KNOXVILLE, TN – Tomcat’s custom projects director, Keith Bohn, has announced that he will be leaving the company. “We wish him all the best in his future endeavors and welcome the opportunity to work with him again,” noted Scott Johnson, CEO. “Our industry is not only more educated, but a far safer place because of the work and effort Keith has contributed.”
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NASHVILLE, TN – In 1968, 12 year old Michael Strickland began “borrowing” lights to provide better lighting to touring acts making their way through Nashville. Forty-five years later, Strickland’s company has emerged as one of the largest rental and production companies in the U.S. Bandit Lites is now marking 45 years of being in business and continues to look forward toward the future.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – The design goal of The Blue Planet, Denmark’s new national aquarium, was to make the aquarium’s visitors feel like they had entered the world of the sea surrounding it. Using Rosco’s X24 Effects Projector, lighting Designer Jesper Garde Kongshaug created a realistic and controllable water effect to accomplish that goal as he projected that effect throughout the vast concourse areas inside the aquarium.
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Apollo Design Technology’s AVID 7 (pictured here) and AVID 5, introduced at LDI 2013, were both designed, manufactured and assembled in Apollo Design’s Fort Wayne, IN factory. They are made from billet aluminum and are anodized. The AVID 7 Wash features seven Osram RGBW OStar LEDs. The AVID 5 is designed with the Osram Ultra LED medium screw base PAR 38 lamp. The lamp features a CRI of 95, color temperature of 3,000K and 12 or 30 degree beam angles.
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PHOENIX — LED3 worked with Pro Sound & Video to provide a video display system that would entertain and inform fans of the Arizona Cardinals while tailgating at the NFL franchise’s home stadium here, University Phoenix Stadium. The 8.2 by 14.8 foot, 7mm screen from Absen was chosen for its high resolution, durability and easy operation along with its ability to perform in intense sunlight.
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MINNEAPOLIS – Staging Concepts is rebranding with a new logo and website to underscore the company’s commitment to technological innovation along with its vision for the future.
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LITITZ, PA — Walter Eugene Clair, one of the Clair Brothers Audio entrepreneurs, died Dec. 3, 2013. Clair, known as Gene, is pictured here at the 2008 Parnelli Awards, accepting that year’s Audio Innovator Award with his younger brother, Roy. Gene was 73 at the time of his passing.
Read More »FORT WORTH — Black Friday (and Gray Thursday) may be history for the 2013 holiday season, but early bird registrants for the USITT’s 2014 Annual Conference & Stage Expo, set for March 26-29, can still score a significant discount if they sign up for the four-day show by Thursday, Dec. 12.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — At the LDI show here in late November, Dennis Varian of ETC presented a check for nearly $26,000 to Behind the Scenes, which reflected ongoing proceeds from sales of ETC’s iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) application for iPhone, iPod Touch and Android. The donation brings ETC’s total Behind the Scenes contributions to date to just under $150,000.
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LOS ANGELES — Elation Professional named John Dunn rental and production market manager for the U.S. market. Dunn, who has 12 years of industry experience, has worked on behalf of both production and manufacturing companies.
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NEW YORK CITY – The new office for Christie Lites New York is officially open for business. The warehouse is in a newly renovated 30,000 square foot space at 13B Division Street in Fairview, NJ. This 14th location further strengthens Christie Lites’ multi-office network supplying full service stage lighting equipment rentals across North America. Said Christie Lites VP Rentals Ken Alexander, “We are proud of this new expansion, which allows us to directly service our already loyal Northeast client base like never before and also provides the perfect avenue to reach new clients in the months and years to come.”
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