LOS ANGELES — TMB, U.S. distributor for Solaris LED Flares, noted that LD Nick Whitehouse has included the wash/strobe/blinder fixtures into the lighting rig for Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience World Tour. Solotech provided the gear.
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LAKE FOREST, CA — Saddleback Church called CCI Solutions with an Easter challenge. With as many as 35,000 converging at the campus here for holiday services, the church needed LED walls in two of the tents erected for overflow crowds. CGI Solutions turned to Absen to obtain the required 3.9mm LED video gear with a three-week turnaround. The result: a 9.84 by 16.4 foot video wall for Tent 2 and 6.56 by 11.48 foot video wall for Tent 3.
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PRETORIA, South Africa — Blond Productions, based here, was chosen to supply full technical production – lighting, video and sound – including Robe moving lights – and design for the South African TV talent competition, Clash of The Choirs.
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LONDON — More West End theatrical productions are relying on ETC’s Eos Titanium (Ti) lighting control system. Two professionals now using the console – Vicky Brennan and Andi Davis – shared their experience with Ti and why they trust it on even the biggest shows. Pictured here is one of those productions: Stephen Ward: The Musical, staged at the Aldwych Theatre.
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SYRACUSE, NY — USITT approved free stage rigging inspections and safety training for a dozen more schools this spring through its Rigging Safety Initiative. With this round of funding, USITT brings stage safety to schools in New York State, Massachusetts, Illinois, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, and Missouri. USITT’s Rigging Safety Initiative began with a $10,000 grant from JR Clancy in 2011.
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ROME, Georgia — Bandit Lites kicked off its busy 2014 festival season with the CounterPoint Music Festival April 25-27. More than 60 artists, including Outkast, Foster the People, Pretty Lights, Matt & Kim and St. Lucia performed on one of the event’s five stages at Kingston Downs in Rome, northwest of Atlanta.
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SOUTH AFRICA — MGG Productions, which helped dream up and execute a sci-fi themed confab for a corporate conference held a year earlier, were asked back by their client Eventworx to recreate the entire look for the same event hosted in January 2014. They relied once again on Clay Paky fixtures.
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CHISINAU, Moldova — For a sold-out performance April 17 featuring British R&B vocal quartet Blue at the National Palace, a.k.a. “N. Sulac,” within this former Soviet republic, IvasArt provided D.T.S. Raptor, NRG 1201 and XR3000 Spot CMY moving heads to LD Ivasco Stefan’s specifications.
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