LOS ANGELES – Not too many years ago, Paul O'Neil's Trans Siberian Orchestra (TSO) did shows in small theatres, two or three times a week. Now, the dual touring productions do two arena-sized shows a day on both the East and West coast, a challenge even to Chaos Visual Productions, which is used to handling video for large shows.
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NEW YORK – It's all in the pacing. You don't want the 12-foot diameter New Years ball to descend too quickly, putting the six ton structure's 2,468 Waterford crystals, lit from within from more than 32,000 LEDs, at risk. But you don't want the timing to be off, either – after all, millions of people are watching to mark the precise stroke of midnight.
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CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, IL – Although DesignLab Chicago has supported the Illinois High School Theatre Festival as an active participant, exhibitor and Tech Olympics sponsor for over 20 years, Larry Schoeneman, DesignLab's president, decided to boost the support up a notch this year.
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NEW YORK – A British Subject, originally performed at the Pleasance theatre in Edinburgh, jumped the pond for a slot in the Brits off Broadway festival in New York City. The lighting was once again controlled by an ORB console from Zero 88.
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STEINHAUSEN, Switzerland – Matthias Kern of kernfusion design GmbH used four Robe DigitalSpot 7000DTs in his design for a show for the grand opening of a new building at the headquarters of Swisspor.
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TULSA, OK – LEDs from Acclaim Lighting and David Brecheen of Production Essentials LLC (Edmond, Okla.) helped Hard Rock Casino designer Warwick Stone navigate a dicey balance between the Hard Rock's strict design requirements and the preferences of a chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Read More »MELVILLE, NY – Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Southwire Company to sell certain assets of American Insulated Wire Corporation (AIW), a subsidiary of Leviton.
Read More »LONDON – The Knight of Illumination Awards will be staged for the third consecutive year. Organized by STLD, ALD and Clay Paky, the awards ceremony, which honors U.K.-based lighting designers, will be held Sept. 12, 2010, the first day of PLASA 2010.
Read More »KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites has announced a new "green" emphasis with a stated goal to be "80 percent LED" by 2011.
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NOTTINGHAM, U.K. – Sound Power, which has been providing U.K. bars with moving spot and wash lights for two decades, has been outfitting popular drinking establishments with gear from PR Lighting since the 1990s, according to director David Ridout.
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LONDON – Summit Steel supplied rigging services plus all trussing & motors required for the 2010 National TV Awards, which moved to London's O2 Arena for the first time. It was hosted by Dermot O'Leary and broadcast live on the UK's ITV1 channel.
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HEFEI, China – The recently-completed Hefei Grand Theatre has been equipped with Robert Juliat lighting gear, including a number of 2000W Profiles, PCs, Fresnels and followspots. Hefei, a cultural center in China's Anhui Province, is home to a style of Chinese opera that evolved from artistic forms including folk songs and folk dances.
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