CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Gearhouse South Africa's Cape Town branch supplied staging, lighting, audio, LED and technical crew to Out The Box Productions for the annual "Switching on of The Festive Lights" on and around Adderley Street.
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SYDNEY – LSC's Clarity lighting control software and VX20 wing were used for the main stage, called The Musik Haus, at Oktoberfest 2009, a five-stage event put on by ARC, organizers of student events at the University of New South Wales, which was attended by close to 8,000 students.
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PITTSBURGH – W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB was used for the lighting effects, lasers, strobes and video projections at the Pittsburgh 250 Three Rivers Regatta held last summer. The event included the F-1 ChampBoat Series competition, a concert by Soul Asylum and a fireworks and laser display.
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WASHINGTON, DC – General Dynamics' two booths at the U.S. Army's exhibition, AUSA 2009, spanned an aisle and included two tank-sized demonstrators weighting more than 45,000 pounds. The booths, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, were designed by H.B. Stubbs Companies (HBS) with a production package provided by Production Resource Group (PRG).
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RENTON, WA – Highlands Community Church's "Inside Out" project uses a HD video production infrastructure provided by Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) for its expanding congregation, and also for a second, video-based service in Kent, Wash.
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JOHANNESBURG – LD Tim Dunn used nearly 300 Robe fixtures in his design for Miss World 2009, which was staged at the Gallagher Convention Centre – the largest number of Robe fixtures to date that Dunn has used on a single event.
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SYLMAR, CA – Xantech Corporation named Tom Harvey, a 25-year veteran in the consumer electronics industry with 15 years at the executive level as its director of sales. In his new position, Harvey will develop sales programs for Xantech and its dealer network and work with Xantech dealers, distributors and sales representatives.
ABU DHABI, U.A.E – At the 2009 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Flash Entertainment produced a four-night series of concerts for race weekend ticket holders with headliners including Beyoncé, Jamiroquai, Kings of Leon and Aerosmith. Luke Bonner of Production Technology LLC used Cast Software's wysiwyg to model the lighting rig, which included more than 750 fixtures.
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You had to be there.
You had to be there to see a hilariously self-deprecating Dennis DeYoung emcee. You had to be there for touching, moving documentaries on the three Parnelli honorees, Richard Belliveau, Stan Miller and Jake Berry. You had to be there for the surprise winners and their usually unconventional acceptance speeches.
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Jason Lyons, LD for the Broadway musical Rock of Ages, is using a Martin MAC rig for the rock anthem-infused love story at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
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American Idiot, the rock album by Green Day, has become a rock opera with a recent run at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. LD Kevin Adams used an ETC Eos lighting control system for the production.
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HSL supplied all lighting and rigging for Sting: A Winter's Night…, a holiday TV special and DVD shoot staged in Durham Cathedral. The show was directed and produced by Jim Gable and Ann Kim of Graying & Balding, Inc. HSL's five-person crew was led by Simon "Piggy" Lynch. The LD for the show was Manfred "Ollie" Olma.
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