LONDON – More than 30 classic car and motorbike enthusiasts completed a 650-mile journey for this year’s First Night Riders charity ride, raising money for The Theatrical Guild. TTG helps theatre personnel who need educational sponsorship, counselling, or welfare advice in order for them to regain employment in the theatre industry.
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Le Maitre USA has launched FreezeJet, a liquid CO2 jet. The FreezeJet generates a blast of freezing fog in columns of 30 to 40 feet that disappear instantly when switched off, and can be fired at different angles. A 25-foot hose can be supplied as standard or optional, and the design allows the unit to be used with high pressure LCO2, CO2 Dewars or LN2 Dewar tanks (with optional LN2 fitting).
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WISBECH, Cambridgeshire, U.K. – 5 Star Cases supplied 250 lightweight flight cases complete with padded and semi-rigid bags to live video rental and production specialist Creative Technology. The order comprised casing for 110 x 42 inch screens, 90 x 32 inch screens and 50 x 22 inch screens.
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ANN ARBOR, MI – In addition to its production and rental services, TLS Productions also offers design services including lighting consultation, design and drafting, and onsite programming and design implementation.
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ATLANTA – With its 14-story high atrium and sparkling lobby, the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel is an impressive venue for any corporate meeting. To further enhance the setting for a recent Home Depot conference, LD Matt Dillon used Chauvet Professional fixtures – eight Nexus 4×4 panels, 36 COLORdash Batten-Quad 12 linear washes, four Q-Wash 560 LED moving yokes and 54 MVP S5 LED video panels.
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Martin Professional’s new ShowDesigner 6 (MSD 6) promises photorealistic rendering in real-time using the latest DirectX technology. Its timeline control lets users create complex presentations including lighting, video, animated scenery, camera motion and animated smoke effects. It is Vectorworks-friendly and through a Windows-based plug-in, Vectorworks files can be exported and imported into MSD 6. It also comes with its own 3D modeling app to help users quickly build objects and materials or import DXF and native SketchUp formats along with all textures and UV maps.
LITITZ, PA – Following the launch of ESA Canada, the Event Safety Alliance is continuing its international expansion, naming veteran crowd management & event safety consultant Jon “J.C.” Corbishley chair of the ESA’s new Australian affiliate. Corbishley will oversee the operations of ESA Australia and serve as the organization’s primary delegate within the region.
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OSLO – LD Don Weeks relied heavily on Robe Lights to bring to life Yes’ Three Album world tour. The design included 12 Pointes rigged onto a double triangular scaffolding structure upstage and on two downstage side towers, left and right, and utilized for most of the effects lighting.
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ITALY – Clay Paky was technical sponsor of Roby Facchinetti’s first solo tour. LD Crico Fabi’s design included Sharpy Washes, Sharpy Beams, A.leda Wash K20s, A.leda B-EYE K20s and Alpha Spot HPE 700s.
CORONA, CA — The 19-by-33-foot BigMo 4 mobile LED display screen matches the size of the biggest mobile display screens currently in use, and with an additional four-foot-wide ad banner framing the perimeter, NEP’s Screenworks is touting the display as the largest mobile LED setup in North America. It was launched with the National Hot Rod Association’s 2014 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events.
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NORTH BERGEN, NJ – Drape Kings Senior Field Technician Vinnie Salvetti was honored with an ISES New York Metro Service Excellence Award at the 13th Annual Big Apple Awards Gala. Pictured here, from left, are Salvetti, Drape Kings CEO Dru Whitacre and COO Kevin Goodrich.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Auerbach + Associates announced changes in its leadership. Steven Friedlander (pictured left) was named president; Patricia Glasow (right) will become executive vice president. Founder and president S. Leonard Auerbach (center), who announced the new appointments, also noted that, as his administrative duties have been reduced, he will focus more on design as director of design. He also continues as chairman of the board.
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