BAMBURI, Kenya – Gearhouse South Africa supplied lighting, AV, video, staging, sets, rigging and power – and the venue itself – for a corporate event staged by the Swedish cosmetics multinational Oriflame. It gave the company the first chance to deploy its new In2Structures SupaDome.
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LONDON – For an oversized screening of the film Mamma Mia! watched by 8,000 ABBA-loving viewers at the O2 arena – including members of the London musical's cast – Matt Plus played an important supporting role. But there was no actor in either the movie or the live cast that went by that name; Matt Plus is the brand name Harkness Screens uses for the 108-foot-wide screen material itself.
Read More »MIDDLETON, WI – ETC's electrical and rigging courses now qualify as ETCP-recognized training programs. That means that those attendees training with ETC, who might otherwise have to retake the ETCP certification exam every five years, can accumulate some of the 40 renewal credits that can serve as an alternative to the retest.
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GUANGZHOU, China – PR Lighting has named Fons de Vreede to handle sales in Western Europe, operating out of The Netherlands. Ernie Armas, PR Lighting's international sales director, confirmed the appointment.
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TEMPE, AZ – Barbizon promoted Mark Schneider, a five-year company veteran, to sales manager for the company's Arizona office.
Read More »ORLANDO – LMG, Inc., which currently owns several Vari*Lite lighting systems, such as the VL 2000, VL 2500, VL 3000 and VL 3500 moving lights and Vari*Lite VLX Wash fixtures, recently became an authorized dealer for the brand.
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SYDNEY – The John Butler Trio One Way Road tour, which has recently finished touring Australia, adopted a carbon-neutral stance, calculating the carbon "footprint" and emissions generated during the tour and balancing those costs with an investment in renewable energy.
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DETROIT – The auto industry might have regarded 2009 as a clunker of a year, but there was still enough cash (or at least credit) to stage the 21st North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). UVLD played a role with Hyundai Motor America's Blue-Will concept car.
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PHOENIX – Lighting and video designer Nick West used a Jands Vista T2 console for lighting, I-Mag and video control for the recent tobyMac annual Winter Wonder Slam tour. Axxis Inc. was the tour lighting company.
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VANCOUVER, BC – Light sculptor Rafael Lozano-Hemmer has incorporated Syncrolite fixtures in Vectorial Elevation, a work commissioned by the 2010 Cultural Olympiad, the City of Vancouver's initiative to celebrate artists along with athletes.
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MIAMI GARDENS, FL – With the NFL's Pro Bowl and Super Bowl drawing much attention in South Florida, the recent grand opening for the Calder Casino, which added 1,200 slot machines and three new restaurants to the Calder Race Track complex for horse racing, needed a visual attention-getter.
Read More »KANSAS CITY, MO – All three ETCP exams – for entertainment electrical, arena rigging and theatre rigging – will be offered to USITT attendees this year, starting on March 31 and ending April 1. The deadline to apply is March 1.
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