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What Were You Doing New Year’s, New Year’s Eve?

Lee Rose once again lit the Hollywood Party for New Year's Rockin' Eve. Photo courtesy Lee Rose Designs

What Were You Doing New Year’s, New Year’s Eve?

Aaron Black: “I was in Copenhagen at the Royal Danish Opera with a new production of Lohengrin, which premieres Jan. 22.”

Andy Cass: “NYE is our biggest show of the year with String Cheese Incident, and it’s my personal favorite because it’s in my backyard, in Broomfield, CO. We brought in a huge 3D video wall (48 by 15 feet) and a massive light rig along with dancers and aerialist. I used a local vendor and a national vendor to make it happen.”

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Illustration by Andy Au

House Guy vs. Tour Guy

We examine the scenario in which a nightclub LD (me) hosts a show with its own traveling LD. Should make for an easy day for me, eh? Perhaps. In the red corner, wearing cargo shorts, five laminates and a radio with a Jack in the Box head on the antenna, weighing in at 100 pounds soaking wet, is El Vato de la Ruta, the tour guy… And in the blue corner, wearing carpenter’s trousers, an aloha shirt and a grimace, weighing a lot more than he used to, is Surly McGee, the house guy.

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PRG Completes Acquisition of DPS Assets

NEW YORK — PRG announced Jan. 13 that it has completed the acquisition of assets from DigitalSound Production Services, Inc. (DPS). PRG said it would use these assets to strengthen and expand its inventory across a variety of its locations including its Los Angeles and PRG Paskal Lighting facilities.

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Clay Paky Spheriscans at Bandit Lites in Nashville, Jan. 2016

Bandit Gets First Shipment of Clay Paky Spheriscans via A.C.T Lighting

NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites noted that the first large shipment of Clay Paky’s Spheriscans arrived at the company’s Nashville location this month. The fixtures are expected to be used on a major tour in the near future.  Reviving the idea of a moving mirror fixture, the Spheriscan fills a fixture gap that has long been absent from a designer’s wheelhouse, giving stunning swirling effects as the mirror spins endlessly with an option of four revolutions per second.

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