ISTANBUL — The inaugural TRT Music Awards, which honored Turkey’s musicians, singers and music productions, was staged at the Lütfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Centre. Elit Light & Sound Technologies provided Robert Juliat 714SX 2.5kW profile spots to light the Istanbul Music and Jazz Orchestra and the Istanbul Chamber Orchestra.
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Pulsar’s Wireless DMX Transmitter and Receiver are designed to serve as a cost-efficient and flexible way to interconnect industry-standard DMX controllers and fixtures.
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LONDON — The recent seven-performance run of Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House (ROH) was a study in contrasts, with Miriam Buether’s sets and lighting by Mimi Jordan Sherin and DM Wood bringing lurid strip club visuals to the venerable stage.
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The Caesars Forum Shops have two animatronic fountain shows that involve talking statues. The larger of the shows is rather involved, with water, fire, video… Read More »Resurrecting Caesar, and Deciphering Ancient Software
Read More »CARLSTADT, NJ — Reggiani Lighting USA, Inc. announced its move from upstate New York to a bigger facility in Carlstadt, NJ, part of the New York metro area, and named Andrew Scamparino, a 25-year lighting industry veteran, vice president of sales.
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NEW YORK — Bill Groener, a 30-year industry veteran, has joined A.C.T Lighting as vice president of business development, a new position. He will be based in the New York metropolitan area.
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LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announced that Ed Wannebo, longtime production manager for Kenny Chesney, will receive the live event industry’s highest honor, the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award, at the gala dinner and ceremony to be held Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 in Orlando during LDI.
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If you ever needed proof that good things come in small packages…
For a six-week, 12-show run at Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s Northern Lights Theater earlier this year, Cheap Trick put on a show that was anything but standard. The front half of the show re-created their Dream Police album aurally as well as visually (think white, think low lying haze). Plenty of musicians were on stage to augment the band: professionals from the Milwaukee Symphony sat in as the “Bombastic Symphonic Philharmonic with the Rhythmic Noise Mind Choir,” which allowed the recreation of album’s orchestral arrangements. The second half of the show pulled from hits from the band’s long career. Read More »Are we still in an economic recession? I have asked that question to a number of people within the industry. Answers have been running the spectrum from “Yes” to “What recession?” We can sit here and debate whether or not we are, but the fact is, people are starting to spend money again. Tours and productions are going full tilt and requesting more and more production technology.
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