SECAUCUS, NJ — Rose Brand and USITT will co-host the third annual Action Design Competition at the 2014 Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Fort Worth, TX, March 26-29. Applications are now available. The deadline to submit applications is Feb. 24, 2014.
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SOUTH KIRKBY, Yorkshire, U.K. — Backstage Academy hosted a series of educational sessions for students attending the National Skills Academy’s Creative Choices event at the O2 Academy Sheffield Jan. 10. The event provided students with information about career opportunities in the backstage live events sector.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA — Veteran television and live event lighting designer Lee Rose of Design Partners once again lit the Hollywood Party for Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve, an event he has been associated with since 1985. This year Lee included the Ayrton MagicPanel602 LED luminaire in the annual celebratory looks. Morpheus Lights of Las Vegas provided the fixtures.
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NASHVILLE, TN – The 29th annual Stellar Awards, staged at the Metro Nashville Municipal Auditorium Jan. 18, was lit by LD Mark Carver and programmer Susan Rose, who worked with a rig that included 24 Legend 230SR Beam fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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FORT WORTH, TX — James R. Bakkom, Minneapolis-based artist, set and costume designer, craftsman, prop master, and teacher, will receive the United States Institute for Theatre Technology’s highest honor, the USITT award, in at the 2014 Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Fort Worth, Texas, March 26-29.
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SECAUCUS, NJ — Rose Brand Premium Projection Screens, made from a variety of front and dual use front and rear projection materials with a range of color, gain and transmittance property options, are also available in a wide range of custom configurations. The company’s screen material was used for the floor and wall elements for Japanese light artist Ryoji Ikeda’s installation in Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory, the transfinite/test pattern, pictured here.
LONDON – Multi-award-winning lighting designer Rick Fisher chose ETC’s Source Four LED CYC adapters for a production of Howard Brenton’s Drawing the Line at the Hampstead Theatre in London.
Read More »NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman Professional, Inc. and Quail Capital Corp announced the formation of Harman Equipment Finance (H.E.F.) to deliver capital to acquire Harman’s Martin Professional lighting products along with the company’s Studer, JBL, Soundcraft and Crown audio gear. H.E.F. promises an easy credit approval process for all Harman Professional products with terms from 12 to 84 months.
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