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See What All The Talk Is About at Elation LDI Booth 2315

See What All The Talk Is About at Elation LDI Booth 2315

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LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional will be carrying momentum from a successful PLASA show to LDI Booth 2315 in Las Vegas, where the company will again be a Front Row sponsor of North America’s leading trade show for entertainment technology. LDI 2017 will give lighting professionals the opportunity to see for themselves what the buzz around Elation’s latest award-winning luminaires is all about. Held from October 17-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Elation will be showcasing at LDI three luminaires in the award-winning Artiste Series of full-featured theatrical-grade LED moving heads for the creative LD.

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ADJ Lighting Adds Two Key Appointments To Growing Sales Force

LOS ANGELES – ADJ Products, LLC is pleased to announce two new appointments to its growing network of sales associates within the United States. The first appointment is that of Aldridge Marketing, Inc., a manufacturer’s representative firm located in Austin, Texas. Since 1992, Randall Aldridge and the Aldridge Marketing team have represented AV and MI manufacturers in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. Effective November 1, 2017, Aldridge Marketing will represent ADJ Products, LLC (ADJ Lighting, American Audio, Accu-Cable and Accu-Case) throughout their territory.

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City Theatrical at LDI 2017

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NYC – City Theatrical will be demonstrating their new technology at the Live Design International (LDI) tradeshow at the Las Vegas Convention Center from November 17-19, 2017 at Booth 2660. Please stop in and see the latest in wireless technology (listed below) as well as all of the other fine lines of products that City Theatrical offers.

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International Code of Practice for Entertainment Rigging Now Available

NYC – In response to calls from the international entertainment rigging community, rigging professionals from around the globe came together to create ICOPER to promote awareness and safety worldwide by providing a model code of practice with a focus on arena rigging. However, this Code of Practice is applicable to all event production rigging disciplines. ESTA and PLASA announce the release of an International Code of Practice for Entertainment Rigging (ICOPER) which is available as a free download at www.esta.org/icoper or www.plasa.org/icoper.

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Stage Production Co. Chooses Elation Effects for Birmingham’s Crane

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BIRMINGHAM, UK -Full service production company, Stage Production Co., is supplying all the production for a new and unique multi-purpose event space in Birmingham (UK) called Crane and has turned to Elation Professional products to fulfill the lighting brief.  Crane, which opened on September 29th, is a huge space with a raw industrial feel in the heart of the Digbeth district of central Birmingham. Along with elevated ceilings, iron beams and exposed brick work, the space is defined by two 5-ton rolling cranes that span the width of the building and roll down its length on steel girders.

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Krystof Celebrate 25

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PRAGUE – Czech pop rock band Kryštof celebrated their 25 year anniversary in style with a sold out arena tour and a massive two night concert at the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, where they played two tumultuous shows to over 70,000 fans marking this incredible career achievement. They also released a special new album this year – ‘25’ – to coincide with an extensive live performance schedule. Full production – including around 100 Robe moving lights – for the tour and the stadium shows was supplied by ZL Production who have a long association with Kryštof.

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PUR In Schalke — A Family Festival With Extra Class

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GERMANY – The six musicians of PUR keep their fans waiting for a whole year, there has to be a very good reason. And a gigantic, one-off concert provided the answer, as for the sixth time at the Veltins Arena, 65,000 fans flocked to the ‘PUR & Friends’ concert. This gave them the chance not only to celebrate their band, but also a number of high-profile guests. Among them were Andreas Bourani, Daniel Wirtz, comedian Bülent Ceylan and Max Giesinger. The success of this mega event was assured at the beginning of the year, when all tickets were sold out in a very short time.

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PixelFLEX™ LED Makes A True Retail Connection for Vionic Beach

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NASHVILLE, – Bringing together style and science, global footwear brand Vionic Shoes has seen a continued growth which prompted a recent move into a new showroom space located at 1370 Avenue of Americas in New York City. In this new environment where reps and buyers would be enticed to purchase the latest innovative shoe designs for their retail locations, a new brand was also being launched, Vionic Beach. Needing a way to make sure the latest in life-changing footwear didn’t get lost on the showroom floor, the retail presence and showroom designer David Warwick created a unique and immersive LED video beach experience using FLEXLite II 4.8mm LED from PixelFLEX™.

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Christopher Wren Adds Color To Navy Pier’s Lake Stage With CHAUVET Professional

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CHICAGO – “An Inviting New Home For Music!” proclaimed a headline in the Chicago Tribune this summer. Like many people in the Windy City, the newspaper’s writers were pumped up about one of their town’s latest attractions: The Lake Stage at the famed Navy Pier. Located on the new Polk Bros Park Performance Lawns at the southwest end of the Pier, the new facility, with its sloped grassy knoll and breathtaking Lake Michigan backdrop, provides an ideal setting for taking in an outdoor concert.

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Avolites and Group One to Unveil Ai v10.1 at LDI 2017

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LAS VEGAS, USA – UK manufacturer Avolites will be joining with its US distributor, Group One Limited, at this year’s LDI exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Avolites and Group One team members will be ready to show visitors the very latest developments from the Avolites control and Ai media server product ranges. LDI 2017 will see the official release of the latest version of Avolites Ai media server software. Ai v10.1 continues to build on the freshly redesigned Ai user interface and introduces a variety of powerful new features for all Ai users.

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Sight & Sound Theatres in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Expands Technical Capabilities with Lightware Fr65 Matrix Switcher

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LAKE ORION, MI– In anticipation of “Jesus,” an action-filled musical stage adventure that debuts next March, Sight & Sound Theatres in Lancaster, Pennsylvania has expanded its technical capabilities with a Lightware MX-FR65R matrix switcher.  Lightware USA is the US sales and support office for products from Hungary-based Lightware Visual Engineering. The upcoming production takes audiences on a miraculous journey to meet the everyday people whose lives Jesus changed forever.

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Protec And Bumat Team Up In The Middle East

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DUBAI – The two global leaders sign an MOU to establish a new business relationship. Protec, one of the world’s leading event solutions providers, headquartered in Dubai, UAE, has entered into an agreement with Bumat Motion Systems GmbH, the world’s leading manufacturer of turntables and revolves since 1948.  Through this agreement, Protec will be better-positioned to provide their partners and customers with a more comprehensive product offer, and the industry’s leading source in the Middle East for turntables and revolving platforms rentals for events and exhibitions held in the region.

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