PALMARES, Costa Rica – A series of concert events that were part of Costa Rica’s annual Fiestas de Palmares took place Jan. 12-22, drawing big crowds with Sean Paul, Gente de Zona and Zion y Lennox. Ronald Goñi and Jairo Barrantes used 16 high output Maverick MK2 Spots from Chauvet Professional.
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LOS ANGELES – Fox Sports recently refitted Stage B at its Pico Studio in Los Angeles with mostly Elation Professional products including the company’s Fuze Wash Z120, a PAR moving head with 120W RGBW COB LED engine. Victor Fable chose the energy-efficient LED fixtures, supplied by Kinetic Lighting.
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UK – Lighting designer Ian Bintliff returned to top UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL to source equipment for the most recent UK tour by bluesy rockers Thunder promoting their new album ‘Rip It Up’ visiting a string of theatre and town hall venues. This follows last year’s arena tour – with lighting also supplied by HSL – and this time, the band were keen to play more dates in more locations at smaller venues to cultivate an intimate vibe and be closer to their very loyal UK fan base.
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FRANKFURT – Czech lighting manufacturer Robe lighting s.r.o. enjoyed another incredible Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, taking the opportunity to launch their new German subsidiary, Robe Deutschland GmbH; showcasing 10 new inventive and interesting products and creating another great show space for visitors on Booth D80 in Hall 3 of the annual expo. People packed into the stand right from the moment the show opened on Tuesday morning to the final hour on Friday afternoon.
Creative Conners’ Spotline Practical is a compact new hoist with a powered lifting line and integrated motion controller. Spotline Practical easily lifts small scenic elements and practical lighting while maintaining safety standards and ease of use. Controlled by Conners’ Spikemark software, the Practical is programmable and cue-able with the entire family of Creative Conners’ hoists and machines. Spotline Practical features 35 feet of travel, a maximum speed of 48 inches per second, and is capable of lifting 15 pounds. Utilizing a 110 V powered lifting line, Practical can power up to 1200W suspended lighting instruments.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – The Solaris Flare range of LED fixtures expanded with new product debuts at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt, Germany. They include the Flare Q+ Rayzr and Flare Q+ Dynamic White fixture (pictured here).
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AARHUS, Denmark and DUBAI, UAE — Top execs at SGM and Venuetech have re-established old ties, SGM noted, in a recent announcement about Venuetech’s appointment as sole distributor of SGM products in the Middle East. Pictured here, from left, is Peter Johansen, CEO of SGM Light and Elie Kheirallah, technical director of Venuetech.
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COLUMBIA, SC — Gattis Professional Audio of Lexington, SC worked on an AV upgrade at the South Carolina State House is the seat of South Carolina’s state government in Columbia, SC. Company president Sid Gattis discussed the project and his decision to deploy two Eiki EK-810U 8000 Lumen laser projectors.
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TAMPA, FL — Paul O’Neill, a producer, composer and lyricist who founded Trans-Siberian Orchestra in the mid-1990s and saw its twin holiday tours rise to enormous success, died April 5 in Tampa, FL. He was 61.
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NASHVILLE — Kari Jobe, a worship pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, TX, who is also a Grammy nominated singer/songwriter and winner of multiple Dove awards, is touring in support of her fifth studio album, The Garden, which was released in Feb. 2017. 4Wall Nashville provided LD Andy Rushing with the tour rig.
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LOS ANGELES – Zylight, a leading manufacturer and distributor of innovative LED lighting solutions, today announced it is the distributor of Rayzr 7 – the new series of seven-inch LED Fresnels. Rayzr 7 is the latest in a select group of broadcast, film, and stage lighting manufacturers that Zylight distributes across North and South America. Zylight will showcase its entire product line, as well as products it distributes from other companies, next month at the 2017 NAB Show (Booth C7947) in Las Vegas, Nev.
MIDDLETON, WI — ETC has a new person to support its growing rigging presence in the southern U.S. In his new role as rigging regional sales manager for the South, Stu Schatz will work closely with ETC’s rigging representatives and dealers in the area to provide sales support for customers.
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