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“United for Puerto Rico” Charity Concert Broadcast Set for Oct. 22

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“United for Puerto Rico” Charity Concert Broadcast Set for Oct. 22

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — For the U.S. citizens on the island of Puerto Rico, Hurricane Irma was bad. Even though the eye of the storm did not hit the island as it passed by on Sept. 7, the storm was powerful enough and close enough to leave more than one million residents without power and three fatalities in its wake. But then came Hurricane Maria on Sept. 20, which was worse. Its eyewall made a direct hit, ripping off roofs with its Category 4 winds as it scraped across the 100-mile-wide island, defoliated the landscape, destroying crops and knocking out power for almost 100 percent of the island’s 3.4 million residents.

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Kid Rock Strikes Up Excitement In Detroit with Chauvet Professional

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DETROIT – Covering 650,000 square feet and rising eight stories above the ground, the new Little Caesars Arena stands as a symbol of the comeback taking place in America’s “Motor City.” On Sept. 12, Detroit’s hometown hero Kid Rock christened the multi-use complex by performing its inaugural concert as part of a six night home stand that sold out in one day. 

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IMS at Outside Lands Festival

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SAN FRANCISCO – It’s summer in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.  200,000 people are enjoying three days of live Rock & Roll, and more. . .  No, it’s not the Summer of Love, 1967, it’s the tenth annual Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, where the crowds are cleaner, and Flower Power is now a sustainable, green business.  And flying high over the stage is a festoon lighting system featuring IMS DMX-controlled RGBWW lamps.

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Robe Supports The Stage Debut Awards

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LONDON – Robe was delighted to be lining up on the red carpet to welcome guests at the inaugural The Stage Debut Awards in central London, organized by The Stage, legendary weekly newspaper dedicated – since 1880 – to reporting on all elements of the rich and diverse world of entertainment and the performing arts. The awards were instigated to recognize the best breakthrough actors and rising star  creatives in theatre, with Robe sponsoring the award for ‘Best Designer’ which was won by Rosie Elnile for her eye-catching set for ’The Convert’, staged at The Gate Theatre.

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X4 BAR 20S Hover Above O2’s Legendary BBK Takeover

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LONDON – An abundance of GLP’s award-winning X4 Bar 20’s left the VER hire fleet for a very important event at the O2 Arena recently.They were commandeered by London-based lighting designer Sam Tozer (of Vision Factory) for a special grime event, when the Boy Better Know (BBK) collective, led by Jme and Skepta, took over the venue for the August Bank Holiday. The ‘Takeover’ weekend as it was known, took the form of a multi-venue, multi-discipline festival featuring 5-A-Side football tournaments, skateboarding, BMXing, roller disco, gaming events, cinema, food and music across six stages.

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3D Rock in Rio with Lawo’s mc²96 Grand Production Console

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RIO – Attracting 1.5 million people to its first event in 1985, Rock in Rio ranks comfortably among the largest music festivals in the world. Having begun in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it has since visited Lisbon, Madrid and Las Vegas. Its growing live audience is supplemented by TV broadcasts on Globosat – this year, supported by the first use of a Lawo mc²96 Grand Production Console at a large-scale music festival.

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CHAUVET DJ Engages Crowd At Big What Festival

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PITTSBORO, NC – Parades aren’t the first thing that come to mind when you think of outdoor music festivals, but this didn’t stop members of the alt rock group Big Something from taking alto saxophones and trombones in hand and marching through picturesque Shakori Hills Park to kick off their namesake Big What Festival.  Joined by a meandering line of other musicians, the band mingled with the crowd as they worked their way through a breezy series of tunes, setting the tone for three days of eclectic and engaging music, with an impressive collection of updated psychedelic art in the background. 

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ARRI ALEXA Camera System wins Engineering Emmy®

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LOS ANGELES – The Television Academy announced the recipients of the 69th Engineering Emmy® Awards. ARRI is pleased to be recognized with the most prestigious television accolade for outstanding achievement in engineering development for its ARRI ALEXA digital motion picture camera system. The Television Academy’s Engineering Emmys are presented to individuals, companies, or organizations for engineering developments that considerably improve existing methods or innovations that materially affect the transmission, recording, or reception of television.

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MDG D-Verter 239, ATMe, Ice Fog Q and More at PL+S Middle East

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At Prolight+Sound Middle East, set for Oct. 17-19 in Dubai, UAE, MDG will show its ATMe haze generator and the Ice Fog Q and Ice Fog Compack low fog generators. The company’s stand (Hall 4, Stand C12, with Robe ME Trading LLC) will feature a full range of MDG atmosphere-enhancing products including their IP55 weather-resistant ATMe WPE haze generator, the Me2 dual output fog generator, the variable speed digital theFAN, the new RFP 239 Round Floor Pocket (with RFP-CB Control Box) and the new D-Verter 239 (pictured here). Many of these items will be shown for the first time in the region.

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Avolites Congratulates Winners Of The 2017 Knight Of Illumination Awards

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UK – 2017 marked the 10th anniversary of prestigious lighting and video design awards event, the Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards. This year, British lighting console and media server manufacturer Avolites was proud to have sponsored the much-coveted Concert Touring and Event Award for Stage. Shortlisted for the Avolites Award for Stage were lighting designers Paul Normandale, of Lite Alt Design, for The Chemical Brothers at the Eventim Apollo London, Michael Straun for The xx on the I See You tour 2017 at Manchester’s O2 Apollo, and Steven Bewley for Stormzy’s Gang Signs and Prayer tour at Brixton O2 Academy.

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Latest HoW-optimized Elation Lighting To Showcase at WFX Expo Booth 1207

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DALLAS – Elation Professional invites worship technology professionals to Booth 1207 at the upcoming WFX Expo in Dallas for a look at the company’s leading line of professional lighting and video products optimized for HoW environments. Held October 10-12 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, WFX presents an excellent opportunity to talk to a qualified Elation professional about bringing a ministry’s lighting and video system to the next level.

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