BROOKLYN, NY — The inaugural New York Festival of Light (NYFOL) lit up Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood Nov. 6, 7 and 8 and drew such a huge crowd people had to be turned away on Sat. Nov. 8. Clay Paky fixtures played a key role, and the company’s Supersharpy fixtures made their U.S. debut.
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LAS VEGAS — Parnelli Week is here! The Parnelli Classic Golf Tournament tees off bright and early Thursday morning, Nov. 20 at Siena Golf Club in Las Vegas with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. sharp (onsite registration is even earlier, 6:30 am). It’s followed by the Parnelli Awards ceremony at the MGM Grand on the Las Vegas Strip. That begins Saturday, Nov. 22 with a 7 p.m. cocktail reception followed by the Awards Gala at 8 p.m. Tickets for both events can still be purchased online, but the virtual ticket window for both events closes Wednesday, Nov. 19 at noon Pacific time.
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TAMPA, FL — Jerry Freed, founder of Gator Cases, died Nov. 13, 2014 after a bout with cancer. He was 74. Freed had been an entrepreneur and innovator in the audio and MI industries before launching Gator Cases with his daughter Crystal Morris here in 2000.
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Creative Conners says its Showstopper 3 Consolette promises to serve as a powerful and modular emergency stop & cue control system. It joins other products in the Showstopper family’s Pro Line, designed to meet the automation challenges of the most demanding productions.
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PALM DESERT, CA — For the McCallum Theatre, a 1,100-seat venue which opened here in 1988, production and lighting director Keith Smith upgraded the lighting system with 14 Vari-Lite VL4000 fixtures from 4Wall Entertainment Lighting.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Kilowatt AV, an event production specialist company based here, recently specified 36 Robe LEDWash 600s and 12 LEDBeam 100s for a five-city FLS (Financial Lifestyle Solutions) roadshow by leading South African financial services and investment group, Old Mutual.
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Elation’s Platinum BX promises high-impact aerial looks with a “fat beam effect.” The fixture features a Philips MSD Platinum 17RA 350W lamp and new wide lens optics designed with a thicker beam look in mind. The fixture emits 15,000 lumens of concentrated light output along with a 3-degree beam, four times the output of previous dedicated beam models from Elation.
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LONDON — The 2014 Red Bull Culture Clash drew more than 20,000 music fans to Earls Court here to watch and listen as four music crews battled it out. Jamie Corbidge, LD for the event, used gear provided by Storm Lighting. The setup included Avolites Sapphire Touch and Tiger Touch II consoles with a network enhanced with Avolites Titan Net Processors.
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CARDIFF, U.K. — XL Video supplied LED screens and control for the 2014 BAFTA Cymru Awards. The event, held Oct. 26 at the Millennium Centre here, honors TV and film production in Wales. Show producer, Jonathan Davies and production designer David Marson turned to XL Video for the event’s 15-by-4.2 meter (49-by-14-foot) LED screen, which was assembled using a combination of XL’s ROE MC-18T and MC-7T LED video screen panels.
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Chauvet Professional’s TRUSST line has expanded with the CT Clamp, designed for rigging lighting and audio gear inside tents. The clamp attaches to the slots on clear span tent Keder beams, so items can be suspended from it securely without requiring extra trussing.
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