NEW YORK – By Design Day, the joint fundraising day for Behind the Scenes in the US and Canada and Light Relief in the U.K., is now in its third year and, once again, the organizers are hoping for a bigger response than ever before.
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ORLANDO – Alcorn McBride, Inc., makers of show control, audio and video equipment for the theme-park industry, marked 25 years recently and revamped its website at alcorn.com. The company was founded in 1986 by CEO Steve Alcorn, who maintains his leadership role.
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COSTA MESA, CA – Chance Theater's production of The Who's Tommy last summer got rave reviews for KC Wilkerson's lighting and video design. When the production was re-staged at Orange County's larger Segerstrom Center for the Arts earlier this year, Wilkerson expanded the number of fixtures in the rig. The new gear list included eight Elation Design Wash LED RGBW moving heads, eight Elation Design LED 60 Strips and three Elation Design Beam 300 moving heads.
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LONDON – Working on behalf of Upperstreet Events, HSL supplied lighting design, equipment and crew for four live stages at the 2011 Move It exhibition at London's Olympia conference center. The stages – Main, Freestyle, Arena and Flawless – were dotted all around Olympia. HSL project manager Dave Singleton creating the production lighting design.
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Read More »SYRACUSE, NY – J.R. Clancy has introduced a new series of rigging tips for rigging users and installers called "Rig Right." These tips range from the basics to some less obvious safety ideas.
Read More »NEW YORK – PLASA, the industry association formerly known as ESTA, has posted a new draft standard for public review. It is called BSR E1.40 – 201x, Recommendations for the Planning of Theatrical Dust Effects.
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LOS ANGELES – David Flad of Q1 Designs recently teamed with 4Wall Los Angeles to light the interior of downtown LA's Belasco Theatre. The lighting design and implementation was one of the final stages of the three-year renovation of the 80-year-old venue.
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GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Edson Rivera, lighting designer at Mega-Lite's Mexico distributor Adimsa, used Mega-Lite's RGB Color Ribbon for cove lighting at Casino Gran Nevada.
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MIAMI BEACH, FL – The 26th annual International Dance Music Awards (IDMA), hosted by Glassnote Entertainment Group owner Daniel Glass, featured performances by Cedric Gervais & Mya, Chris Willis, Dev & The Cataracs, Emii, Grace, Wynter Gordon and Zakes. The stage was lit with 15 Chauvet fixtures. Chauvet sponsored IDMA and the 26th annual Winter Music Conference.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Gearhouse South Africa's Cape Town branch supplied specialist LED and AV display technology to four different installations at the Design Indaba 2011 exhibition, which was staged at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) and included the Design Indaba Conference and Young Designers Simulcast.
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NEW YORK – For a recent concert featuring Italy's Gigi D'Alessio at Radio City Music Hall, Coemar's Infinity ACL S and Infinity Wash XL fixtures played a key role, lighting the artist for the mid-February show and for taped performances shown on Italy's Rai1 in early March.
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