SEATTLE – Blizzard Lighting, LLC announced that their Blockhead moving head LED matrix light fixtures helped light the FOX Sports NFC Championship pregame and halftime set during the Jan. 18, 2015 matchup between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks. Blizzard collaborated with another Wisconsin-based company, ModTruss, on the project. ModTruss constructs on location sets for many sports telecasts including FOX.
Read More »NORTHVILLE, MI – Ward Evangelical Presbyterian Church, which has a long history in the Detroit metro area, refurbished its lighting system with Elation Professional LED fixtures. Bryan Guelzo, who was brought in to oversee the full A/V renovation, working with Austin Germain (director of production for worship), Billy Petty (director of worship) and Gerry Kropf (broadcast coordinator). Working with integrator Fantasee Lighting in Belleville, MI, they installed 12 Platinum Spot LED Pro II fixtures and 12 Rayzor Q12 Zooms.
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BARCELONA, Spain – Creative Technology’s operation in Spain has recently recruited Sander Meijer as Audio Visual Sales Manager. Sander will be responsible for the company’s Cannes, Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon regions.
Read More »KEMBLE, Gloucestershire, UK – Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) and Bright Productions collaborated on an elaborate corporate event for 1,200 guests of a technology company that adopted an airport theme. Bright developed the design concept and CPL helped realize this by providing the full technical production – rigging, staging, power, video, sound and lighting.
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PARIS – Robe Lighting s.r.o. launched a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Robe Lighting France S.A.S., located at ZI Paris Nord II, Bâtiment Euler, 33, rue des Vanesses, 93420 Villepinte. Pictured here, from left, are Ingo Dombrowski (key account manager Europe for Robe Lighting s.r.o.), Bruno Garros (managing director Robe Lighting France S.A.S), Josef Valchar (CEO & general manager of Robe Lighting s.r.o.), Elie Battah (business development manager for Robe Lighting France S.A.S) and Harry von den Stemmen (international sales director for Robe Lighting s.r.o.).
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ERL, Austria – For El Juez (The Judge), an opera that premiered at the 862-seat Festspielhaus here, LD Eduardo Bravotechnical and lighting manager/grandMA2 operator Johannes Laugwitz used Clay Paky A.leda Wash K10, A.leda Wash K20 and Alpha Wash 1500 fixtures.
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SINGAPORE — Martin named Glenn Loh key account manager for the company’s Asia & Pacific team. Loh is based in Singapore and reports to Alfonso Zarate Takano, the Asia & Pacific team’s architectural manager.
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NASHVILLE, TN – LD Justin Kitchenman of Fadeup Design Group used pixel mapped ÉPIX Strips from Chauvet Professional for Luke Bryan’s 2014 “That’s My Kind of Night” tour in support of the artist’s Crash My Party album. Elite Multimedia supplied the LD with 104 ÉPIX Strip 2.0 fixtures.
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MONTREAL – For projections on the ice at Air Canada Centre, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) turned to Solotech and dynamic content specialist 4U2C for a visual assist. The Sept. 8, 2014 deal led to arena-spanning visuals supporting both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors games earlier this season.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — For the V.I.P. guests at the invitation-only Nobel Prize Banquet held Dec. 10, 2014, LD Per Sundin included 18 Clay Paky Alpha Profile 800 ST fixtures supplied by Woodlite. Sundin called the Alphas “perfect” for the event, which called for looks that were “subtle and beautiful” rather than big and bombastic with hundreds of moving lights.
Read More »CINCINNATI, OH — All three ETCP examinations will be held at USITT in Cincinnati, OH on the morning of Saturday, March 21, 2015. Candidates who wish to take more than one exam should contact ETCP. The deadline to register for the exams is Feb. 28.
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