MUSkOGEE, OK – The second annual G Fest, with more than 80 local and national acts scheduled to perform on multiple stages June 15-17, 2017, was set to resume June 16 after being disrupted by damaging winds on its first night this year. Festival organizers closed the event’s stages late in the evening and canceled a few acts as a pleasant night turned stormy.
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BRISTOL, U.K. – For musician, music producer and DJ Bonobo’s Migration world tour, Colour Sound Experiment is providing a lighting rig that includes Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures from Chauvet Professional. LD Will Thomas chose the fixtures in part for their multifaceted versatility.
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ABU DHABI, UAE – Lighthouse Productions (LHP) from Dubai created a unique visual design for the Islamic Art Awards 2017, staged at the Abu Dhabi National Theatre. Terry Miranda led the LHP team. He and Adrian Guzman specified 80 Robe luminaires to be right at the centre of the aesthetic.
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LONDON – Digital and live production specialists Really Creative Media invested over £300,000 (+$383,550) in Panasonic’s latest laser projectors for its busy summer of touring and fashion events.
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MOSCOW – LiveSignal.Ru, the broadcaster of the Warface Championships in Moscow, has selected Slomo.tv’s Blackjack AT/3G servers to provide all replays during its programs.
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LOS ANGELES — Roland Professional A/V named Houston-based Brad Bassett Pro A/V District Sales Manager for the south-central U.S. (TX, OK, AR, LA) and Sales Force & Associates (Hollywood, FL) as its rep firm for the southeast U.S. region (NC, SC, GA, TN, MS, AL, FL, Puerto Rico).
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ORLANDO – Furman featured its new BlueBOLT CV-2 at the Furman-Gefen Booth #4955 at InfoComm 2017. The new interface upgrades IP control to enable energy management features in installations not connected to the cloud.
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PHOENIX – John Garberson, owner of Creative BackStage, worked with his LD and programmer James Simpson in a bid to impress the audience for a show by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Niles Rodgers without using smoke or haze. They used 32 Rogue washes and four Strike 4 fixtures from Chauvet Professional plus some Chauvet DJ fixtures for effects.
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ATLANTA, GA – Digital Projection International (DPI) named Kristin Ford as the Regional Market Development Manager for the Pacific Northwest. She has close to two decades of experience in the display industry.
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ORLANDO – LianTronics’ special exhibits at InfoComm 2017 included the company’s VL1.2 fine-pitch LED video wall (pictured here), their RA1 fine-pitch rental LED display, their RA3T outdoor LED display and a simulation of a broadcasting studio.
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HARBIN, China – Christie and its China-based partner, Wincomn Technology, have teamed up to provide visitors to the Harbin Wanda Cultural Tourism City, located in the capital of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China, with memorable visual experiences. More than 100 Christie projectors are being used for two major attractions, including the Flyover Heilongjiang flight simulation ride pictured here.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — WIcreations supplied staging, elevators and extensive automation elements for Take That’s 2017 “Wonderland Live” tour, which kicked off at the Genting Arena in Birmingham, U.K. and wraps up June 18 in Manchester’s Etihad Stadium.
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