Video of the Week: Avolites at PL+S 2016
ESA Announces ‘Event Safety For All’ Initiative
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Event Safety Alliance’s new Event Safety For All initiative aims to lower the barriers to broader participation in its programs, starting with what it costs to join. Annual membership dues are dropping from $180 a year to $75 a year. The 2016 Event Safety Summit, set for Nov. 29-Dec. 1 in Lititz, PA, is now $1,250 for members, and $1,500 for non-members. And printed copies of the Event Safety Guide are now available for as low as $24.94 (although pricing may vary), while the e-book version is offered for download at $4.99.
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The PLSN/FOH Parnelli Golf Classic: Once Again, Ready to Shine
LAS VEGAS — There will be plenty to look at during this year’s LDI show, with the latest moving lights, video gear, staging and rigging equipment and sound systems all competing for attention. The greatest networking opportunity for visitors to Las Vegas in late October, meanwhile, will be taking place miles from the haze-and-distraction-filled convention center. The 2016 PLSN/FOH Parnelli Classic Golf Tournament is set for Thursday, Oct. 20 at Siena Golf Club, on the west side of town.
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Forecastle Festival Sets Attendance Record; Bandit Provides Lighting for Headliners
LOUISVILLE, KY – The Forecastle Music Festival set a record with 65,000 July 15 -17. The event featured live music performed by more than 60 acts on four stages spread across 85 acres of Louisville’s Waterfront Park, with headliners including Alabama Shakes, The Avett Brothers, Ryan Adams, Death Cab for Cutie, Local Natives, Group Love and Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals. Bandit Lites played a key role at the event, providing lighting for the headliners and also looking after staging at the event.
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MDG Exhibiting Latest Gear at PLASA 2016
LONDON – MDG UK will be exhibiting at PLASA 2016 on Stand F60, featuring products including theONE, the ATMe haze generator (pictured here), the dual output Me2 fog generator and more.
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Ayrton Products to be Featured at PLASA 2016 at Ambersphere Solutions’ Stand
LONDON – Ayrton will exhibit at PLASA 2016 in London’s Olympia where it will share a stand (L30) with its exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions. Featured products include the AlienPix-RS, pictured here. This fixture is a unique, multi-rotational unit with eight axes of continuous rotation and six individually controllable beams.
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Philips Lighting to Preview New Showline Product at PLASA London 2016
LONDON – Philips Lighting Entertainment will preview a new Philips Showline product and also showcase offerings from the Philips Vari-Lite, Philips Selecon and Philips Strand Lighting brands at the PLASA 2016. The event takes place at Olympia London from Sunday through Tuesday, Sept. 18-20. Philips Lighting will be on stand G60.
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Robert Juliat Features Dalis 862 LED Footlight at Ambersphere’s Booth at PLASA 2016
LONDON – Robert Juliat will be sharing stand space with its exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions, as PLASA 2016 relocates to London’s Olympia (Stand K32). Receiving its official launch at the show is Dalis 862 LED Footlight, the next exciting new evolution in the Dalis family.
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GoboPlus.com and CutColourPlus to be Featured at PLASA 2016
LONDON – GoboPlus.com, the one-stop online shop dedicated to the supply of custom and standard metal gobos, glass gobos and all projection images, will exhibit at PLASA 2016 alongside its sister company, the specialist filter company, CutColourPlus. GoboPlus.com has added more new designs to its gobo range. These will expand GoboPlus.com’s existing collection, which includes Rosco, DHA and GAM gobos along with it’s own ‘Plus’ designs, to over 3000 standard gobo patterns.
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Triple E’s ModTruss Goes to Work at PLASA 2016
LONDON – Triple E’s ModTruss is being used to construct a stage and an exhibition stand at this year’s PLASA London. ModTruss, which won ‘Engineering Product of the Year’ at the 2015 ABTT Awards, will form the structures for both the main Exhibition Stand and the Awards Stage for the Technical Theatre Awards (TTAs).
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Lang AG to Expand Inventory of AV Stumpfl Wings Engine Raw 8K Media Servers
AMSTERDAM – Lang AG signed an agreement that expands its existing media serving inventory with the AV Stumpfl Wings Engine Raw 8K super media servers. Pictured here is Tobias Stumpfl, CEO of AV Stumpfl, with Tobias Lang, CEO of Lang AG.
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Costa Rica National Theatre Adds Robe LED DLS Profile Fixtures
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – The Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica’s technical director Claudio Schifanni steered the venue toward its first purchase of Robe moving lights recently. The venue added eight Robe LED DLS Profile fixtures. Robe’s distributor, Mas Musica, also based in San Jose, supplied the fixtures.
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