalf of the company, which has been a USITT member since 1962. Most recently, J.R. Clancy funded an initiative to inspect rigging systems in secondary schools, to ensure that students are learning in a safe environment.
Read More »SECAUCUS, NJ – Production Resource Group (PRG) offers product training May 16-18 via its PRG Institute in Secaucus, NJ. Introductory training is available on the VX76 lighting control consoles, Mbox Extreme media server, Best Boy and Bad Boy Luminaires, and Series 400 Power and Data Distribution System.
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NEW ORLEANS – Stefan Beese of RE:BE Design was Production Designer for Brad Pitt’s “A Night to Make It Right” gala in New Orleans. The event raised funds for Make It Right’s goal of building homes in the Lower 9th Ward. The stage design included angular overlapping lines of the newly built Make It Right houses and the culturally significant concept of the traditional NOLA “Front Porch.” Both would tie together the three staging areas for Sheryl Crow and Rihanna, space for Ellen Degeneres’ interviews with Brad Pitt and MIR family members, and the gala host.
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MIDDLETON, WI – ETC announced at USITT 2012 the winners of their “Show Us Your ETC” student-video competition. Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA took first prize, which gives them first pick of either an ETC Eos, Ion or Element lighting-control console. LD/ author Richard Pilbrow was one of ETC’s three video judges.
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QUEBEC – ChainMaster has appointed Robert “Bob” Belanger as head of its newly established ChainMaster Consulting Office for North America, based in Quebec City, Canada. Belanger has more than 10 years of experience with sales and installation of ChainMaster products.
Read More »SHERMAN OAKS, CA – Peter Rogers has joined Forman & Associates’ sales team. Rogers was most recently the Global Marketing Director for Philips Entertainment, managing marketing activities for Philips Vari-Lite, Strand Lighting, Selecon, Colorkinetics and Special Lamps. During his 26-year career with the Entertainment group he has also managed global sales for Strand Lighting.
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ATLANTA – Chad Hammon has joined worldwide distributor Solaris as Logistics Manager. Hammon was most recently General Manager at American Sports & Recreational Surfaces in Kennesaw, GA, where he was the sole project manager for domestic and international installations of synthetic turf.
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NORTH BERGEN, NJ – Keith Westpy joined the Drape Kings team as their Chief Financial Officer. Westpy will oversee the financial growth of both Drape Kings and Media Services in North Bergen, NJ. He was previously Controller at Sixth Sense Media in Raleigh, NC.
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