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Yellowcard Performs with Chauvet Professional Gear

LD Cody James of JDI Productions lit Yellowcard’s concert at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel concert hall earlier this year using Legend 230SR Beam and Legend 412 moving heads from Chauvet Professional. Photo by Seth Shapiro.

Yellowcard Performs with Chauvet Professional Gear

PROVIDENCE, RI — LD Cody James of JDI Productions lit Yellowcard’s concert at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel concert hall here earlier this year using Legend 230SR Beam and Legend 412 moving heads from Chauvet Professional. The concert marked the 10th anniversary of the release of Yellowcard’s Ocean Avenue album.

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Jonathan Smeeton

Elation Sponsors Jonathan Smeeton Seminar for Young LDs

LOS ANGELES — LD Jonathan Smeeton will lead a seminar titled “Lighting Design and its Application for the Stage” on  May 13 at Elation Professional’s Los Angeles headquarters. Elation is sponsoring the event. The company has also sponsored last year’s “Concert Lighting” seminar at Sound Check in Mexico City, also led by Smeeton, pictured here.

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Auviso provided SGM’s P-5 wash lights as part of a refurbishment for the Swiss Museum of Transport Planetarium in Lucerne, Switzerland

Swiss Planetarium’s Dome Lit with SGM P-5 Wash Fixtures

LUCERNE, Switzerland — Auviso provided SGM’s P-5 wash lights as part of a refurbishment for the Swiss Museum of Transport Planetarium here. The gear was sourced through local SGM distributor ASL. The Planetarium dome is now solely lit by P-5 fixtures. Auviso’s project manager, Patrik Peier, credited the gear for being both brighter and more energy efficient than the fixtures they replaced.

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Goldfrapp Tours with Philips Showline SL Nitro 510 Strobe/Luminaires

Goldfrapp Tours with Philips Showline SL Nitro 510 Strobe/Luminaires

GATESHEAD, U.K. — For Goldfrapp’s recent U.K. and European shows in support of the electronic music duo’s latest album, Tales of Us, LD Rob Sinclair picks up on the album’s film noire imagery. He credited Philips Showline SL Nitro 510 strobe luminaires for delivering some of the looks he was after. Lighting director Louisa Smurthwaite also credited the gear, which was provided by Neg Earth.

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Hollywood Improv Upgrades with Chauvet Professional Gear

Hollywood Improv Upgrades with Chauvet Professional Gear

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Richard Rutherford of Rutherford Design was looking to help the venerable Hollywood Improv improve its lighting with new color mixing technology, for the comedians performing on the venue’s 6-by-12-foot stage. He opted for a setup from Chauvet Professional that includes four COLORado1 VW Tour quad-color warm white/cool white LED pars, 24 SlimPAR Pro RGBA par fixtures and for SlimPAR Pro VW par fixtures from Chauvet DJ.

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For a mid-March conference attended by more than 3,400 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices agents and brokers (including former Prudential realtors) and coordinated by Corporate Magic, the AV setup included five rolling GV10mm carbon fiber LED panels (each 6’7” x 9’10”) from GoVision LP

Realtor Convention Features Five Roller-Mounted LED Screens

NASHVILLE — For a mid-March conference attended by more than 3,400 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices agents and brokers (including former Prudential realtors) and coordinated by Corporate Magic, the AV setup included five rolling GV10mm carbon fiber LED panels (each 6’7” x 9’10”) from GoVision LP, L-R stationary projection screens (6’ x 9’) and LED triangles forming the shape of a house.

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Chauvet Professional Q-Wash 419Z RGBW LED Zoom Wash Moving Head

The Q-Wash 419Z LED is a high-output RGBW wash moving head with a zoom range of 7-25 degrees. The fixture features 19 – 15watt LEDs broken down into 3 separate zones of LED control. The Q-Wash 419Z LED offers five different DMX profile options: 8, 10, 21 (two) or 24 DMX-channel modes. It features multi-voltage operation and up to 5 units can be linked at 120V, or up to 9 units at 230V. The unit also includes both 3- and 5-pin XLR connectors.

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Hollywood Improv Gets Rehab Help from Chauvet Professional

HOLLYWOOD, CA– Legendary comedian Henny Youngman once quipped that instead of coming up with new jokes, he preferred to find new audiences. That may work for comics, but not for comedy clubs, which have to keep things fresh for regular patrons. Management at the world-famous Hollywood Improv knows this, which is why they recently did a lighting rehab at the iconic club using a collection of fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.

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