LAS VEGAS – Le Maitre noted recently that its G300 smoke and haze machine has reached a 20-year milestone. The units have been adopted for use at theme parks, theatres and cruise ships since then – and also for emergency services training applications. Le Maitre credits the decision to include a haze option in the G300 as a key factor to the unit’s longevity.
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DALLAS – Gemini Light Sound & Video has invested in 30 Clay Paky Sharpy Washes and plans to add more to its rental inventory soon. “I can’t keep them in stock,” said project manager Jason Cain, who credited the fixtures for their “size, speed, color saturation and output.” Among the recent events where Gemini’s new Sharpy Wash fixtures were used: the National Cheerleaders Association’s High School National Championships at the Dallas Convention Center (pictured here.)
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EILENBURG, Germany – ChainMaster Bühnentechnik GmbH, based here, recently celebrated 20 years since the introduction of the first VBG70-certified chain-hoist controller for the entertainment production industry.
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic – AV Media added to the festive look of Prague’s hilltop Letná Park area during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics with a lighting installation that included more than 100 Robe moving lights. Olympijsky Park Soci-Letna 2014 was also the first big event for Cesko Sportuje, an initiative launched by the Czech Olympic Committee to promote a healthy lifestyle especially for children.
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VANCOUVER, BC – Lighting designer Rob Sinclair has incorporated 87 of SGM’s new X-5 LED strobes into the set for the current Miley Cyrus Bangerz tour, and he has been relishing the experience of working with them. “The thing I like best about these units is the light output and speed of response from command,” he says. “They behave like you would expect any conventional strobe, which is good and up against other nice bright fixtures in the rig the X-5 has no problem holding its own.”
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NEW YORK – Interactive light technology group Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF), harnessed the sharp, high output features of 185 Clay Paky Sharpys to create a hard-hitting, high-impact real-time lightscape for U2’s latest music video, which launched the band’s new single ‘Invisible’ on 4th February.
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ABU DHABI, UAE – The Lighting Dutchmen, a Netherlands-based firm led by LD Hiljo Stadt, specified Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800 fixtures for the O1NE nightclub on Abu Dhabi’s posh Yas Island. Stadt worked in close association with Lebanese equipment house Wide Angle to meet the club’s needs.
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NASHVILLE – LD Derek Parker, who has handled lighting design for country music singer Travis Tritt for seven years, has swapped out some of the more conventional discharge spot fixtures in previous rigs with 300W Satura Spot LED Pro moving head fixtures from Elation Professional. Parker was drawn to the fixtures for their energy savings but has been won over by the looks they produce as well.
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NEW YORK – This February everyone seemed to be commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ American debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. For one group of fans, however, celebrating the legendary quartet is more than just a once-in-a-half-century event. Every year these devotees gather in New York at The Fest For Beatles Fans, the longest continuously running Beatles festival anywhere. The event was lit with 18 Q-Wash 419Z-LED moving heads from Chauvet Professional.
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NEW ORLEANS – Jestin Quiett, technical director of City Church, based here, credited the new video wall that serves as a backdrop for church services for a wide variety of looks and effects. Ray Ziegler of RZI Lighting New Orleans provided the PVP S7 LED panels from Chauvet Professional that make up the 6 by 30 foot (HxW) video wall.
Read More »NORTH CREEK, NY — High End Systems (HES), the Barco-owned, Austin, TX-based manufacturer of moving lights and control solutions, has named Creative Stage Lighting, based here, as the wholesale distributor of the entire HES product line in the U.S.
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