LOS ANGELES – At this year’s Sound Check Xpo, Elation Professional hosts a seminar featuring lighting legend, Jonathan Smeeton. The seminar, “Concert Lighting From Idea To Design To Reality,” will be held Monday, April 22, at Sound Check Xpo in Mexico City.
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SONOMA, CA — Barbara “Bea” Oliver, a production and touring veteran with Oakland, CA IATSE Local 107, died March 4 following complications from liver failure. She died at home with family and friends at her side. Oliver was no stranger to touring and production. Her years with FM Productions, The Jacksons, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and the list goes on and on, placed her as one of the pioneers in the set, scenic and rigging trades.
Read More »HONG KONG – Hong Kong‘s leading TV station, Television Broadcast Limited (TVB), has recently made a major investment in GLP’s impression Spot One for its studios. Under a new management initiative to reduce the carbon footprint of the company, TVB’s engineering department needed an LED solution to replace their existing discharge lamp automated lighting system.
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SOUTH BEACH, FL — Event site Studio 743 dominates the skyline on Washington Avenue in the historic district of South Beach, with a modern tower lit by nine Iluminarc fixtures. More wash lights from Iluminarc enhance a water fountain with vivid colors. HMS Group of Miami supplied the lighting.
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LOS ANGELES – LD Cory FitzGerald added 11 Robe Robin MMX Spots to his design for the most recent U.S. leg of Cat Power’s world tour, to promote her album, “Sun.” FitzGerald had not used any Robe products previously, choosing the MMX Spots after a demo from VER.
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SYRACUSE, NY—Philip Lunas has joined the staff of J.R. Clancy, Inc., as the company’s financial manager. Lunas will also manage all human resources functions and serve as the company’s information technology point of contact.
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IPSWITCH, SUFFOLK, UK – UK international lighting supplier MGC Lighting has hired Jessica Munke as a sales executive to assist with the company’s growing business in Germany and other parts of Europe. She comes from the insurance industry where she gained customer relations experience.
Read More »STAMFORD, CT — After completing its acquisition of Martin Professional A/S of Denmark, Harman announced on March 6 that Lars Dige Knudsen, a 17-year Martin veteran, most recently as CFO, would be taking over for Martin’s previous CEO, Christian Engsted, who has left the company. Knudsen’s new title at Harman is Vice President, General Manager, Lighting Strategic Business Unit. Harman also announced that Villads Thomsen, a 14-year Martin veteran, most recently as VP Sales/EMEA, had been promoted to VP of Global Sales for the Lighting Strategic Business Unit.
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AARHUS, Denmark – Martin Professional has recently made available version 3.0.0 software for the family of P3 System Controllers for LED screens and creative video. The new software brings a collection of new features to the P3-100, P3-200 and P3-PC system controllers.
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MALTA – LD Anton Borg Olivier specified Clay Paky Sharpys, Alpha Beam 300s, Alpha Wash 1200s and Alpha Spot HPE 1200s for The Bay Music Awards in Malta. Olivier – who has worked on the Maltese concerts of artists such as Iron Maiden and Status Quo – chose the fixtures for their “rich colors and intense beams.”
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SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – In a recent project for iWeiss, Seton Hall University desired a retractable cover for the proscenium opening in The Richie Regan… Read More »iWeiss Outfits Seton Hall University
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Country artist Jason Aldean is playing a stadium tour with Bandit Lites, continuing through September. LD Aaron Swetland began working with Aldean in 2008 and received the CMA SRO Lighting Designer of the Year Award for the 2012 tour, so for this Night Train Tour, he looked to take it to the next level.
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