ANAHEIM, CA — ADJ is putting special emphasis on three new products at the 2017 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim this year, starting with the company’s POW-R BAR65, which is designed to make it safer and easier to connect multiple electric devices. ADJ is also putting the spotlight on its Boom Box FX1 and Boom Box FX2 multi-effect fixtures. Each offers four separate lighting effects from a single compact unit.
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HELOTES, TX — Mega Systems, Inc. announced a new U.S. distribution agreement with Truss Aluminum Factory (TAF), a Czech Republic-based company that entered the U.S. market in 2009.
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SEOUL — Total Korea Lighting & Sound (TKLS) recently added 24 of GLP’s impression X4 Bar 20 lighting battens to the company’s inventory. The two-dozen fixtures, representing the first purchase of GLP products by Total Korea, went straight onto a major production of the Verdi opera, Aida, which will be running in Seoul until March 2017.
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SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT — Madaila, a Vermont-based jam band with a stage presence that elicits comparisons to Phish, performed a New Year’s Eve show at Higher Ground in Burlington with lighting by house LD Kyle Rose, who lit the band with Rogue fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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LAS VEGAS – The year-end numbers are in, and whatever else you may have been thinking about how things in 2016 went down, live concert ticket sales are up, according Pollstar. Total sales for the top 10 tours worldwide, featuring, in order, Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band, Beyoncé, Coldplay, Guns N’ Roses, Adele, Justin Bieber, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, the Rolling Stones and Celine Dion hit $1.67 billion — an 11.3 percent gain on the $1.5 billion pulled in by the top 10 tours in 2015.
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NEW YORK — All four ETCP examinations will be given on one session at USITT in St. Louis, MO on the morning of Saturday, March 11, 2017. The deadline is quickly approaching. Interested applicants must submit their application, along with supporting materials and fee, to the ETCP office no later than February 14, 2017. The ETCP office is located at 630 9th Ave, Suite 609, New York, New York, 10036. USITT members and employees receive a $100 discount on examination fees.
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BEREA, KY — Berea College’s holiday production, Listen! A Musical Celebration of Christmas, was broadcast on Christmas Eve by CBS affiliates. LD Mark Carver worked with Bandit Lites to enhance Berea Chapel and the performances that took place.
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PYRBAUM, Germany — Evago AG, which owns Bümo, a provider of structures and other products for the live event industry, has acquired all of the shares in Mojo Barriers’ global crowd barrier business. Mojo Barriers, which supported 2016 tours for The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Muse, among others, will continue to operate as a standalone company under Evago’s ownership, the companies said. Mojo’s main office locations in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA and Australia along with distributors in 20 other countries will continue to offer its global customers the same Mojo Barriers’ products, led by Alex Borger, CEO. Outgoing co-owners Cees Muurling and Hedwig de Meyer also spoke favorably of the deal.
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WEBSTER GROVES, MO – For the production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth staged by Webster University’s Conservatory of Theater Arts last fall, Seth Jackson and student LD Josh Murphy enhanced the visual look of the production by using four Claypaky Scenius moving head spotlights.
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WASHINGTON, DC — For the fourth consecutive time, Argyle, Texas-based GoVision has been tasked with providing the massive LED screens for a solemn and historic ceremony celebrating the peaceful transition of power. The company noted that 11 of its large LED screens will be positioned strategically across the Capitol grounds for the Jan. 20, 2017 ceremony.
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DUBAI – Point a reasonably powered telescope at the planet Mars and you will see the so called canals beloved of science fiction writers. Turn that scope around to view Earth from Mars and a new canal is clearly visible at the heart of Dubai; and this one is no fiction (see DubaiSat-2 link below). Cutting an elegant swathe through the city, the new Dubai Canal opened with a spectacular ceremony hosted by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai.
NEW YORK — The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) will launch a new version of the practice exams for the Entertainment Electrician Certification on January 30, 2017. This version is an entirely new set of questions and is available in addition to the practice exam that was created in 2009.
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