WorldStage Develops Moving LED System for ESPN
LOS ANGELES – WorldStage developed and installed a live, moving LED display system for the new studio design for ESPN’s premier NBA show, Kia NBA Countdown.
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Bandit Whips Up Tornado Tour with Little Big Town
NASHVILLE – Little Big Town is on the road with Bandit Lites for The Tornado Tour. Raj Kapoor worked closely with Little Big Town to design the look of a tornado-ravaged set that features the remains of a theatre, with tattered legs and borders hanging across the mid stage. LD Chris Shrom worked with production manager Chris Diener on the production details.
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PixelFlex Supports Rodney Atkins’ Back Road Tour
NASHVILLE — For his recent Take a Back Road tour, Rodney Atkins used a lightweight and flexible LED Curtain video wall from PixelFlex to maximize the concert audiences’ experience through visual images and effects. Atkins’ team plans to use the curtain again for their dates starting in March.
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Take 1 Supports Event Safety Alliance Guide
SANTA ANA, CA – Reinforcing the growing importance of advancing event safety to all live event producers and organizers, Take 1 Insurance announced its full support of the Event Safety Alliance (ESA) and that it will be promoting awareness of the ESA’s new United States Event Safety Guide, which is now open for peer review and comment on the ESA web site, eventsafetyalliance.org.
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Design Partners Spec Ayrton LED Lights for ‘Chopper Live’
LAS VEGAS – Morpheus Lights recently supplied 28 Ayrton Wildsun 500C and 20 Ayrton Rollapix luminaires for the live television broadcast of The Discovery Channel’s “Chopper Live: The Revenge” from The Joint at Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. LD Greg Brunton of Design Partners specified the fixtures.
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LDR Partners with Vari Internacional to Accelerate Growth
MEXICO CITY – Northern Italy-based Luci della Ribalta – known as LDR – has appointed Vari Internacional as its exclusive distributor for Mexico for its entire range of products for theatrical and architectural lighting needs. LDR has its own design and assembly facilities, where it develops new products and improves existing designs, complemented by a range of accessories.
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GLP Appoints New Asian Distributor
LOS ANGELES – GLP German Light Products GmbH, a manufacturer of automated lighting fixtures in the entertainment industry, appoints Guangzhou Ruisheng Lighting & Audio Equipment Co. Ltd. as their exclusive distributor for China, Taiwan and Macao.
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projectiondesign Helps Belgium Museum’s War Stories Exhibit
YPRES, Belgium – Belgium’s new Flanders Fields Museum interprets the regional stories of the First World War using modern museum techniques and multimedia for visitors of today and tomorrow. projectiondesign F22, F32 and F35 wqxga projectors and WB processors were provided by specialist museums system integrator, Ocular BVBA for use some of the exhibit areas, aimed to provide a more in-depth look at how museum visitors deal with war and peace.
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ETC Gio Controls Vienna State Opera
VIENNA – Ready to retire their 16-year-old lighting console, the Vienna State Opera has taken delivery of an ETC Gio lighting system, following an extensive search over a number of years. The theater invested in four Gio desks, along with two ETC Remote Processor Units (RPUs) and an ETC Ion system to cover the main stage lighting, auditorium and Kinderzelt, a tent on the roof for children.
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Chauvet Professional Legend 412 Lights Justin Moore
SUNRISE, FL – Country singer Justin Moore opened for Eric Church’s tour with Chauvet Professional Legend 412 pixel-mapping moving yokes in his rig. LD Sooner Routhier specified 44 Legend 412 fixtures from Special Event Services, placing them on carts behind the singer and both sides of the stage.
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Deadline to Add or Update EPD Listings is Feb. 28, 2013
The 2013 edition of The Event Production Directory will be published and poly-bagged with the April issues of PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines. If your company hasn’t been listed in the past, now’s the time to do it! Join thousands of other production companies and get listed in the largest resource in the event production industry. Go to epdweb.com and update or create a new listing today. Only the most-recent listings and updated records will have a chance of being published in this year’s directory. Deadline for updates is Feb. 28, 2013.
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In Memoriam: David Whitehead, 1953-2013
LONDON — David Whitehead, founder and majority shareholder of Stage Electrics, died Feb. 18 after a 15-month battle with cancer. After founding the company in Exeter in 1979, Whitehead made it his life’s work, bringing to it his abiding passion for lighting design. After his diagnosis, and before stepping down as managing director, Whitehead completed a transition plan for the company. Whitehead, an active member of his church, is survived by his wife, Caroline, and three children.
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