INGLEWOOD, CA – The Forum, an iconic performance venue based here, got a massive makeover with help from LA ProPoint. The company designed, engineered, fabricated, and installed the venue’s Upper Bowl Masking System, which features a series of custom motorized curtain rigs that ring the entire upper seating level of the arena. Pictured here is an “after” photo; to view the “before” image, read on.
Read More »PLYMOUTH, MI – Performance Event Services (PES), an events services company based here that has been in operation since 1985, recently opened a warehouse based in in Lakeland, FL, which will support events in the Orlando and Tampa markets as well as the Lakeland area. Roger Ygeal, the company’s president and owner, made the announcement. The contact information for the new facility follows: 5001 Gateway Blvd., Suite 24, Lakeland, FL 33811; 855.420.4811.
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BELA-BELA, South Africa — ETC’s South African dealer Prosound has supplied a Source Four XT external fixture to illuminate a statue at the entrance of the Lejwe la Metsi wildlife preserve near here.
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LONDON — Diversity, a team of breakdancers that won the Britain’s Got Talent competition, have been touring U.K. arenas with a lighting design by Neil Trenell. HSL-supplied Showline SL NITRO 510 fixtures from Philips Entertainment Lighting complement the pyro with bursts of intense light.
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MILAN, Italy — Piazza della Scala, near Milan’s opera house, lit up with a holiday-themed son et lumière show titled Polvere di Stelle (stardust). It ran Dec. 16-Jan. 7. Working for the Milan City Council and others, show designer Sebastiano Romano used seven Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1500s to project images of stars along with greetings in different languages over the entire square and on the façades of surrounding buildings.
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LONDON — U.K. pop band JLS completed a five-year chart-topping run with a sold-out U.K. arena tour. The tour, titled, “Goodbye – The Greatest Hits,” featured a lighting design by LD Dave “Bickie” Lee. He used 28 of Robe’s Pointe fixtures.
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