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Martin by HARMAN Powers a Tony Award-Winning Lighting Design for “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812”

Martin by HARMAN Powers a Tony Award-Winning Lighting Design for “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812”

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NEW YORK—Lighting Designer Bradley King recently deployed Martin by HARMAN lighting fixtures on his Tony Award-winning lighting design for “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812”. Based on an adaptation of a 70-word excerpt from “War and Piece”, the critically-acclaimed musical features an innovative and unusual set design that forgoes a traditional stage and uses curving runways to place the actors in the center of the audience. 

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OSA Supports the 35th America’s Cup as Official Audio & Video Contractor

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BERMUDA –  This summer fans from around the world amassed to the Cross Island of Bermuda’s Royal Naval Dockyard, the nine-acre home to America’s Cup Village, to watch the greatest race on water and enjoy world-class entertainment from artists of the Caribbean.  The America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) turned to OSA International, Inc. to be the audio, video and staging contractor in order to add spectacular sound and visual attraction for the enjoyment of fans.

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AV Stumpfl Wings Goes on the Road with Peugeot

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WALLERN, AUSTRIA – Automotive brand Peugeot is a huge user of audiovisual technology. Not only for its appearances at high-profile motor shows, but most particularly for the never-ending process of keeping its dealer network trained and updated about the new and upcoming vehicles that it releases every six months. In France, Peugeot has been doing this for years, sending out three teams who move from town to town throughout the country conducting their sales and service training roadshows.

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Project Update: The Miller-Scott Pipe Organ St. Thomas Church in NYC

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NYC – Sapsis Rigging is proud to have been chosen to provide installation services for the new Miller-Scott Pipe Organ at St. Thomas Church in New York, NY.  The installation work spanned over five months and involved lifting and setting all large components of the 102-stop organ. Working with the Dobson Pipe Organ Builders was both a pleasure and a privilege.

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Bobby Dennis At CHAUVET Professional WFX Lighting and Learning Sessions

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DALLAS –Well-known house of worship lighting designer and technical director Bobby Dennis will be conducting an educational session for CHAUVET Professional at the WFX Conference on Thursday, October 12 from 2:00 – 2:45 pm.  Entitled “5 Steps To Greater Engagement With Light,” the session will cover simple, cost-effective ways that churches can use their lighting systems to create a more immersive worship environments.

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Chainmaster Expands The CM-820 Controller Series With A 12-Ch Controller

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GERMANY – Due to high demand, ChainMaster Bühnentechnik GmbH is extending the proven CM-820 control series with a 12-channel controller for direct-controlled chain hoists compliant with BGV-D8 / DGUV V54 and D8plus. The linkable control unit for 12 chain hoists consists of a compact and robust 19″ steel housing with 6U. On the front side are clear directional pre-selectors with LED directional pre-selection display, on the rear are 3 multicore outputs for four drives of up to 1kW motor power and 2 grounding sockets for external loads.

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d3 Supports Kings of Leon Walls World Tour

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LONDON – After headlining the sold out British Summer Time Hyde Park music festival in London, American rock band Kings of Leon kicked off the fall leg of their WALLS world tour with 16 dates in North America.  Accompanying the band across the globe are two d3 4x4pro media servers provided by PRG; two more, provided by Video Design, were added to drive the additional equipment used in the Hyde Park show.The multi Grammy Award-winners’ tour supports their 2016 LP, WALLS (We Are Like Love Songs).  Their seventh studio album reached #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.

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BMFLs for Basel Tattoo

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SWITZERLAND – Seventy Robe BMFL moving lights – 48 BMFL Blades and 22 x BMFL WashBeams were used on the 2017 Basel Tattoo, one of the most important military tattoos in Europe, which is staged for a week in a temporary structure erected in front of the Kaserne former military barracks in the center of the city in northwest Switzerland. The BMFLs were part of a lighting scheme by Rolf Derrer for the week long Tattoo which features 10 shows and capacity audiences of 7500 for each one. Working closely with Rolf was programmer and his right hand person Reto Engler, who has worked on the event since 2013.

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ADJ Prepares To Showcase Innovative New Lighting and Video Equipment At BPM | PRO 2017

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LOS ANGELES  – Taking place at the Genting Arena in Birmingham, BPM | PRO is the UK’s biggest sound, lighting, DJ and studio equipment event. ADJ has exhibited at the show every year since it started over 10 years ago and in 2017 the ADJ team will be out in force to introduce a number of exciting new products to UK lighting and video users.

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OPUS 1 Festival’s Surreal, Immersive Productions at Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods

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COLUMBIA, Md. – Christie®, a world leader in creating and sharing the world’s best visual and audio experiences, has joined forces with the Howard Hughes Corporation® (NYSE: HHC) and Wild Dogs International to provide attendees of the OPUS 1 festival with an impressive, multi-media experience on Saturday, Oct 7. Led by the Christie 360 Experiential Studios, Christie is providing creative content, consulting advice and advanced projection and display systems to the extravaganza.

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Bandit Lites Celebrates John Cameron Carter Journey From Intern To Bandit

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KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – The appeal of the entertainment industry draws many, but breaking in, standing out and making a career can be an uphill climb. Fortunately, John Cameron Carter had both the gumption and talent to take advantage of Bandit’s intern program where upon completion, he joined the team as a full time Bandit Lites employee.

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Dia De Los ALT Gets Visual Flow With CHAUVET Professional

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MESA, AZ– On September 17, 2014 radio station KDKB 93.3 shook up the Phoenix media market by abruptly dropping its tried and true 43-year old rock format to become the city’s only alternative music broadcaster. It hasn’t looked back since! Breaking new ground for indie and alternative music in the Valley of the Sun, the station has climbed to the upper echelons of the area’s radio market. On Friday September 22, a little over three years after the rollout of its new format, the station celebrated alternative music with a star-studded Dia De Los ALT show at the Mesa Amphitheatre.

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