SEATTLE — The Washington State Convention & Trade Center (WSCTC) said that starting Oct. 1, 2009, most of its aerial and ground-supported rigging will need to be installed by ETCP-certified rigger. In addition, rigging supervisors must be ETCP certified and will be required to submit inspection and approval documentation to the WSCTC for all rigging installations.
Read More »PHILADELPHIA—The Long Reach Long Riders have received more than $35,000 in donations for this year’s ride, lifting their overall total raised since they began the ride in 2004 to more than $200,000.
Read More »FAIRFAX, VA — InfoComm International’s foundation, the International Communications Industries Foundation (ICIF), has dedicated a new education fund to the memory of Michael Vergauwen, the COO of AVI Systems and officer of InfoComm International, who died in an accident on June 28.
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JOHANNESBURG — Gearhouse South Africa supplied lighting and video production plus crew for R Kelly’s first visit to South Africa. After five days of production rehearsals at Sun City Superbowl, there was one show there and another at Cape Town’s Grand West Casino.
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RIMINI, Italy — Tiziano Ferro has scored a series of hits in recent years with songs in both Italian and Spanish. For a tour that began earlier this year, Agora supplied SGM lighting equipment. LD Nicola-Manuel Tallino is using the SGM gear in conjunction with the set’s three large video screens.
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LONDON —The Saturdays, an all-girl band formed with two former members of S Club 7 Juniors, generated four top 10 singles with their first album, Chasing Lights, and recently embarked on their first headlining tour of the U.K. supported by LD Vince Foster and a rig supplied by Bandit Lites.
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BARCELONA, Spain — The unprecedented scale of U2’s 360° tour rig required a power and data network that would handle long distances; be quick and efficient to install; provide high network speed; and be reliable. Systems crew chief Craig Hancock worked with show director/designer Willie Williams from the early design phase of the production to engineer a network that would satisfy all of these requirements.
Read More »Lighting designer Hugh Vanstone uses what he describes as a conventional lighting setup for the Broadway production of Mary Stuart, but the results were powerful… Read More »The Compelling Simplicity of Mary Stuart
Read More »MARSEILLE, France — Charles Criscenzo, a 53-year-old French worker, was killed July 16 when the stage being assembled for a July 19 performance by Madonna at the Stade Velodrome collapsed on top of several workers. A second worker, 23-year-old Charles Prow, who was from the U.K., died later from his injuries.
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KRISTIANSAND, Norway — Stage Concept supplied Robe DigitalSpots and moving lights for the Club Salamander stage for the five-day Quart Festival. The venue was a temporary structure built partially over water in the middle of a forested area on the festival’s island site.
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MIAMI — With the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season officially underway, the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is once again relying on Vista Systems’ Spyder for processing, formatting and displaying high-resolution meteorological data for media briefings and internal presentations.
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LONDON — XL Video UK once again supported Oasis with full video production for their current Dig Out Your Soul world tour and also provided a fully HD PPU/camera package for the band’s summer stadium and outdoor special shows.
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