ETC Updates Eos Offerings
MIDDLETOWN, WI – ETC recently updated its Eos family of lighting control products with expanded control outputs, new portable controllers, lowered pricing and a new software package.
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Curve Theatre Invests in Philips Vari-Lite VL4000 Spots
LEICESTER, UK – Leicester’s Curve theatre has become one of the first in the U.K. to invest in the latest addition to Philips Vari-Lite’s product line, the VL4000 Spot. The theatre purchased 10 of the luminaires from White Light as an ultra-versatile and cutting-edge solution to lighting its range of productions and events.
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Oklahoma Church Installs elektraLite Dazer LED Fixtures
ENID, OK — Emmanuel Baptist Church installed 88 elektraLite Dazer RGB fixtures as part of a larger remodel project designed and built by Paragon 360 out of Springfield, MO. Ron Robertson, chief design officer of Paragon 360, credited the RGB fixtures for ample light output and an “even field of coverage.”
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Lighting Director Jason Eible Uses Avolites Console for Mayweather-Maidana Title Fight
LAS VEGAS – For the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand on Sept. 13, Frank Gatto & Associates of Boca Raton, FL used an Avolites Sapphire Touch console running Titan software to control the lighting rig. Lighting director Jason Eible credited the desk for its playback workspace window and other useful features.
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Celebration of German Reunification at Brandenburg Gate Lit with Clay Paky SuperSharpy, Mythos Gear
BERLIN — Lighting designer Björn Hermann’s lighting design enhanced the Brandenburg Gate festivities marking 25 years since Germany’s reunification and the removal of the Berlin Wall. The rig included Clay Paky’s new SuperSharpy and Mythos fixtures.
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LD Will Dart Uses Avolites Quartz for Charlie Simpson U.K. Tour
LONDON — LD Will Dart used Avolites’ new compact-yet-powerful Quartz console recently it to control the lighting for singer-songwriter Charlie Simpson’s U.K. tour. The rig, supplied by Siyan Ltd, included James Thomas Engineering’s retro Patt luminaires and 5K Fresnels retrofitted with 2K lamps.
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LD Jeremy Lechterman Specifies Robe Fixtures for Alt-J Tour
NEW YORK — Jeremy Lechterman of Fragment Nine specified Robe CycFX 8 moving LED battens and Robe Pointes for his design for Alt-J’s recent and ongoing performances in support of their album, This is All Yours.
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Black Light Supports “Night in the Garden” at Royal Botanic Gardens in Scotland
EDINBURGH — In celebration of all things natural and nocturnal, nighttime visitors to Edinburgh’s much-loved Royal Botanic Garden (RBGE) saw the familiar landscapes and buildings transformed by a magical light installation during November. Designed by light artist Malcolm Innes, along with his colleague Euan Winton and supplied and installed by light solutions specialist Black Light the aptly named ‘Night in the Garden’ invited people to visit the gardens after dark to view and interact with an inspired display of light, art and nature.
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Read More »Sew What? President Megan Duckett Honored with Stevie Award
NEW YORK — Megan Duckett, president of Rancho Diminguez, CA-based custom theatrical drapes manufacturer Sew What? Inc., was named 2014 Stevie Awards Silver Winner – Female Entrepreneur of the Year at a Nov. 14 award ceremony at the Marriot Marquis Hotel in New York. Duckett’s award was in the Business Services of 11 to 2,500 employees category.
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Life Nightclub at SLS Hotel and Casino Installs Elation Gear
LAS VEGAS – Life Nightclub at the SLS Hotel and Casino on the north end of the Strip opened recently with a design from Stephen Lieberman and SJ Lighting and lighting from lighting from Elation Professional. The 1,800-capacity club’s “wall of destruction,” a key focal point, is equipped with Elation Platinum Beam 5Rs, Rayzor Q12 Zoom wash lights, Event Bars, Cuepix Strip WW blinders and Protron LED Strobes.
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LD David Grill Lights Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting with 4Wall-Supplied Gear
NEW YORK — For an eighth consecutive year, designer David Grill was brought on board to light one of the world’s most prestigious political gatherings, the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. He once again turned to 4Wall for lighting gear including Martin MAC Auras and ETC Source Four Series 2 Lustr LEDs.
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Riedel, XL Video Support Introduction of Mercedes-Benz Self-Driving Truck
WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, worked with XL Video GmbH on Daimler’s first demonstration of the Mercedes-Benz “Future Truck 2025,” the world’s first truck capable of driving autonomously.
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