AUSTIN, TX – Fons de Vreede has rejoined High End Systems as business development manager for the digital lighting division. He will focus on sales in Europe, the Middle East, Russia, India and Africa, with improving visibility and increasing market penetration as further goals. Fons’ previous stint at High End Systems ran from 2003 to 2010 as European sales director.
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NEW LONDON, CT — The U.S. Coast Guard Band announced that it would be forced to cancel its tour of the Southeast from March 6-15 due to budget reductions stipulated by the federal budget sequestration that went into effect March 1. The band had shows scheduled in Clearwater, Tampa and Bradenton, FL; Valdosta, GA; Mobile, and Tuscaloosa, AL; Germantown, TN and Oxford, MS.
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YONKERS, NY – Neil A. Mazzella, co-founder and president of Hudson Scenic Studio, Inc. based in Yonkers, NY, has partnered with Neil O’Connor and Corky Boyd in the ownership of Hudson Scenic. Mazzella will take on the duties of chairman, O’Connor will be the new CEO, and Boyd will be senior vice president overseeing project management and sales.
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PALO ALTO, CA — For 842-seat Bing Concert Hall, a $111.9 million projected completed in January, Stanford University turned to Fisher Dachs Associates (FDA), J. R. Clancy and Western Theatrical for a rigging solution to the challenge posed by the new venue’s large, sail-like acoustical wall and ceiling panels specified by acoustic designer Yasuhisa Toyota of Nagata Acoustics.
Read More »DENVER – Richter Scale Productions Inc. recently added a modular outdoor 8mm LED video wall to its inventory of video, audio and lighting equipment available for indoor and outdoor events. The new GLIC video wall is new to the U.S. and Richter Scale has 120 panels available.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Mandylights LDs Richard Neville and Alex Grierson spent a month in Dubai as lighting designers for Dubai’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. The 25-minute show took place around the center of Dubai in front of the Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest building. Using some 350 intelligent fixtures, the pair illuminated the Burj, lake and surrounding precinct which played host to 15 individual performer stages and a massive 210-meter (689 ft) long seamless projection screen.
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LOS ANGELES – Clay Paky Alpha Beam 700 luminaires and a grandMA2 console are racking up frequent flier miles accompanying American alternative metal band Stone Sour and rockers Papa Roach on their world tour. They’re currently playing in the US, with Christie Lites supplying the gear.
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HOLLISTER, MO – Canaan Caughey recently joined Blue Planet Lighting’s Hollister, MO, team, where he is handling warehouse management, rental prep, as well as shipping… Read More »Blue Planet Adds Caughey to Team
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HOUSTON – Bandit Lites recently redesigned the lighting at the Bayou Music Center in Houston. Inn five days, Bandit gutted the stage and house lighting systems and installed a completely new system, including LED fixtures for low maintenance and reduced energy costs.
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BRUSSELS – XL Video has appointed Lucas Covers, former CEO of De Boer Structures and Philips Home Networks, as its new CEO. Covers has served as a senior executive at Philips where he held several international positions. These included the management of the digital video business, Philips Home Networks, located in Paris. In 2008 he became CEO of De Boer Structures, an international supplier of temporary and semi-permanent structures.
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