NEW YORK – Anne Minors of Anne Minors Performance Consultants (AMPC) has joined the panel for a session at NATEAC 2012 entitled “Efficient Design Ideas for Theatres: How To Do More With Less.” The session will explore ideas on maximizing design efficiency in projects with modest budgets. NATEAC – North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference – takes place July 22-23 at the New York Hilton.
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PHILADELPHIA – P.A.W.N. Lasers showcased their air-inflatable outdoor Drive-in Movie Theater with the film “Rocky,” shown at the very same steps where the movie was filmed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The screen size measured 36 ft long by 24 ft high.
Read More »NEW YORK – The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) has awarded 36 IATSE Local One members with its Rigger – Theatre Certification. In related news, to keep the ETCP examinations current, the ETCP volunteers appointed as “subject matter experts” (SME’s) have written new questions for the Theatre Rigging examination. ETCP is set to launch these questions Sept. 1, 2012. The test administration fee for groups of 10 or more will be waived for the month of September.
Read More »SAN GIOVANNI in MARIGNANO, Italy — RED Lighting, based here, announced the first sale of its lighting fixtures in the Americas. They will be used in television studios operated by Canal 13 and TVN in Chile.
Read More »NASHVILLE – The PLASA Focus: Nashville event, which took place here July 11-12, featured more than 50 brands and had a total 668 attendees. Another PLASA Focus event has been announced; it’s set for Nov. 12-13 in Stamford, CT.
Read More »LONDON – Londoners were surprised July 15 with “One Extraordinary Day,” an event featuring aerial performances over various sites around the city. Sapsis Rigging played a role by supplying design consultation and rigging for choreographer Elizabeth Streb and her “Action Hero” troupe at the Millennium Bridge, City Hall, Trafalgar and Paternoster Squares, the National Theatre and the London Eye.
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South Kirkby, UK – Nick Howard has joined stage, set and studio specialist company LS-Live as Head of Sales. Howard will focus on the company’s staging equipment rental operation. Howard was previously Marketing Manager at international sports event management company Byrom Plc.
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LAS VEGAS – Morpheus Lights is supplying Ayrton Wildsun 500C automated LED washlights, plus additional specified gear for Boston’s current summer tour. Longtime Boston LD Greg Maltby says the Wildsun 500Cs replaced the 1KW halogen source moving heads that he had specified for many years. “I really like the Wildsun’s warmer 4000° Kelvin white LED! It gives me tremendous saturated colors and a pastel range that is breathtaking.”
Read More »While corporate events can be fun to work on and pay well, they also have their own sets of requirements for the automated lighting programmer. … Read More »For Corporate Events, The Podium Comes First
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LAS VEGAS — To date, more than 30 sponsoring companies have stepped up and announced their support for the 12th Annual Parnelli Awards, set for Oct. 20 at the Mirage Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The event will honor production manager Charlie Hernandez with the Lifetime Achievement Award, rigging company founder Joe Branam with the Visionary Award and Sound Image co-founder Dave Shadoan with the Audio Innovator Award.
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IBIZA – XL Video supplied LED screens, cameras/PPU, mapping and projection for the recent International Music Summit in Ibiza. For the Grand Finale show, XL Video provided crowd-pleasing projections on to the Cathedral above Dalt Vila. Special permissions were required to turn off the architectural lighting on the buildings and a set of custom masks were applied to ensure the projections didn’t spread to adjacent houses.
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WISBECH, UK – European flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases has expanded its HQ and manufacturing facility in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire again, this time adding a further 4700 sq. ft. of production units. It is the third expansion in 12 months. The company is launching several new case lines and products, so the units have been designed to accommodate new production facilities.
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