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4Wall DC Names John Massie as General Manager

John Massie

4Wall DC Names John Massie as General Manager

HALETHORPE, MD – 4Wall named John Massie, a 30-year industry veteran, as general manager of 4Wall DC. Massie will be relocating to the Washington DC area from the Nashville, TN area. Since his career began with R&R Lighting, also in the DC area, Massie has worked for a variety of companies, including CBS Washington, Barbizon Lighting and ETC.

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From left, Emma Thompson, Steve Warren, Avolites; Andrew Smith, Guy Lovegrove, BRIT School; Koy Neminathan, Avolites; Martin Locket, PRG UK

BRIT School Benefits from New Avolites Gear

LONDON — The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology received a Tiger Touch and Titan Mobile for their performance spaces, part of a deal coordinated between PRG UK CEO Martin Locket, Avolites sales director Steve Warren, and also BRIT School’s Andrew Smith, (technical manager) and Guy Lovegrove (production manager).

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Five Dead After Indiana State Fair’s Main Stage Collapses

INDIANAPOLIS — A strong, isolated blast of wind that came in advance of a line of thunderstorms knocked down the main stage at the Indiana State Fair at 8:49 pm Aug. 13. The collapse killed four people on site. A fifth victim, Nathan Byrd, 51, died later that night. A spotlight operator who fell with the rigging, Byrd had been among the 45 people hospitalized, many with serious injuries. Although other crew members were seen falling with the rigging, no additional deaths were reported.

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Five laser projectors are touring with Katy Perry

Lasers Part of Sensory Overload on Katy Perry Tour

LOS ANGELES — Katy Perry’s California Dreams tour is anything but minimalist, with dancing gingerbread men, whipped cream, and machines blowing cotton candy scent into the audience. The crew with Laser Design Productions worked with director Baz Halpin to amp up the sensory overload even further.

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Martin EC-10 LED panels

Martin EC-10 LED Panels

Martin Professional’s EC-10 LED panels feature 10mm pixel pitch  and can be mixed and matched with Martin’s EC-20 LED panels. Both products are fully compatible in terms color, setup, curving, control and processing and accessories, allowing for seamless, mixed resolution visuals in one system.

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Prolyte H40R 2-meter length

Prolyte H40R Truss

Prolyte Group’s H40R Truss, to be shown at PLASA 2011 (Stand 1G40) is designed to meet customer requests for smaller truss with higher loading capacities. The new H40R also borrows advances designed into Prolyte’s H30V, H40V and S36R truss products, applying them to rectangular standard H40 truss.

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