HOUSTON — The 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was the first where a female performer, Gloria Estefan, was named Persona del Año. The awards program’s lighting rig also steered away from the status quo with new LED-based fixtures supplied by Zenith Lighting Inc., including Coemar’s Infinity ACL, Infinity Wash XL and ParLite LEDs.
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NEW YORK — Every year, more than a million people get their holiday kicks by traveling to New York to see the Rockettes at the annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York. Well over 100,000 more wait for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular Arena Tour to come to them. In all, 34 trucks and 16 buses travel to 18 arenas with capacities between 7,000 to 12,000 people.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — LSC announced that Aubs Tredget has recently joined LSC as business development manager for the U.K. and Irish markets. He is expected to work closely with White Light, where he's worked for four years, to help LSC expand in the U.K.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — XL Video announced that John Wiseman has stepped down from his position as president of XL Touring Video, a division of XL Video, and that John Bowman, who has been with XLTV since it got started in 1996, has been promoted to lead operations for the company.
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FAIRFAX, VA — George Mason University (GMU) upgraded an outdated rigging system for its 2,000-seat concert hall with 45 of J.R. Clancy’s PowerLift automated line sets and the company’s SceneControl 500. The upgrade gives the venue the ability to mount more elaborate productions and simultaneously addresses safety concerns.
Read More »MUNICH — In a bid to win a bigger piece of the growing global market for LED systems and solutions, currently estimated at 700 million euros and growing at double-digit rates, Osram has forged a joint venture with Hong Kong-based Traxon Technologies Ltd. The deal gives Osram a majority stake in the 135-employee company, which will continue to be based in Hong Kong with R&D operations in both China and Germany.
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NEW YORK — Billy Elliot – The Musical, staged in both the U.K. and Australia, is stepping up to Broadway with more than 100 moving lights including 50 ETC Source Four Revolution fixtures. LD Rick Fisher has been using the automated fixtures for the show since it opened in London.
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LOS ANGELES — The fourth annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday all-day training seminar is set for Feb. 7, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Presented by Sonny Sonnenfeld and Scott C. Parker, the seminar will take place at the West Adams Preparatory High School in Los Angeles, with a training sessions led by stage lighting professionals covering basic and advanced topics.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The spherical set provided by Gearhouse South Africa for Miss World 2008 was sleek, stylish, and very…gray. But the pallid paint color served as a canvas for a team of lighting and visual specialists headed by LD Tim Dunn, using the biggest assembly of Robe’s newest gear to date.
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DUBAI, UAE — Robe’s “The Future is Digital” Roadshow had stops in the Middle East, South Africa and Chicago before taking a break for the holidays. The program, organized to give attendees a first-hand look and an in-depth discussion about the company’s new digital gear, resumes in January with a stop in Poland.
Read More »NEW YORK — The ESTA Foundation / USITT Joint Training Initiative has posted a calendar online that lists industry training events available at www.estafoundation.org/seminars/trainingcalendar.htm. Anyone who wants to add a training event to the list can send information [email protected]
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Ocean Thin Films, a division of Ocean Optics, has introduced the ColorBug handheld wireless device. ColorBug measures CIE color values and luminance, with software that allows technicians to wirelessly share data with their iPhone or iPod touch.
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