LAS VEGAS, NV — The 2014 ILDA Conference, held at the Riviera Hotel & Casino Nov. 17-20, included an awards banquet Nov. 19 with multiple laser show categories and winners. The Fenning Award for Technical Achievement (pictured here) went to Pangolin for its Compact 506 optical scanner. Pangolin also noted that many of the other laser shows winning recognition at the awards ceremony made use of its laser display software and control hardware products.
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ATLANTA – Atlanta’s Perimeter Center district houses two of the tallest buildings in the suburban U.S., the Concourse Corporate Center IV and V, affectionately known as Atlanta’s “King and Queen Buildings” due to the ornate steel “crowns” atop each structure. Situated on the intersection of two of Georgia’s busiest highways and measuring, respectively, 570 and 553 feet tall, the King and Queen structures each feature brightly lit upper floors, thanks in part to Iluminarc’s Ilumipanel 90 and Ilumipanel 180 fixtures.
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LOS ANGELES — Coheed and Cambria, the American progressive rock band with concept albums chronicling the sci-fi Amory Wars in an imagined universe dubbed Heaven’s Fence, performed 25 shows last fall lit by Clearwing’s Michael “Greek” Hionis, the show’s LD/lighting director/programmer. The rig, controlled with a grandMA2 light and grandMA OnPC system, included a complement of Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20s and Sharpy fixtures. Clearwing Productions provide gear for the shows, most of which sold out, in two dozen U.S. cities and Toronto.
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RICHARDSON, TX – For a Christmas concert at The Heights Baptist Church that featured Aaron Shust, who was named Songwriter of the Year at the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards in 2007, the technical crew led by technical director Bobby Dennis lit the stage in warm hues generated by COLORado 3P IP LED wash fixtures from Chauvet Professional. Along with Shust, the church choir and orchestra performed.
PEBBLE BEACH, CA – Calling the Pebble Beach Auctions an “automobile auction” is akin to describing a Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider as a mere “sports car.” The annual event, which has been part of the world-famous Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance since 1990, is to the luxury auto world what the Cannes Film Festival is to the movie industry. Featuring some of the more valuable automobiles in the world – a 1961 edition of the aforementioned Ferrari fetched over $15 million at this year’s auction – the five-day event draws celebrities like Jay Leno and A-List collectors from around the world.
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NASHVILLE, TN – DWP Live, founded by industry veteran Danny Whetstone in 2007, has launched DWP Rents, which gives customers access to a variety of video projection gear including Pandoras Box media servers and Barco projectors. A recent addition to the company’s inventory is Barco’s Encore 2 4K screen management system, pictured here.
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Elation recently expanded its line of Rayzor compact and high-speed LED wash luminaires with the Rayzor Q12Z. This fixture houses 12 15W RGBW LEDs and offers an 11-to-39 degree motorized zoom for colorful wash/beam to eye-candy looks. Its color temperature range is variable from 2,700K – 8,000K and the fixture promises a uniform blend of colors ranging from vibrant saturates across to pastels and warm and cool shades of white.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – TBF-Pyrotec GmbH named Le Maitre as the primary North American distributor for the Germany-based company’s range of flame effects products. TBF’s Spraymaster, Spraymaster Multicolour, Fountain Flame; Single Shot; Pyromaster and 5-Master will now all be sold by Le Maitre in most U.S. and Canadian markets.*
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CAMROSE, Alberta, Canada – The Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre (PAC) is a 44,200-square-foot, multi-venue building. The venue earned a level-four Green Globe distinction for its energy-efficient building design and commitment to green technology before its doors even opened in October 2014. Christie Lites provided the venue with an LED lighting rig, including nearly 100 ETC Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr luminaires. As the largest Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr installation in the world, the venue is able to save between $30,000 and $35,000 each year in energy costs from the lighting system alone. The venue is also using ETC’s Gio console for control.
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