In Memoriam: Alan ‘Esco’ Escombe, 1945-2015

BYRON BAY, Australia — In a recent posting on their Facebook page, Rock-It Cargo noted the passing of Alan “Esco” Escombe. Escombe, who joined Rock-It Cargo in 1985, joined the company after touring as a bass player with The Shake Spears in the mid-1960s and Fynn McCool in the late 1960s-early 1970s. A recent photo of crew members during load-out after a Paul McCartney concert in Hamburg, Germany shows Escombe at far right.

SAN BERNARDINO, CA. – The brief for the Queens Ground and Sunken Garden stages at this year’s Nocturnal Wonderland was straightforward enough – to “push the limits” – and that’s exactly what Visions Lighting and SJ Lighting did with eye-popping lighting and video designs that featured Elation Professional LED and Platinum Series fixtures.

WASHINGTON, DC – For an exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) covering the remarkable engineering feats of native Andeans before the arrival of Europeans to the Western hemisphere, AV provider Electrosonic relied once again on Alcorn McBride equipment. The exhibition, which runs from June 26, 2015–April 2018, is titled “The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire.”

NEW YORK – While a warehouse in Brookyn might not be what first comes to mind when scanning the NYC landscape for chi-chi event locales, Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood has transformed considerably from its days as a Hooverville during the Great Depression and as “the crack capital of America” (so-dubbed in an article in Life magazine) as recently as 1990. Along with its impressive waterfront views, accent lighting from Chauvet Professional helps make Liberty Warehouse highly desired for weddings and other events.

LAS VEGAS — Thousands of people flocked to the floor of the convention center last week for the LDI Convention. As evidenced by the crowds occupying the Elation booth, many of their new products were a hit with the attendees. Previously shown fixtures such as the Emotion and the Platinum FLX were seen by many for the first time. But garnishing some major attention were the ACL series of fixtures.