NASHVILLE – O.A.R. recently wrapped their summer tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The tour coincided with the band’s 20th anniversary, complete with a double compilation album entitled XX released August 5. Tour manager and lighting designer Chris Wrightsman evoked the double ‘X’ symbol within the look of the show, creating a truss design of two interlocked X’s.
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Chauvet Professional notes that, with an output greater than that of a 750-watt HPL ellipsoidal, the company’s new Ovation E-260WW IP, to be featured at LDI booth 1515, is bright enough to work effectively at outdoor events, theatrical performances and concerts. Chauvet adds that this new LED fixture will also keep working without issue if the weather at those outdoor projects turns bad, because it is IP65 rated.
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NEW YORK – MediaLight Inc., a New York City-based lighting and video design firm with more than 22 years of experience in motion picture production, has started using FLEXLite NXG 3.9mm and 8.9mm LED video panels from PixelFLEX.
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MIDDLETON, WI – Robert Juliat noted that it is the first manufacturer to collaborate directly with ETC to have its 8-colour Dalis cyclight fully calibrated with the Eos family of lighting desks. The collaboration promises to help operators and lighting designers make better and easier use of both the fixtures and the consoles. Pictured here, from left, are Ray Hill (ETC), Ludwig Lepage (Robert Juliat) and Matt Halberstadt (ETC).
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LOS ANGELES – Electrosonic named Erika Kulbach Business Development Consultant and Sales Account Manager. Based in the company’s Burbank, CA office, she will be responsible for seeking and developing new business and maintaining several key accounts under the direction of Vice President of Business Development, Chris Conte.
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LOS ANGELES – An increasing number of lighting designers have turned to Capture™ lighting design software to visualize their designs and help sway clients. LD’s use the program to make photo realistic renderings of their designes to show clients what they are envisioning for thei next production. One advocate is LD Jason Robinson, who uses Capture to create virtual designs for WWE professional wrestling and has designed lighting for Top Rank Boxing using Capture software.
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GLASGOW – Adlib will inaugurate its new Scottish warehouse in Glasgow with an afternoon / evening event on Thursday Oct. 13. Adlib has invested over £1million in the Scottish operation since its launch at the start of 2015. The new warehouse completes the current phase of development which also includes a substantial amount of new equipment and the set-up of a comprehensive infrastructure. Along with audio gear the facility will provide Martin, Robe, Chauvet and other lighting brands.
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KASTRUP, Denmark – Litecom is a top Danish lighting, video and automation rental and production specialist headquartered just outside of Copenhagen in a modern industrial building that has been designed to both be functional and look cool, providing an invigorating working environment. The company, headed by Rasmus Sorensen, has just invested in Robe BMFL Blades, DL4S Profiles and DL4F Wash luminaires which have joined the 80 Pointes already in their rental inventory, as the general demand for Robe fixtures in Scandinavia is growing.
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VALLONIA, IN — Nicholas “Space” Luysterborghs, a freelance master carpenter and stage crew supervisor, died July 13, 2016 at his home in Vallonia, IN after a heart attack. A native of New Haven, CT who worked on a freelance basis and spent many years on the road, Luysterborghs took meticulous care of the stages and sets used by top artists including Prince, Madonna, John Mellencamp and Aerosmith, among many others. He was 71.
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FLORENCE, Italy – The Showlight Quadrennial, organized specifically for lighting professionals by lighting professionals across the performance, television, film, architectural and event worlds, is set to take place May 20-23 in Florence, Italy.
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LAS VEGAS — A.C. Lighting, distributor of the Jands Vista range of lighting consoles in North America, noted that LDs Rob Sinclair and Chris Reade are among the nominees for the 2016 Parnelli Awards Lighting Designer of the Year award. Lauded for their designs for Peter Gabriel and Dierks Bentley concert tours, respectively, both LDs are longtime users of Jands Vista for show lighting and media control. A moment from Dierks Bentley’s ‘Somewhere on a Beach’ tour is pictured here.
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Blizzard’s 3-in-1 Beam/Spot/Wash CMY Moving Head, Kryo.Mix CMY, features advanced optics, mechanics, electronic technology, and a bright YODN R17 350W discharge lamp. It has a 1.5- 35° zoom, 3 separate colors wheels and dual gobo wheels with bidirectional rotation and shake, among other features.
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