Amanda Forbes, Tour Accountant
Kevin Mitchell spotlights Parnelli NextGen Amanda Forbes, who currently works as an Assistant Tour Accountant/Administrative Assistant with the Dave Matthews Band.
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Why Rock Lititz
Rachel Pfennig Hales answers the question, ‘Why Rock Lititz?’ in regard to why hold THE Conference: Live at Lititz there. She speaks about the community and location, and why it is the right fit for this unique and impactful industry conference.
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Stage Directions – The Callboard, Sept. 2023
The Shubert Foundation announced a record $37.9 million in unrestricted grants, and IATSE’s historic Pink Contract gets approved.
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‘Summer Stock’ at the Goodspeed Opera House
Forget your troubles—come on, get happy! Take a trip to Connecticut where Goodspeed Musicals takes an opera house, turns it into a barn that turns into a theater for the world premiere of Summer Stock. Designers Jeff Croiter and Wilson Chin tells us how they fit it all, and a full company of tap dancers, on a small stage.
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PRG 5L Wash
Kevin Lawson puts the PRG 5L Wash through its paces (and provides the intriguing back story about this light).
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Claypaky Tambora Flash
Kevin Lawson’s report on Claypaky’s Tambora Flash Static Hybrid Strobe/Blinder
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Hip Hop Hits 50; ‘Take it Easy’ Lighting Jackson Browne
Debi Moen catches us up with the industry whereabouts; and highlights some designers celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop, as well as lessons on taking it easy with Jackson Browne.
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When Hard Values Attack
With years of experience behind a console—and having cleaned up a lot of showfiles—Chris Lose discusses hard values and how they can play weird tricks with your programming.
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Turning Massive Pyro Visions into Reality
ImageSFX’s Doug Adams describes the core vision requested by Scott Holthaus, Production/Lighting Designer for Disturbed’s ‘Take Back Your Life’ tour as “a constantly moving truss of flames” using the company’s FireSnakes. While many would dismiss the whole idea as crazy, Adams and others on the ImageSFX team spent close to two months working on an overlapping pyro and truss system that would provide the desired looks—summed up by Disturbed’s Draiman as ‘sick’—while also ensuring that the flames wouldn’t melt the lighting fixtures or set the venue on fire.
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How to Create the Perfect Haze
Achieving an even canvas of haze can be daunting, but the fx specialists at Master FX offer some advice in one of their FX Forum videos. Vince and Ryan cover the essential steps, tips, and techniques to create the perfect haze effect.
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Obsidian NETRON IP65 Data Distribution Wins PLASA Award for Innovation
Obsidian Control Systems has fulfilled the need for IP65 rated data distribution products in the entertainment industry and was rewarded for that effort at the recent PLASA tradeshow in London. The NETRON EN6 IP™, one of three devices in Obsidian’s new IP65 range of signal distribution, won a PLASA Award for Innovation September 4 at the 2023 exhibition.Read More »Obsidian NETRON IP65 Data Distribution Wins PLASA Award for Innovation
Unlimited Investment in Robe
Unlimited Vision & Sound is a busy full production and rental company based just outside Den Bosch in the Netherlands, known for its flair, innovation, and dedication to quality service. The company has recently invested in Robe T1s and LEDBeam 350s. The core business is servicing mid-to-high end B2B events and corporate activations, across the Netherlands and sometimes wider afield, and there are some very well-known clients on the books including the city of Den Bosch.Read More »Unlimited Investment in Robe