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Avolites Ltd. Appoints Two New Directors

L-R: Koy Neminathan and JB Toby

Avolites Ltd. Appoints Two New Directors

LONDON – Avolites Ltd appoints Koy Neminathan as Sales Director and JB Toby as Technical Director. Neminathan joined Avolites Ltd in February 2000 and has worked as Business Development Manager and Sales Manager. He succeeeds Steve Warren, who remains an active director of Avolites and managing director of Avolites Media Ltd. Toby joined the company’s R&D team in 1994 and created the ART dimming range. As Technical Director he will continue product development.

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Tampa

All Eyes on Tampa as ILUMINARC Lights Landmark Bridges

TAMPA, FL – More than 100 ILUMINARC exterior fixtures were installed on five landmark bridges over downtown Tampa’s Hillsborough River. The “Agua Luces” project, or “Water Lights,” was completed in time for the Republican National Convention Aug. 28–30. LD is Tracey Dear of Chicago-based Dear Productions, known for illuminating Chicago’s bridges.

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RZI Open House Event, Aug. 3, 2012. Image by George H. Long

RZI Lighting Draws 350 to Open House Event

NEW ORLEANS — RZI Lighting, based here, drew 350 entertainment industry technology pros to an open house event at Mardi Gras World on Aug. 3. The event served as a showcase for a variety of manufacturers and new products, including ETC (LED Source Four Leko), Elation Professional (Platinum Beam 15R Pro and LED panels), Chauvet (Q-Spot 560 LED moving lights and MVP LED displays), High End Systems (Technospot and TechnoArc) and LSC Lighting Systems (Clarity LX console), among others.

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Paloma Faith

Entec Supplies Portishead, Paloma Faith

LONDON – Entec Sound & Light’s lighting division renewed its long-term working relationship with LD Tony Austin for two acts: the Portishead tour of Europe and the Paloma Faith showcase in Peterborough. Portishead needed two looks: one for its headlining of festivals and the other for its own shows. Meanwhile, Paloma Faith is working on designs for her 2013 tour.

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Summer Series at Somerset House

Clay Paky Shines Bright at Somerset House

LONDON – The Summer Series at Somerset House featured an eclectic list of artists for its annual music festival. To accommodate all the visiting LDs this time, in-house LD Petter Skramstad chose the Clay Paky Alpha 700 HPEs for the backbone of his rig. Production manager for Somerset House Jon Howes agreed with the choice. “Every incoming LD commented on the flexibility of the in-house design.”

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Borgore's ice cream truck

CHAUVET Rides with Bogore’s Cream Machine at EDC

LAS VEGAS — Israeli dubstep producer DJ Borgore recently debuted his 2012 tour at the Electric Daisy Carnival, mixing rhythms from inside a custom-made ice cream truck built of CHAUVET Professional MVP 18 video panels. The Borgore Cream Machine made its entrance at EDC and will tour again in the fall. The event was spiced up by pole dancers on picnic tables and big custom-made ice cream cones placed on stage that shot cream at the audience.

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DJ Booth

XL Video Supplies Ibiza Paradise Club

IBIZA – XL Video are supplying LED screens for the “Paradise” club at DC10 throughout the 2012 season. The backdrop for the DJ booth is constructed from Martin LC 2140 transparent LED to complement the look of the night club. Paradise attracts patrons with the top names in DJ entertainment each Thursday.

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Diversity

Diversity for HSL

BLACKBURN, UK – HSL supplied lighting, LED screen, rigging and a Kinesys automation system to Production North for street dance troupe Diversity’s first major arena tour. Designer Peter Barnes worked in conjunction with Diversity’s creative director and leader, Ashley Banjo. The show starts out with a futuristic Tron-styled and shaped stage, which sets the storyline as the troupe were sucked into a video game and ‘digitized,’ a serious situation from which they had to escape.

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