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New Rose Brand Nebula™ Net Makes Projected Images Seem To Float in Midair

New Rose Brand Nebula™ Net Makes Projected Images Seem To Float in Midair

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SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY– Rose Brand Inc.’s new 26 ft. wide Nebula net provides a high gain, see-through projection surface that’s virtually undetectable to your audience. Projected objects seem to float in midair, or appear out of nowhere. Use Nebula net for stunning effects such as layered projections for concerts, the Pepper’s Ghost effect for theatre, dramatic reveals for corporate events, and holographic effects.

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Green Hippo 2017 Eurovision Song Contest Performance Wows Massive Global Audience

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LONDON, UK,– Kiev delivered on its promise to present an awesome show and Green Hippo technology was key to the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest looking better than ever. Bringing together a crack team of skilled practitioners – this year’s Green Hippo Eurovision team’s video production heavily featured in the visual design of the show. Highlights included a large LED wall behind the stage, LED floor, Pixel-mapped lights and a projection-mapped arch over the stage. To help ensure the polished performance the MA2 and time code-driven set-up used a total 16 Green Hippo Boreal touring Media Servers, all running Hippotizer V4.2.1 software.

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LUMINEX Partners with Allied SMD to Strengthen US Sales Force

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MONTREAL– Belgium-based LUMINEX Network Intelligence has strengthened its sales force in the US by partnering with Allied SMD to broaden the company’s American presence. Rik Kirby, owner of Allied SMD in Mission Viejo, California, has been named to Sales Director for the US operations of LUMINEX.  “We’ve been growing quickly in the American market,” explains LUMINEX CEO and co-founder Bart Swinnen, “and we’re looking forward to working with Rik to further develop our business there.”

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Kinesys Helps Shape Ed Sheeran Tour

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BOGATA, Colombia – U.K.-based Major Tom, Ltd. is supplying Kinesys system on Ed Sheeran’s 108-show, three-continent tour in support of his third studio album, Divide (stylized, simply, as a division symbol). The Kinesys system and control was recommended by Mike Oates, director of UK based Lights Control Rigging (LCR), the tour’s lighting equipment and crew supplier in combination with SES in the U.S.

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Armin Rocks Amsterdam ArenA with More than 900 Robe Fixtures

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AMSTERDAM – For Armin van Buuren’s two mega-shows at Amsterdam ArenA May 12-13, designers Andre Beekmans and Marc Heinz collaborated on a visual extravaganza that included the use of more than 900 Robe fixtures. Focus Amsterdam B.V. and Rent-All supplied the fixtures, which included 200 BMFL Spots, 112 BMFL WashBeams, 186 Pointes, 180 LEDBeam 100s and 231 Spiiders. The show filled the home stadium for the Ajax soccer team with music and light.

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Oh My Balm Offers Soothing BTS Pledge-a-Product

NEW YORK, NY – Oh My Balm, which makes artisanal handcrafted body products, has become a Behind the Scenes Pledge-a-Product partner. Oh My Balm is owned by Meredith Moseley-Bennett (ETCP Certification Manager) and Yolanda Grbic (Teacher, Jersey City) of Glen Ridge, NJ, and they have pledged a percentage of the profits from their body butter called “Crew” to support the charity.

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Scott Kinnebrew Joins Elation as Regional Sales Manager for Central U.S.

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LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional is pleased to announce that lighting professional Scott Kinnebrew has joined the company as Regional Sales Manager – Central U.S.  Scott will focus on helping to grow Elation’s central U.S. territory and will work alongside Elation’s rep firms to bring a higher level of service to the company’s ever-growing customer base.

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Colour Sound Gets Snarky Puppy Vibe

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LONDON – Award winning lighting designer Francis Clegg applied his imagination and magic to the latest Snarky Puppy UK tour, where his penchant for creating interesting and different visual environments is perfectly suited to the band’s improvisational instrumental jazz-pop sounds.Colour Sound Experiment was delighted to be the lighting and video supplier for the tour. The west London based company has worked on other projects with Francis, part of creative practice design MIRRAD, including most recently, Giggs and Kano. “You know that a design will look fresh and alternative when Francis’ name is on it,” commented Colour Sound’s H (Haydn Cruickshank).

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Bandit Supplies SGM G-4 Wash On NFL Draft Experience

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PHILADELPHIA – Bandit Lites recently wrapped another successful venture with C3 Presents on lighting components of the NFL Draft, using strategically placed SGM G-4 Washes at the Entrance Portal where thousands of fans streamed through to celebrate the annual football draft selection.

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Robe Makes Some Circa Waves

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LONDON – UK indie rockers Circa Waves are certainly making some waves right now, and the release of their second album “Different Creatures” brings some more serious, hard-hitting and thought-provoking messages along with solid catchy rhythms. Lighting designer Ed Warren started working with Circa Waves at the start of this album campaign in October 2016. Having known their management team for some time, all the circumstances and stars aligned to make it the right time for Ed to add his ideas and imagination to the stage presentation on recent UK and European legs of the tour.

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Kade Behm and Ruben Laine join the Group One team

Avolites Hires Two New U.S.-Based Support Engineers

FARMINGDALE, NY – Avolites and its US distributor, Group One Ltd., are pleased to announce the appointments of two Support Engineers: Kade Behm and Ruben Laine (pictured here, L-R). Both new hires report directly to Avolites US National Sales Manager Brad White, while the announcement comes from Group One President Jack Kelly.

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