TOWSON, MD – For Mistletoe Meltdown, an event that featured Robin Thicke, OMI, Rachel Platten and The Vamps and was staged on Dec. 11 within haze-free SECU Arena at Towson University, LD Brett Angstadt opted for a rig including Next NXT-1 Fixtures from Chauvet Professional. Pictured here is Robin Thicke.
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MOORESTOWN, NJ — Longtime employees at Starlite Productions, Gustavo Gomez, 42, and Donna Gomez, 59, were arrested and charged with stealing gear from the company. The theft allegedly took place from 2008 to 2014, with the total among of gear valued at close to $323,000, according to the Burlington County, NJ Prosecutor’s Office. The arrests came after an 18-month investigation.
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CHICAGO – Intelligent Lighting Creations (ILC) recently added Elation Professional’s Volt Q5 uplight fixtures to its rental inventory. The fixture is designed to serve as a go-anywhere RGBW LED wash light. It runs on a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. Featuring IP65 housing, the battery lasts up to 12 hours between charges. Pictured here holding one of the fixtures is ILC’s Steven Burdsall.
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ADJ’s ON-X mobile LED effect fixture offers eight 3W LEDs and flexible dual-head movement. The two red, two green, two blue and two white 3W LEDs have a 4-degree beam angle for beams in a range of colors, 270 degrees tilt movement and eight-zone chasing. The fixtures can be mounted vertically or horizontally and used by themselves or in multiples for strobing effects or with 0-100 percent electronic dimming. The three operating modes include Show, Sound Active and DMX-Controlled options, all selected from the unit’s four-button LED display.
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GOSHEN, KY — Jan Musson, founder of Santa Clara, CA-based Musson Theatrical, died peacefully at home in Goshen, KY at 10:30 p.m. Dec. 21, 2015. She was 79. A graduate of Stanford University who received her Master’s degree from San José State University, Jan founded Musson Theatrical Inc. in 1971. The company, launched as a home-based business, grew to offer a full range of theatrical sales and rentals, system design and specification, custom drapery and rigging design and installation, event design and production services.
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CHICAGO – For the Freaky Deaky festival, held in Chicago’s Toyota Park soccer stadium from Oct. 30-Nov. 1, the autumn skies were gray but the performers were lit with color washes from 48 of Chauvet’s COLORado Batten 144 Tour LED fixtures. LD Collyns Stenzel used the Batten fixtures to colorwash the scenic elements on the festival’s main stage and one of its two side stages.
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LOS ANGELES — For Mötley Crüe’s final tour, LD Matt Mills deployed an array of Martin MAC Viper AirFXs, Martin MAC Quantum Washes and Martin Atomic 3000 DMX strobes. The tour will wrap up with a three-night run at the Staples Center, culminating in a final show on New Year’s Eve.
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WINDSOR and BARRY, U.K. – The Projection Studio (TPS) has produced two high profile festive installations this year – at Windsor Castle and in the Welsh seaside town of Barry in Glamorgan. Pictured here is Windsor Castle, where a single Panasonic PZ21K projector fitted with a portrait adaption kit was used.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – For this year’s Warehouse Project, a series of dance events staged at the Store Street parking lot beneath the arches at Piccadilly station, dbn Lighting returned with a rig including Clay Paky Alpha Spot 575 HPEs, Alpha Wash 300s and Sharpys along with Sunstrips, Atomic strobes, four 4-Lites and ETC Source Four Juniors. New for this year were Ayrton Magic Dots on the over stage truss.
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LAS VEGAS – 4Wall and PLSN affiliate Stage Directions magazine are inviting college students to apply for a chance to win a trip to the USITT’s Annual Conference & Stage Expo (Salt Lake City, UT, March 16-19, 2016) or the Hemsley Portfolio Review (Lincoln Center in New York City, April 2-3, 2016). Winners will be chosen based on video submissions showing ten cues from a show worked on this past season. The submission deadline is Feb. 26, 2016.
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