House and Senate Vote to Fully Fund the National Endowment for the Arts

NEW YORK – Kate Shindle, President of Actors’ Equity, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would fully fund the National Endowment for the Arts for the remainder of the federal government’s fiscal year. The Senate vote comes one day after the U.S. House also voted to fund the NEA and comes weeks after President Trump proposed in his budget to eliminate the NEA entirely.

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[caption id="attachment_276492" align="alignnone" width="800"]Mountain provides staging for the NFLDraft[/caption]

PHILADELPHIA – Staged entirely outdoors for the first time in its 82-year history, the 2017 NFL Draft brought a record-breaking crowd to the Rocky steps outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The NFL noted that more than 250,000 people attended the event, which ran from April 27-29. In support of the event, coordinators C3 Presents turned to Mountain Productions to provide a 3,000-seat temporary amphitheater. The roof was supported by 20 posts, spanned a downstage width of 250 feet, and the structure exceeded 70 feet in height.

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[caption id="attachment_276489" align="alignnone" width="800"]National Cathedral gets colorful with Chauvet fixtures[/caption]

WASHINGTON, DC – Beach blankets and yoga mats aren’t normally found inside the long, high-ceilinged central nave of the National Cathedral. Recently, however, the iconic church’s usual seats and pews were removed so people could lie down on these coverings to gaze at an astonishing lightshow that transformed the building’s cavernous interior into a vast and infinitely fascinating panorama of color with help from a collection of WELL Fit LED fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.

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[caption id="attachment_276472" align="alignnone" width="800"]Raiding the Rock Vault[/caption]

LOS ANGELES – Fans of classic rock ’n roll are “Raiding the Rock Vault” at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas where iconic anthems from two decades are brought to life by artists from the biggest bands of the era.  The unique show is enhanced with lighting effects created by production designer Paul Dexter using Claypaky SharBars. Dexter, principal of Masterworks Design, Inc., in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, helped create the show, which debuted in fall 2012 at the Mayan Theater in LA.

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[caption id="attachment_276469" align="alignnone" width="633"]Club Nomadic built for the SuperBowl[/caption]

HOUSTON – Conceived as a mega-nightclub with no permanent home, Club Nomadic is a traveling venue constructed each year to support the build-up to the Super Bowl. For 2017’s Super Bowl LI, which took place at NRG Stadium in Houston, Nomadic Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of the NFL’s hospitality partner On Location Experiences, began construction of the 62,500 square foot venue on Nov. 28 and opened Feb. 2.

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[caption id="attachment_276463" align="alignnone" width="800"]Bandit gives a hand at the NFL draft[/caption]

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – More than 80 years after the inaugural drafting of football players in 1936, the NFL Draft returned again to the Philadelphia for a weekend celebrating the newest additions to fans’ favorite teams. C3 Presents once again tasked Bandit Lites to provide critical lighting throughout the NFL Draft experience, including real time team colors for the Entrance Portal, NFL Museum, two fountain areas and the exteriors of the Draft Theatre and the Philadelphia Art Museum.

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