OAKLAND, CA — Friends of the late production and tour manager Benny Collins have announced plans for a memorial service, “A Celebration of a Life Well Lived.” The event is set for Saturday, April 1, 2017, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Fox Theater Oakland, 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA. 94612
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ST. LOUIS, MO – Continuing its commitment to supporting students and educators, ETC is packing this year’s USITT tradeshow with activity. Product trainings; educational sessions; new-product demos on stands 114, 214 and 314; and the popular Student Session are just a portion of what ETC will offer at USITT, March 9th to 11th, in St. Louis, MO. Among the featured products: the company’s Gio @5 lighting-control desk, pictured here.
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HOUSTON — LD Bob Barnhart, who has lent his talents to 19 Super Bowl Halftime Shows, included Claypaky Mythos and Sharpy fixtures in the rig used to light Lady Gaga at Super Bowl LI. Barnhart used 56 Mythos on field truss set against the upstage wall below the first row of seats. The lights were positioned on 2.5-foot spacings from the center of the field out to the 20 yard lines. A grandMA2 console also controlled a portion of the lighting complement at Houston’s NRG Stadium.
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DUBAI – Maestra Dubai is supplying full technical production – lighting, audio, video, staging, rigging, special FX and power distribution – to the 2016-17 series of ‘Groove on The Grass’ dance events. Now in its fifth edition, the five events for this season are produced by the Artists Network and being staged at the Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, each enjoyed by around 5000 dance music fans.
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SAN FERNANDO, CA — TMB has planned a number of tributes for Tommy Stephenson, who died Feb. 21. In addition to being a longtime employee at TMB, Stephenson, who had to retire in 2013 due to health reasons, was also the company’s first employee. The TMB remembrances will include a toast for Tommy at the company’s USITT booth at the end of opening day, Thursday, March 9.
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KNOXVILLE, TN — It’s a small world, especially in Tennessee’s country music circles, and chance encounters between talented people aren’t that uncommon. One such random encounter led to a new look for singer-songwriter Erick Baker’s Valentines Day show at Knoxville’s Bijou Theatre. Bandit Lites has the details.
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LOS ANGELES – Four years ago, in his final year of graduate studies at Cal Arts, Grant Dunn signed on as an intern with TMB’s Tech Support Department, specializing in video server support and programming. Since that time, Grant the Renaissance Man became a full-time TMB employee and has since served many valuable functions at TMB, from Video Editor, to Tech Support, to Event Management, and most recently, Sales/Customer Development, calling on and helping TMB’s customers throughout the Western US.
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CHINA – The Shaanxi Tourism Group employed a range of modern technology to stage “Xi’an Incident,” marking the 80th anniversary of one of the turning points in the Chinese Civil War. The production used the most advanced lighting, sound, automation and multimedia mapping technologies to create an immersive viewing experience for audiences. Three d3 4x4pro media servers powered an extensive array of laser projectors and LED screens.
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PARIS — Valère Huart-Gyors, Ayrton’s export manager, who has been working at the company since 2011, died Feb. 19. He was 37.
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CHICAGO – ILC is pleased to announce that Rhiann Owen as a new Insides Salesperson. Rhiann is a Chicago native who was indulged in theater and the arts at an early age. In 2012, Rhiann began working with independent filmmakers in the Chicagoland area and before she knew it she was working more behind the camera than in front of it. By 2013 she was producing films that were featured in the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX. The past couple of years, Rhiann has been focusing on a different route. While still honing her skills in the industry, she became involved with live audio and lighting production.
TORONTO, CANADA,— After Bell Media – CTV’s iconic morning television show “Canada AM” signed off after 43 seasons, it’s new refresh, “Your Morning,” had big shoes to fill. With new talent, a fresh take on current events, and millions of loyal fans to impress, “Your Morning” strives to produce an engaging show each and every day that lives up to its famous predecessor. That’s why, when designing the show’s new studio before its official premiere in June of 2016, Bell Media – CTV consulted with Advanced to build, design and install an immersive video wall that would capture and hold the attention of its viewers.
CYPRESS, Calif. – The world champion Cleveland Cavaliers have added a new dimension to halftime shows and 60-second time outs thanks to the Christie® Pandoras Box media server and Quince Imaging. Using a combination of 3D mapping techniques and video content produced by the Cavaliers own QTV team, and Christie Pandoras Box, Quince Imaging transforms the Quicken Loans Arena basketball court into an immersive environment featuring a classic pong-style game with participants competing against each other from each end of the court.
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