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Elation Road Show Travels to Barbizon NYC May 15

Elation Roadshow

Elation Road Show Travels to Barbizon NYC May 15

NEW YORK – Next stop on Elation Road Show’s new product tour is May 15 at Barbizon Lighting in New York. Attendees can benefit from hands on demos and product presentations (including TVL LED panels and floods for broadcast operations), and there will be refreshments, door prizes and more. The event is set for noon to 6 pm at Barbizon Lighting, 455 W. 55 St., NYC.

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Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean Makes Waves with Robe

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – LDs Mohamed Hussain and Mohamed Maznavi of MOS Sound & Light featured 120 Robe moving lights at the heart of their lighting design for Billy Ocean’s recent show at the Exhibition and Convention Centre. MOS has been offering Robe products for the past 10 years in its rental inventory.

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Brit Floyd

Brit Floyd Plays Tribute with Elation

LOS ANGELES – Brit Floyd is finding fans worldwide in their recreation of Pink Floyd’s sound and live performance.  The FIX8Group designed the touring production, with a light show designed by FIX8’s Neil Trenell. Tour lighting vendor Performance Lighting is supplying the equipment, trying for the first time Elation Professional’s Platinum Beam 5R moving head fixtures.

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Event Safety Alliance Meets with Indiana Safety Officials

INDIANAPOLIS — Members of the Event Safety Alliance, including founding members John Brown of Brown United, Inc. and Jim Digby, production manager for Linkin Park, met April 23 with Indiana governor Mitch Daniels and state safety officials to discuss ways for the entertainment industry and government to work together in the interest of life safety. The meeting included officials from the NFPA, IATSE, IDHS, IOSHA and Daniels’ staff.

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CEO Andy Dockerty

ADLIB Expands Staff, Doubles Warehouse

LIVERPOOL, UK – ADLIB has moved into its new warehouse in Speke, doubling its space to 50,000 square feet to accommodate all the new inventory. They’ve also expanded their staff with six new full-time employees. Creating this facility space, which also allows for training and demos, is part of the vision of ADLIB CEO Andy Dockerty.

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Katherine Jenkins

HSL Lights Katherine Jenkins Tour

BLACKBURN, UK – HSL supplied lighting equipment to classical/pop crossover artist Katherine Jenkins’ UK tour. Tim Routledge designed the show starting with Jenkins in center stage, accompanied by a 32-piece National Symphony Orchestra. Her last tour hit arenas; this production was scaled to fit into more intimate theatres and concert halls.

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News Studio

Strand and Selecon Transform UK News Studio

LONDON, UK – Philips Selecon and Strand Lighting distributor, Architainment have completed an installation project for ITN at the new, remote controlled Channel 5 News Room in London Bridge. Dealing with the issues of low ceilings and an insufficient power supply led to the LED solution including Selecon PL1s, ColorKinetics ColorBlastTRXs and ColorKinetics iW Blast units.

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Reports Cite “Ambiguity of Authority,” Rigging Flaws in Staging Collapse

INDIANAPOLIS — Reports by Witt Associates (Washington, DC) and Thornton Tomasetti (New York) cited “ambiguity of authority” and inadequate wire and concrete anchor reinforcement as key factors in the Aug. 13, 2011 staging collapse at the Indiana State Fair that killed seven and injured 40. Both reports were released April 12. Also last week, Sugarland band members provided private video depositions from West Virginia that appear to contradict the testimony of the fair’s executive director, Cindy Hoye, according to published reports. The state fair’s chairman, Andre Lacy, saying he would rather put a higher priority on a safer future than on assigning blame for past events, has chosen not to accept Hoye’s repeated offers to resign from her position.

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