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Techni-Lux’s 2018 Technology Day to Feature Nook Schoenfeld, Others

Techni-Lux’s 2018 Technology Day to Feature Nook Schoenfeld, Others

ORLANDO – Techni-Lux is marking its 27th year in operation with a technology fair and open house set for Jan. 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Featured speakers include Nook Schoenfeld, editor of PLSN magazine; Richard Cadena, of ETCP RT/CEE (and a former editor of PLSN), and projection designer Nick Comis. Guests will have an opportunity to talk to vendors and get hands-on with dozens of entertainment lighting, video, and special effects products. The event will be held at Techni-Lux headquarters at 10900 Palmbay Drive in Orlando, FL. Registration is required, but the event is free.

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Elation Sponsors Stage Lighting Super Saturday 2018.

NYC – “Elation is proud to again be participating in a Stage Lighting Super Saturday event. It always provides a unique opportunity for us to connect with designers and lighting pros of all types, whether they are well established or up and coming in the industry. Our latest offerings will have special appeal to creative theatrical designers and we always enjoy the more personal interaction the event provides.” – John Dunn, National Sales Manager, Elation Professional

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Carrie Cavins joins ETC as Architectural Field Project Coordinator

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MIDDLETON, WI – ETC bolstered its growing architectural lighting division with the addition of Carrie Cavins as an Architectural Field Project Coordinator. Cavins will provide support, advice, and education for ETC’s architectural line of products to their extensive network of reps, dealers, and specifiers. While technically part of the ETC Hollywood office, Cavins will mainly work from her home office in Houston.

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Tracey Dear Makes Chicago River Glow With CHAUVET Professional

[caption id="attachment_281669" align="alignnone" width="720"]Tracey Dear lights more bridges than any other Chicago native[/caption]

CHICAGO – “Why would you light a bridge with moving fixtures?” Tracey Dear heard this question on more than one occasion when he spec’d CHAUVET Professional Rogue R2 Washes to bathe the Clark Street and Dearborn Street Bridges in a vibrant purple for the Susan G. Komen Ignite the Fight fundraiser to aid cancer research. For Dear, the answer revolved around a single word, “flexibility.”

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Whirlwind PLR-MC21 and PLR-MC22

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Whirlwind’s PLR-MC21 and PLR-MC22 (pictured here) control three-phase chain motors. Each will operate one or two motors in a 2RU package, with all controls and connections accessible on the front panel. The PLR-MC21 has 10-amp circuit breaker protection and is designed for use with one-ton and smaller motors. The PLR-MC22 has 20-amp circuit breaker protection and is designed for use with two-ton motors. Both have individual up and down selectors for each motor and a master GO button. A phase reverse circuit is also provided to correct motor direction. Three phase input connectors can be selected to coordinate with existing power distros.

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ADJ To Light Up Mobile Beat Las Vegas (MBLV22) Main Stage

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LAS VEGAS – ADJ Lighting is pleased to announce that it will be the official lighting and video supplier for the main stage at Mobile Beat Las Vegas 2018. Taking the production at the annual trade show to the next level, the stage setup will not only highlight the dozens of seminars and performances taking place throughout the event’s four days, but also showcase ADJ’s latest cutting-edge fixtures.

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Cody James Welcomes Billy Gilman Home For Holidays With CHAUVET Professional

[caption id="attachment_281658" align="alignnone" width="575"]Billy Gilman gets lit with help from Chauvet fixtures[/caption]

PROVIDENCE, RI – Christmas is a time for homecomings, and so it was this year for singer Billy Gilman. Back in 2000, Gilman made history when, at age 11, he became the youngest person ever to have a Billboard Top 40 Country hit with his Grammy-nominated double platinum single “One Voice,” which reached No. 2 on the charts. His life and music have gone through their share of twists and turns since then, but the Westerly, RI-born singer has always returned to his native state to connect to his original friends and fans.

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Sunrise Avenue Tours with Elation ACL 360i™ and Dartz 360™

[caption id="attachment_281655" align="alignnone" width="800"]Sunrise Avenue photo by Mandy Privenau [/caption]

FINLAND – From mid-October to early December, Finnish rock band Sunrise Avenue toured across Europe on their “Heartbreak Century” tour, a run of smaller venues before the five-member band hits the road on a bigger arena tour in the new year. Light, set and video were supplied by Ambion GmbH headquartered in Kassel, Germany. Lighting designer Stephan Aue, who supported the band for the first time in 2015 on their enormously successful arena tour, was once again responsible for the lighting design, relying on products from Elation Professional, among others.

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NYC’s Bryant Park Winter Village Lit with Chauvet Professional Fixtures

[caption id="attachment_281491" align="alignnone" width="800"] Bryant Park Utilizes Chauvet Gear[/caption]

NEW YORK – LD Diana Kesselschmidt included more than 130 Chauvet Professional fixtures supplied by PRG in her design for Bryant Park Winter Village, a five-month winter wonderland in Midtown Manhattan with hundreds of pop-up shops of all descriptions, along with the city’s only free ice skating rink. They included 116 COLORado 2-Quad Zoom IP fixtures and 18 Ovation E-260WW IP ellipsoidals.

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Lee Filters, Barbizon and Canto Participate In Super Saturday

NYC – Lee Filters sponsors Stage Lighting Super Saturday 2018. “Lee Filters has been with us since the first workshop 13 years ago and we thank them for their continued support. Each year attendees leave with the most current gel books and filter information.” Scott Parker says of the company. Lee Filters provides high-quality lighting filters in a vast range of colors that are accurately consistent from batch to batch, long-lasting and dependable.

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