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Pete Heffernan Joins Christie Lites Rentals

Pete Heffernan Joins Christie Lites Rentals

[caption id="attachment_274991" align="alignnone" width="800"]Pete Heffernan joins Christie Lites[/caption]

NASHVILLE  – Longtime industry veteran Pete Heffernan joins stage lighting industry leader Christie Lites. Heffernan was president of Bandit Lites for eight years prior to joining Christie Lites and his career spans more than three decades including as promoter of an Elvis Presley concert, lighting designer, production manager and finally as corporate executive. Heffernan said, “Christie Lites is a company that puts the client first and has a methodology that in my opinion is tops in the industry.”

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A Hands-On Approach for Chauvet Professional at USITT

[caption id="attachment_274986" align="alignnone" width="800"]Chauvet's Ovation fixtures will be on display ay USITT[/caption]

SUNRISE, FL — Seeing is believing, and visitors to USITT will have the chance to see (and touch) for themselves the Ovation LED fixtures that have been setting new standards in theatrical lighting since their recent introduction by CHAUVET Professional.  Displays at the company’s booth (1923) will make it easy to have hands-on experience with its groundbreaking Ovation E-260WW and Ovation E-910FC ERS-style fixtures, as well as the new RGBA-Lime batten-style Ovation B-2805FC and Ovation B-565FC fixtures.

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Richard Wilson New Elation Professional Sales Rep in Southern California

LOS ANGELES – Richard Wilson has been named Elation Professional’s new independent sales representative for Southern California. Richard, who heads R.L. Wilson & Associates based in Temecula, California, has represented several lighting, audio and video companies since 1988.   Richard brings with him three decades of valuable experience and a wealth of industry connections, invaluable when prospecting for new accounts. He will be representing Elation’s entire line of lighting and video products and started the new sales rep relationship on February 1st.

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Germany’s Fanta 4 Tours with Robe

[caption id="attachment_274981" align="alignnone" width="1200"]Fantastic Fanta 4 Tour gets Visual assist from Robe fixtures[/caption]

STUTTGART, Germany – Die Fantastischen Vier – a.k.a. iconic German rappers Fanta 4 – hit the road again on “Vier und Jetzt” their biennial tour campaign for 2016-17, reaching out to an ever loyal fan base which spans several generations and stretches across every corner of the country! Once again an equally fantastic lighting, set and visual design was created by Gunther Hecker working in close collaboration with Marc Lorenz. Their lighting rigs frequently contain Robe fixtures and this one followed that very trend with 60 Pointes that were integral to the epic yet raw show aesthetic developed by Gunther.

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KNX Structural Accessory System (SAS) Debuts

[caption id="attachment_274978" align="alignnone" width="626"]The new 12" FLEXAPICK from ESP[/caption]

ESP notes that its new line of multi-use truss picks that integrate make use of the company’s new KNX Structural Accessory System (SAS). The self-adjusting ESP-KNX 12″ FlexaPick will connect any 12″ U.S. box truss (Either 2″ or 1.9″ chord tube), 290-305mm x 50mm chord tube Euro-Box or Tri truss. They are available in standard 1 Ton and super duty configurations, multiple colors, and have the lowest profile of any truss pick, so motor clearance problems are a thing of the past even when your motor is in the truss.

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Dream Theater Tours Europe with Solaris Flares

Dream Theater Tours Europe with Solaris Flares

HELSINKI, Finland – Dream Theater is once again bringing their progressive metal sound to Europe.  The first leg of their Images, Words & Beyond tour closes in Helsinki this month.  They will resume in April in the UK and close in Vienna in May.  Keeping pace with the fiery brilliance of the band’s veteran metal shredders are eight blazing Solaris Flares. Lite Alternative is the lighting supplier for the European segment.  Later this year Dream Theater will be touring in Asia and America.

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Le Maitre Celebrates 40 Years

Le Maitre Celebrates 40 Years of Pyro and Special FX

LONDON and LAS VEGAS — This year Le Maitre, a leading provider of pyro and special effects, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The company was founded in 1977 by Rick Wilson and Harold Berlinski, and Karen Cornacchia joined three years later. Back then, the main products were mirror balls, the Pea Souper dry ice machine and PyroFlash effects along with the company’s two-way controllers.

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The SAPOA event was the 50th for the organization of property owners.

Big Convention in South Africa Lit with Claypaky Fixtures

JOHANNESBURG – MGG provided full technical production support for the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) Annual Convention, which celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Sandton Convention Centre’s Pavilion Venue in Johannesburg. MGG supported the designs from lighting designer Francois van der Merwe from Wizardry Group for both the conference and banquet styled show, providing Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpys and other fixtures.

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Opeth ay Wembley Arena, photo courtesy Siyan Limited

Opeth’s Big Shows at Wembley Arena, Other Venues Lit with Claypaky Fixtures

LONDON — Stockholm-based heavy metal band Opeth has been rocking some pretty big venues with specially designed shows for NYC (Radio City Music Hall, Oct. 1, 2016), London (Wembley Arena, Nov. 19, 2016) and the Sydney Opera House (Feb. 6, 2017). Although these shows were part of their world tour in support of their Sept. 30, 2016 album release, Sorceress, they featured extended sets with songs from previous albums as well, and doubled the light rig.  LD Magnus Boyd turned to Siyan Limited for an assist with the Wembley gig, deploying extra Claypaky fixtures, new Aryrton units and grandMA2 consoles for control, all of which were sourced in the U.K. via Ambersphere Solutions.

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