MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE -– “Jazz music is the power of now,” Wynton Marsalis once observed. If that is the case, then Maputo is flourishing in the moment. A bustling city of gleaming new high-rises, Mediterranean-style villas and wide boulevards lined with jacaranda and flame trees, the Mozambique capital teems with the sound of jazz from its lively club scene and internationally acclaimed festivals.
LOS ANGELES – ADJ is pleased to announce the release of the Focus Spot Two, a feature-packed and powerful spot fixture, with easy accessible GOBO replacement, sets a new standard for what can be achieved from a compact and affordable moving head. Joining the smaller Focus Spot One and larger Focus Spot Three Z, this new fixture rounds out ADJ’s hotly-anticipated Focus Series.
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CHICAGO – Lighting Technology Chicago is an industry event about collaboration and partnership. LTC brings the Chicago entertainment and architectural lighting markets together for networking training and collaboration. ILC is pleased to announce registration for Lighting Technology Chicago 2017 February 1st and 2nd. This year’s LTC will bring together industry professionals and world class manufacturers and distribution to build collaborative relationships.
WAYNE, NJ – JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, will demonstrate its new JVC VIDEOCLOUD online video and live streaming platform, new fiber studio system for its GY-HM890 ProHD cameras, and a number of other products and services at the Government Video Expo 2016 (Booth 102), which runs Dec. 7-8 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
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NEW YORK – Thousands turned out despite heavy rain to witness the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting on Nov. 30, 2016. To provide the crowds with a better view of performances, Upstage Video provided six big LED screens. The artist lineup included Tori Kelly, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, The Roots and Anthony Hamilton, Josh Groban, Tony Bennett, Sarah McLachlan, Dolly Parton, Pentatonix, Jordan Smith, Neil Diamond and the Radio City Rockettes.
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CASA GRANDE, AZ – Every year on the Sunday before Christmas, the CrossRoads church gives away presents to 1,000 area children. These aren’t toy store remainder-type gifts either, but rather items like Xboxes, iPads and other things that 21st century kids really want. The event typifies the attitude of this dynamic and rapidly growing church: our message may be timeless, but it must be delivered in a way that is relevant to people today.
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SOUTH BEND, INDIANA – James Thomas Engineering played a crucial role in bringing to life a one-of-a-kind interactive lighting display in South Bend, Indiana to celebrate its 150th birthday and add another layer of revitalization to the city. Designed by internationally renowned lighting designer Rob Shakespeare, it claims to be the world’s first interactive display of light over a body of water.
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LONDON – Drapes and rigging expert Blackout, working for CPL Productions, returned to supply Sky One’s sports comedy panel show ‘A League of Their Own’, October 2016. Growing with the show over the last seven years, a team of six Blackout riggers lead by project manager Alex Duke, was entrusted to supply, install and operate a range of drapes and rigging equipment to transform a sound stage in the well-loved TV set playing host to the likes of James Cordon, Jack Whitehall, Andrew Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp.
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EUROPE – Lighting designer Francis Clegg of London-based design house MIRRAD turned to control technology by British manufacturer Avolites to drive his atmospheric lighting for electronic retro-rockers Public Service Broadcasting’s (PSB) ‘The Race for Space’ album tour.The band’s unique sound features samples of vocals from old public information films and propaganda material with a goal to “teach lessons of the past through the music of the future”.
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LONDON – Stars of stage and screen join the BBC Concert Orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall for the European premiere of Disney’s Broadway Hits – a celebration of the songs behind some of the world’s best loved musicals. As the rental partner for the Disney production, VER London supplied equipment, crew, logistics and peace of mind to allow the US creative team to hit the ground running at the venue, fully serviced via the local VER operation, fully backed by a global leading provider of quality equipment and support.
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LONDON – The London-based company has just invested in a large number of BlackBox F-2 G4S transceivers for an upcoming tour. For this project, Wireless DMX was critical to get data to audience trusses for an in-the-round stadium tour. At each venue, the power would be sourced local to the trusses, which would require potentially hundreds of meters of extra cable for the sake of two DMX universes on each side of the stadium.
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SINGAPORE – The 2016 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore tennis tournament was staged at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang over a seven day period at the end of October. Over 100 Robe moving lights illuminated the court as part of a lighting scheme designed by Michael Chan and Tom Langridge. While Tom ensured that the court was lit specifically for the TV cameras Michael looked after lighting for the Opening Ceremony and then for general ambience and effects lighting including creating WOW-moments for the player entrances.
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