ROME — An all-Robe moving light rig took its place in the ring for the 2013 Golden International Circus Festival, which ran over three weeks through December and January at the Theater Tendastriscie here. LD Massimo Tomasino specified 24 Robe Robin Pointes and 24 Robe Robin 600 LEDWashes.
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WALDBÜTTELBRUNN, Germany — Swedish rock band Royal Republic as been relying on lighting technology made by Steinigke, based here. The band’s lighting rig for their Save the Nation tour through Germany included Futurelight and Eurolite fixtures.
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EILENBURG, Germany — ChainMaster added Stephan Geidel, 31, to its sales and support team based here. Geidel, who studied industrial engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig, will also work on the design and the development of controllers for special applications.
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MEXICO CITY — Mexican alternative rock band Café Tacuba wrapped their 2013 El Objeto tour with a gig at the 26,000-capacity Palacio de los Deportes arena here. The band’s producer, Sergio Serrano, added 14 new Robe Robin Pointes, recently purchased by local rental company, Meridian Pro S.A de C.V., to the concert lighting rig for the show. They were positioned right behind the band, forming a line upstage.
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BIRMINGHAM, U.K. — For the Live Action Arena portion of the 2014 Autosport International exhibition at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, XL Video returned with the 90-meter-wide projection that debuted with the January 2013 event. The moving backgrounds were made up from a six-way blend of six stacks of two Barco projectors — six Barco HDF-W26s with six Barco FLM HD20s as hot backups.
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NASHVILLE — Christian rock band Skillet has a busy tour schedule, with as many as 150 performances a year. Scotty Rock, production manager for the band, credited ease of deployment as a key benefit for the band’s video setup, which includes PixelFLEX LED Curtains. The curtain panels also pack up quickly and easily.
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