NEW YORK — Working with production manager Hadden Hippsley, scenic designer David Gallo once again collaborated on the end-of-year gags for the jam band, Phish. LDs Chris Kuroda and Mike Baldassari handled the show visuals for the four shows that culminated in a countdown, huge balloon and confetti drop, and New Year’s celebration.
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FAIRVIEW, NJ — iWeiss, based here, named Jennifer Tankleff, pictured here, president of the company. Tankleff has also acquired an equal stock partnership with David Rosenberg, iWeiss CEO. The company also named Richard Parks vice president.
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The Rayzor Beam 2R from Elation Professional is a low wattage yet high-output moving head luminaire powered by Platinum lamp technology. This small, fast and precise moving head features the Platinum MSD 2R 132W lamp yet is powerful enough to work alongside larger fixtures. It houses static colors and gobos as well as a rotating prism and shutter/dimmer. With an average lamp life of 6,000 hours in an energy efficient package, it is well-suited for both installations and productions.
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MIAMI — The multi-city Life In Color tour, billed as “the world’s largest paint party,” has featured EDM standouts including Calvin Harris, R3hab and Steve Aoki, along with such attractions as zip lines, carnival rides, dancing robots and an intensely bright light show. The tour also features video imagery on MVP 18 LED panels from Chauvet Professional.
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Christie’s Q Series 1-Chip DLP promises up to 10,000 lumens of output along with eClarity image processing technology for greater control over image sharpness, gloss and shading. Brightness and resolution options range from 8500 to 10,000 lumens and XGA, WXGA and WUXGA resolutions, respectively.
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MYRTLE BEACH, SC — JR Lighting Design installed a large LED video screen made up of Elation Professional’s EZ6 LED video panels for the 2,200-seat Calvin Gilmore Theater here. The screen was an integral part of the visuals for the recent Carolina Opry Theater holiday production, The Christmas Show of the South. Carolina Opry Theater completed that production’s 26-show run on Jan. 4, 2014.
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LAS VEGAS – Rod Stewart performed his Caesars Palace residency show, “The Hits,” under a lighting rig that included Clay Paky’s Alpha Spot QWO 800s and Alpha Wash 1500s, as specified by the artist’s longtime LD Mark Payne. Payne, who has worked with the artist for the past 20 years, also specified the Clay Paky fixtures for Rod Stewart’s 2013 Live the Life tour.
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