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Luxe Productions Creates Good Looks For A Good Cause With CHAUVET Professional

Luxe Productions Creates Good Looks For A Good Cause With CHAUVET Professional

[caption id="attachment_278397" align="alignnone" width="800"]Atlantic Ballroom at the Radisson Blu Aqua[/caption]

CHICAGO – It’s easy to see why the Atlantic Ballroom at the Radisson Blu Aqua has become a sought-after venue for A-list parties and events. With its 20’ windows and outdoor balcony, the 1,200-capacity room offers spectacular views of Chicago’s fabled skyline and Lake Michigan far below.  Architectural flourishes like a high ribbed ceiling add to the room’s elegance. Creating a connective sense of warmth inside this spacious area, without distracting attention from its panoramic features, presented a challenge to Jordan Chance of Luxe Productions in late May, when he was asked to light the room for a fundraising ball.

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Fujinon/Fujifilm Rolls Out “Lunch & Learn Lenses” Events At Cities Across North And South America

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WAYNE, N.J.,– As part of the company’s overall education initiative, the Optical Devices Division of FUJIFILM is currently conducting “Lunch & Learn Lenses” events in cities across North and South America. Each “Lunch & Learn Lenses” is an informal discussion over lunch with representatives from FUJIFILM that provides attendees with an opportunity to give insight into what future lens innovations they’d like to see.

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ETC welcome to CUE

ETC Combines Summer Camp And Professional Development

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MIDDLETON, WI– On Thursday, July 20th, nearly 250 ETC end users arrived in Madison, WI, for the fourth CUE conference. CUE, short for Create Understand Experience, is a professional development conference hosted by ETC every other summer. This year’s classes were organized into one- and two-day-long tracks so attendees would have a more immersive, educational experience. Tracks focused on technicians, educators, general system networking, designing a better theater, and Eos console programming.

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Bandit Lites Purchases P1 Retro Lamps

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Bandit Lites’ touring inventory continues to grow with the addition of Portman Custom Light’s P1 Retro Lamps, the striking fixture that can function both as an incandescent light source and a bold set piece. With seven DMX channels, built in dimmers and electronic kit, seven 230 watt halogen lamps and the capability to be installed on a tripod or hang on a clamp, the P1 Retro Lamp is sure to be seen at venues across the country in the near future.

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Bart Kresa Projection Maps “Game of Thrones” Premiere with Support from WorldStage

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TUSTIN – It may have been a hot summer evening in Los Angeles but a winter-is-coming theme marked the gala seventh-season premiere of “Game of Thrones” at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.  The after-party, staged on the roof level of Classic Parking across the street, overlooked the hall where projection designer Bart Kresa mapped the upper planes of the building with stunning scenes and imagery from HBO’s hit series.  WorldStage provided Kresa with Panasonic laser projectors and video engineering support for the head-turning imagery.

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Tribute Concert at Renovated Communist-era Circus Building Features Elation Lighting

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MOLDOVA – Elation dealer Eventika Grup SRL of Moldova recently finished an interesting project that the company worked long and hard to complete. After the USSR collapsed, the circus in the town of Chisinau, Moldova, disintegrated along with it, leaving behind a large circus building that had the potential to be an excellent performance space. After years of laying idol, Eventika was able to partially restore the building on their own, without foreign investment, and held a 20th anniversary tribute concert at the venue for the Moldavian rock band Gindul Mitei (Cat’s Thoughts). 

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Elizabeth Coco Transports US Travel Association Event With CHAUVET Professional

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WASHINGTON, DC – The US capital is one of the world’s most popular destinations. Ironically, the US Travel Association’s annual IPW convention never took place in Washington until this summer.  Making a positive impression on a select group of the convention’s 6,000 guests from 70 different countries was a lavish VIP dinner held at the majestic Washington National Cathedral. Accenting the beauty of the towering Neo-Gothic limestone structure during this event was an enchanting and endlessly fascinating lighting design by Elizabeth A Coco that featured 160 CHAUVET Professional and CHAUVET DJ fixtures supplied by Atmosphere, Inc. of Silver Spring, MD.

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Mega-Lite Introduces the Color Pac 150 Series

HELOTES, Tx. – MEGA-LITE introduces the Color Pac 150 series, a battery operated and compact series that can be used in several different settings. The series includes the Color Pac 150 Narrow, Color Pac 150 Wide, Color Pac Ion and the Color Pac DMX Controller. Color Pac 150N is a 15W RGBW LED that illuminates a long and narrow beam. It consists of a 10° beam angle that can be used in many remote applications.

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Joffrey Heyraud Appointed by Lawo as Sales Director for France

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RASTATT, GERMANY – Lawo, renowned German manufacturer of pioneering audio and video broadcast equipment, has appointed Joffrey Heyraud to drive sales growth in the French market. With 15 years’ experience in IP-centric radio and TV applications, Heyraud has a wide-ranging knowledge of both broadcast and IT industries. Prior to this move, he was employed by Digigram to develop business in Asia.

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CycOut

Cyc Out from Blizzard Lighting

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Blizzard Lighting’s Cyc Out RGBW fixture does double duty as both a cyc light and a strobe. The Cyc Out comes fitted with 256 (64x R/G/B/W) 3W LEDs with a 60-degree beam angle. Just like classic strobe fixtures, the light is projected forward and enhanced by a parabolic reflector (rather than directly forward, like most LED strobes). The fixture’s beam angle can be shaped using the equipped two leaf barn doors, plus, the strobe rate, intensity, and duration of the pulse are all fully controllable in both standalone and DMX modes. The multi-mode strobe functions include dual zone control and individual strobe rates for each color, plus separate duration and rate controls for impressive, xenon-like blinder effects, all without the need for gel.

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