Showman Fabricators Helps Launch Gag for Phish Concert

MIAMI – A mirror ball big enough for Phish drummer Jon Fishman to climb inside was rolled into a wide-mouth cannon and shot through the roof. A helicopter searches for the missing drummer, but to no avail. So the band picks a replacement named Sarah out of the crowd to help finish the show.

HOUSTON – Chauvet lighting retail dealer Pablo Elizondo figured out how to capitalize on Texans' passion for barbecuing by making his own barbecue pit complete with trusses, lights, speakers, plasma TVs and a DJ stand.

SYRACUSE, NY – Impact Video's 22-foot-by-30-foot Illuminator truck mounted LED Screens were used at the New York State Fairgrounds for the first Annual AHL Winter Classic presented by Mirabito Fuel Systems.

VANCOUVER, BC – David Atkins, executive producer for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, chose tarm Showlaser to provide the laser sequences used for the opening, victory and closing ceremonies.

BLACKSBURG, VA – Ryan Kirk, cofounder of New York-based Tinc Design & Productions, returned to his alma mater, Virginia Tech's Department of Theatre & Cinema, to serve as guest artist. While there, he stage-managed a production of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth and taught a stage management class.

CHICAGO – Robert Juliat USA has supplied two of its customized RJE Topaze 1200W followspots to the recently-renovated Oceanarium exhibit at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

NEW YORK – See Factor Industry, Inc., provided the lighting design and equipment recently for a one-night career retrospective by Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band. The event was held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).