WASHINGTON, DC – General Dynamics' two booths at the U.S. Army's exhibition, AUSA 2009, spanned an aisle and included two tank-sized demonstrators weighting more than 45,000 pounds. The booths, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, were designed by H.B. Stubbs Companies (HBS) with a production package provided by Production Resource Group (PRG).
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RENTON, WA – Highlands Community Church's "Inside Out" project uses a HD video production infrastructure provided by Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) for its expanding congregation, and also for a second, video-based service in Kent, Wash.
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JOHANNESBURG – LD Tim Dunn used nearly 300 Robe fixtures in his design for Miss World 2009, which was staged at the Gallagher Convention Centre – the largest number of Robe fixtures to date that Dunn has used on a single event.
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SYLMAR, CA – Xantech Corporation named Tom Harvey, a 25-year veteran in the consumer electronics industry with 15 years at the executive level as its director of sales. In his new position, Harvey will develop sales programs for Xantech and its dealer network and work with Xantech dealers, distributors and sales representatives.
ABU DHABI, U.A.E – At the 2009 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Flash Entertainment produced a four-night series of concerts for race weekend ticket holders with headliners including Beyoncé, Jamiroquai, Kings of Leon and Aerosmith. Luke Bonner of Production Technology LLC used Cast Software's wysiwyg to model the lighting rig, which included more than 750 fixtures.
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You had to be there.
You had to be there to see a hilariously self-deprecating Dennis DeYoung emcee. You had to be there for touching, moving documentaries on the three Parnelli honorees, Richard Belliveau, Stan Miller and Jake Berry. You had to be there for the surprise winners and their usually unconventional acceptance speeches.
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Jason Lyons, LD for the Broadway musical Rock of Ages, is using a Martin MAC rig for the rock anthem-infused love story at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
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American Idiot, the rock album by Green Day, has become a rock opera with a recent run at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. LD Kevin Adams used an ETC Eos lighting control system for the production.
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HSL supplied all lighting and rigging for Sting: A Winter's Night…, a holiday TV special and DVD shoot staged in Durham Cathedral. The show was directed and produced by Jim Gable and Ann Kim of Graying & Balding, Inc. HSL's five-person crew was led by Simon "Piggy" Lynch. The LD for the show was Manfred "Ollie" Olma.
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Many off-Broadway and Broadway productions are becoming increasingly ambitious in terms of scope and technical demands. The latest example is Catch Me if You Can, a musical inspired by the Steven Spielberg film about Frank Abagnale, Jr.
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In 1998, Canadian Jacques Tanguay observed a product at the PLASA trade show in London that he had never seen before. It was a product he felt certain no one in North America was using yet, and one that delighted and tantalized his mind with the possibilities it presented.
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If you could sum it up in three thoughts, LDI 2009 might be remembered for smaller booths, crowded aisles and lots of interesting new products. The recovering economy zapped the show with a shrink ray this year, and many of the normally-gargantuan spaces were reduced to countertops and backdrops.
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