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Poolgroup’s SGM P-5s Highlight Obama in Berlin

President Obama in Berlin. Photo: Joachim Dennemann

Poolgroup’s SGM P-5s Highlight Obama in Berlin

BERLIN – President Barack Obama recently visited Berlin for the first time since his election. The highlight of his 25-hour stay was his speech before an invited audience of 5,000 people at the Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg Gate. The technical planning and equipment necessary to transmit his speech to the world media was undertaken by event production company, Poolgroup on behalf of the German Foreign Office and the Federal Press Office.

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Tahrir Square in Cairo.

Laser Light Shows For Egypt’s Protests Hit Headlines

CAIRO, Egypt – The recent demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square have all eyes watching Egypt to see how this political situation will unfold. The demonstrations in the area hit home with laser light show company and International Laser Display Association (ILDA) member Laseronics, because they have family ties and friends living in the area. So, in a safe, ethical, and highly visible manner, the team at Laseronics created a laser light display in Tahrir Square, to bring demonstrators together under a unified message seeking to remove Mohamed Morsi (the sitting president of Egypt) from power.

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StageHand, formerly known as the PSA Welfare & Benevolent Fund

StageHand Assists with PSA Member’s Convalescence

LONDON– StageHand, formerly known as the PSA Welfare & Benevolent Fund, has used its resources to help a PSA member during a period of convalescence from a serious illness. The PSA Welfare & Benevolent Fund was founded in 1998 with the backing of the Production Services Association on behalf of people working in the UK entertainment production industry.

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Mountain Productions at EDC 2013

Mountain Productions’ Largest Scaffold Structure Used for EDC Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Mountain Productions, Inc. announced the largest scaffold structure in its history at this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas, which was held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway here from June 21-23. The main stage structure was constructed using over 670,000 pounds of scaffolding and structures and stood 85 feet tall. With an overall width of 480 feet (180 feet wider than a football field), all of the scaffolding used for the main stage would span over 50 miles if laid end to end.

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Ambersphere logo

Ambersphere Solutions to Host London Open Day

LONDON – Ambersphere Solutions has announced a London Open Day at their West London headquarters on Friday, July 19. The open day will allow customers to view the expanded facilities at Ambersphere Solutions, and meet the team behind the exclusive sales, service, support and training for Clay Paky, MA Lighting and Robert Juliat in the UK.

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Chester Mystery Play

Chauvet Professional Sponsors Chester Mystery Plays

CHESTER, UK — Dating from the 13th century, the “Chester Mystery Plays” production involves hundreds of amateur actors, volumes of volunteer work and a great audience from different corners of the UK and from all over the world. Organized every five years outdoors, this year’s performances took place for the first time in the Chester Cathedral’s nave, where about 100 Chauvet Professional fixtures lit the set.

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Slash

Morpheus Lights Supports Slash On Summer Tour

LAS VEGAS – Morpheus Lights was chosen as the lighting vendor for the North American leg of the 2013 summer tour of guitarist Slash, featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators. LD Scott Dell of Prismatic Haze Designs, working with Morpheus Touring Rep Chris Lose, specified Ayrton LED fixtures including WildSun 500C, RollaPix 100, and VersaPix 100, along with fixtures by Clay Paky and Martin, all prerigged in Morpheus FlipBox truss. Front end is a grandMA1, power distribution by Morpheus and data distribution by Fleenor round out the touring package.

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Longmen Grottoes in China

Christie Magnifies Buddhist Art at Longmen Grottoes

LUOYANG, China – Christie and partner, Wincomn Technology Development Co Ltd (Wincomn), restores the essence of ancient art at Longmen Grottoes, one of China’s most revered cave shrines carved with intriguing Buddhist sculptures that earned its recognition as a UNESCO heritage site. Christie projectors display multimedia contents representing the expressions of the Buddhas and other statues, using projection mapping on the uneven surfaces of the Fengxian Temple.

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