BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The Teatro Colón opera house, opened in 1908, received a careful-yet-comprehensive renovation earlier this year, and LD Ernesto Diz and Stage Tech SRL chose Vari-Lite, Selecon, and Strand Lighting fixtures – all Philips Entertainment brands – for the upgrade.
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MOSCOW – Lighting and fireworks lit up the sky for the 2010 Victory Day celebration in Moscow earlier this year. Clay Paky fixtures played a central role in the event, which marked the 65th anniversary of the end of the war against Nazi Germany on May 9, 1945.
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ATHENS, Greece – The renovated Galaxy Bar on the roof of the Hilton Hotel in Athens uses 35 Martin Professional smartMAC gobo and color-changing moving heads to project shifting patterns of color and movement onto the same number of hanging "drums."
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HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, U.K. – Lighting Technology Projects (LTP) designed and installed lighting for the new Alfie Morland pedestrian bridge. LTP was commissioned by developers Dandara Ltd. after seeing LTP's design for the Perryn Road Footbridge in west London earlier this year.
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LAS VEGAS – The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announces the addition to its Board of Advisors Dean Roney of Solotech International Touring. The company is based in Montreal, with offices in Quebec City and Las Vegas. Roney has been in the live event business for 30 years, and has been with Solotech since 2008. Based in Las Vegas, he serves as the company's vice president of business development.
Read More »SUN VALLEY, CA – GLP (German Light Products) US Inc. announced that it has moved to a larger facility near Los Angeles. The new 11,500 square-foot facility will serve as headquarter of GLP's North American operations, including sales, marketing, technical support, warehousing and logistics.
Read More »SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – J. R. Clancy, Inc. provided customized rigging for the new Arthur Zankel Music Center on Skidmore College campus, including the center's 600-seat Filene Ladd Concert Hall, which can accommodate performances ranging from solo performances to a full orchestra and chorus.
Read More »KORTRIJK, Belgium – Barco announced that Dirk De Man will be leaving the company to pursue other career opportunities and that he has been replaced with Carl Peeters. Peeters, a long-term senior manager with Barco, had until recently served as senior vice president of the Monitoring, Control and Medical (MCM) business group.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites supported Alice Cooper's Theater of Death tour this year, and also the Gruesome Twosome tour with Cooper and friend/protégé Rob Zombie.
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Easypix by Martin Professional is a line of modular, plug-and-play LED striplights designed to enhance interior spaces in a wide variety of applications. They are built for ease-of-use with full spectrum RGB color mixing, a choice of diffuser lenses and easy installation.
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NEW YORK – When you're tasked with explaining the history of civilization to an audience in 75 minutes, it helps to have some visual support. For Broadway's Colin Quinn Long Story Short, starring Colin Quinn and directed by Jerry Seinfeld at the Helen Hayes Theater, Quinn gets it in the form of projections and scenery from scenic designer David Gallo.
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GUANGZHOU, China – The opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games on Haixinsha Island earlier this month featured a 2,000-square-meter main stage covered with 10cm of water. Decorative elements included four stylized sailing ships and eight LED velomena.
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