Premier League All Stars Kicks Off with HSL

LONDON — HSL supplied over 80 moving lights and nearly 150 digital lighting fixtures for Lighting Designer Tom Kinane at the Premier League All Stars tournament. This was staged at the state-of-the-art David Beckham Academy in Greenwich, London, broadcast on Sky One and attended by live audiences. Kinane has worked with HSL on other shows including the first series of “Dancing on Ice," and he once again wanted them on the case providing the show’s specialist lighting requirements. The project was handled for HSL by Sean McGlone.

CATALINA ISLAND, CA — The historic Catalina Casino Ballroom was home to Art Good’s 20th annual three weeklong Jazztrax show. The 360 degree seaside venue’s limited power and rigging points “presented myriad technical challenges as we met the needs for 20 headlining artists such as Midi Abair, Ray Parker, Jr. and Peter White,” said Project Manager Ryan Steidinger.

ATLANTA — Elation Professional presented the 2007 Elation Education Experience award to three young lighting designers at the WFx show in Atlanta.

CHAUVET’s COLORstrip is an LED-fitted strip fixture designed for both the serious programmer and lighting novice. At 38 inches long and 2.5 inches wide (96.5cm x6.4cm), it is ideal for creating “runway” effects without cluttering up the catwalk.

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS — Lighting Designer Haydn Cruickshank used 28 Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 700E AT fixtures on leading UK dance act Underworld’s “Oblivion With Bells” recent UK tour.

LONDON — Projected Image Digital (PID), working closely with architectural lighting design practice Indigo Light Planning, has specified and installed an Element Labs VersaPIXEL ceiling effect for the house gymnasium of a leading investment bank in London’s Canary Wharf area.

DELFT, HOLLAND — High End Systems Inc. and Dutch dealer Improve recently held a Digital Lighting University in Holland. Forty lighting and video designers and technicians hosted the two-day program Oct. 8-9. The intimate, hands-on curriculum taught the intricacies of products such as DL.1 and DL.2, along with the Axon media server and other digital products.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — The new Stageline SAM 550 XH, which features the covered wings system, made its official debut, July 1, in Montréal, for a series of outdoor summer concerts.

NEW YORK — When the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was preparing for its latest world tour, Lighting Director Al Crawford used the ETC Eos to replace the dance company’s older Obsession II console, also from ETC.