ALAMEDA, CA — Clear-Com named Samer E. Mouwanes regional sales manager, Middle East, effective on May 13, 2013. He will be responsible for overseeing all sales and customer service activities in the Middle East, Turkey, Greece and Cyprus.
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GLENDALE, CA – Kinetic Lighting has added Chauvet’s new Nexus 4X4 to its rental inventory, becoming one of the first lighting companies in California to do so. “The feedback from our clients has been great, and we’re glad we’ve made the investment,” said Kinetic Lighting President David Rosen.
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CHICAGO – Chicago Spotlight, Inc. is shedding some light on the United Center arena with help from Robert Juliat Cyrano followspots. “The United Center is in the process of replacing their current followspots,” says Marty Lazarus, Chicago Spotlight president. “Their existing fixtures have been there since the arena opened. Their goal is to replace two each year until all 12 are replaced with Cyranos.”
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LOS ANGELES – LD Nick Whitehouse chose 36 of Clay Paky’s new Sharpy Wash 330 luminaires to light Justin Timberlake’s album release party on the CW network. The one-hour special, “Target Presents the iHeartRadio Album Release Party with Justin Timberlake” was recorded at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles during celebrations for the singer’s “20/20 Experience” album.
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DALLAS – Alt-rock band Neon Trees recently launched their North American tour opening for Maroon 5, with multiple tour dates across the globe set to follow. For his part of the set, LD Matt Guminski chose the Vari-Lite VL880 Spot luminaire to compete against Maroon 5’s high-powered luminaires in the large rig.
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DUBLIN – UK lighting and visuals rental specialist, Blackburn based HSL, has formed a new partnership with Production Services Ireland (PSI), with operations in Belfast and Dublin. PSI now has the additional advantage of access to HSL’s massive equipment inventory and additional resources.
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TORONTO – For the eighth year in a row, Cast Software has sponsored the USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology) Southwest Student Design Competition, an annual event which recognizes young talent in the categories of lighting, sound, set and costume design, stage management and scenic technology. This year’s winner is University of Oklahoma student, Leahe Knott.
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NASHVILLE – Belmont University’s annual Best of the Best Showcase honored Bandit Lites with the 2013 Robert E. Mulloy Award of Excellence. The event took place April 13 in the Curb Event Center and was hosted by the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. Bandit has worked with the showcase series for the past 10 years to teach students the real world aspects of lighting design.
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RALEIGH, NC – There are Spyders to be found throughout the new James B. Hunt Jr. Library on the North Carolina State University Centennial Campus, and they’re getting rave reviews. Vista Systems’ Spyder X20s were selected by The Sextant Group, Inc. for a number of video processing tasks in the technology-rich library.
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