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7,000 Escape Injury from Massive Stage Fire in India

7,000 Escape Injury from Massive Stage Fire in India

MUMBAI, India — A fire blamed on errant sparklers or pyro effects engulfed the stage during Maharashtra Night at Mumbai’s Girgaum Chowpatty beach area, part of the week-long “Make in India Week” festivities sponsored by the local government. The event drew a crowd of 7,000, and all were safely evacuated from the blaze. The smoke and flames emerged at about 8:20 p.m. on Feb. 14 as costumed dancers were performing on stage. The police and firefighters were credited for taking quick action, halting the performance and overseeing the evacuation. With some firefighting equipment at the ready and more on the way, the massive blaze was doused within a reported 38 minutes.

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The Miraculous Medal Shrine

Christian Shrine in Pennsylvania Glows Anew with LED Fixtures from Chauvet Professional

GERMANTOWN, PA – The Miraculous Medal Shrine, first completed in 1927, features a white statue of the Virgin Mary within a domed gold leafed alcove flanked by marble columns and mosaic murals. Tyler Hoffman, the owner and principal designer of Spire AVL got the chance to put the shrine in a new light and opted to include COLORado 1-Quad Tour pars, an Ovation C-640FC cyc light and Ovation E-190WW LED ellipsoidals from Chauvet Professional. 

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Elation Cuepix Blinder WW2

Niclen Adds Elation Cuepix Blinders and Colour Pendant to Inventory

DORTMUND, Germany – Niclen Moving Lights Systems GmbH has added Elation Professional Cuepix Series LED blinders and Colour Pendant color-changing LED luminaires to its inventory of rental stock. The purchase includes both versions of Elation’s popular Cuepix Blinder – the Cuepix Blinder WW2 (pictured here) and Cuepix Blinder WW4. They house 2 and 4 long-life 100W warm white 3,200K COB LEDs respectively.

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Music School TV program in Israel lit with Robe fixtures

Israel-Based Reality TV Program, ‘Music School,’ Lit with Robe Fixtures

TEL AVIV, Israel – A reality TV program, Music School, which is broadcast on national Channel 2, gives 16 young people the chance to be mentored and trained by four professional singers. LD Ronen Najar’s design for the show, staged at the Russell theatre in Ramatgan, Tel Aviv, includes 11 Robe BMFL Spots, six MMX Spots and an additional eight LEDBeam 100s shining from around the back of the audience. Lighting rental company Argaman Systems supplied the gear for Ronen’s rig. He uses a grandMA2 console for control.

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Blizzard Lighting BlockHead Big Eye

Blizzard Lighting BlockHead Big Eye

Blizzard Lighting’s BlockHead Big Eye, a a 3×3 pixel matrix moving head with nine LEDs (15W RGBW quad-color OSRAM LEDs) features continuous pan and tilt. It also has a variable electronic dimmer and strobe and individual LED pixel control, and the LEDs promise a working life of of 100,000 hours of use.

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PTX Universal Pan/Tilt head

Rushworks to Feature New Gear at NAB 2016

LAS VEGAS — Rushworks will be featuring four new products to be unveiled at NAB 2016 in Booth SL 11808: the PTX Universal Pan/Tilt head (pictured here), Remo UbeRemote. Remo IsoTower and Talk-Take video switching software. The show’s exhibition floor will be open at the Las Vegas Convention Center April 18-21.

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Pitbull on NYE

Pitbull’s NYE TV Special on Fox Includes Elation Platinum FLX Hybrid Moving Light

MIAMI – Lighting designer Tom Kenny included Elation Professional’s Platinum FLX hybrid moving head in the rig for a TV special featuring Pitbull that rang in 2016. Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution was broadcast live on Fox television to a nationwide audience Dec. 31, 2015. This was Kenny’s first year doing the show and his first opportunity to use the Platinum FLX luminaire.

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LA Zoo Lights Returns for 2015-2016 Holiday Season with Martin MAC Quantum Washes, Profile Fixtures

LA Zoo Lights Returns for 2015-2016 Holiday Season with Martin MAC Quantum Wash and Profile Fixtures

LOS ANGELES — LA Zoo Lights, a spectacle that debuted for the 2014-2015 holiday season, returned this year with an expanded array of animal-themed LED lights, lasers, 3D projections and musical water-and-light shows. Harman’s Martin lighting fixtures played a key role, including Martin MAC Quantum Washes and MAC Quantum Profiles. The fixtures were part of an elaborate water, light and laser show that took place a few times a day at a vacant sea lion exhibit.

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MGG’s Herman Mentz on the left & Electrosonic’s Renier Smit with the Kinesys system in MGG’s Johannesburg warehouse

MGG is First South African Rental Company to Invest in Kinesys Automation

JOHANNESBURG – The first South African rental company to invest in Kinesys automation is MGG, based in Linbropark, Johannesburg. MGG was founded by Mark Gaylard in early 1998, and has grown into one of the leading production solutions facilities in the country. Pictured here are, from left, MGG’s Herman Mentz and Electrosonic’s Renier Smit, with the Kinesys system in MGG’s Johannesburg warehouse.

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