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The Fall Season

Nook Schoenfeld, Editor, PLSN

The Fall Season

Ah, my favorite time of year. The summer heat fades to cool breezes. The kids are back at school. The Parnelli Awards are just around the corner, and I got a big fat issue in which I can include all sorts of articles from every sector of the live event business possible. Sure, we cover some of the biggest productions on the road this season and chat with top name designers, but it is also an issue where I can shine some light on some new interesting people and lesser known acts.

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Multi Sizzle product

Rose Brand Inc. Introduces Sizzle, Multi Sizzle and Dark Iridescent Showstopper Fabrics

SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY – With the release of the 2017 Rose Brand Catalog, the company rolled out Sizzle, Multi Sizzle and Dark Iridescent Showstopper Fabrics. These metallic fabrics are all flame retardant and lightweight. The Sizzle knit fabrics dazzles in 7 vibrant colors- royal, turquoise, red, black, silver, gold and fuchsia; and the Multi Sizzle fabrics come in combinations of royal/turquoise/gold/silver, gold/silver, red/gold/silver and red/royal/turquoise.

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Celestial Candyland at Houston Airport

InLight Gobos Works with Artist Jay Shinn at Houston Airport

DALLAS, TX. – InLight Gobos has recently completed two projects for Artist: Jay Shinn. The permanent installations were done in the Houston Intercontinental Airport. The first is named: Celestial Candyland, 2016. It is 15 x 150 ft. printed fabric images with choreographed projected color sequence, repeating loop, 10 LED projectors each with custom glass gobos and keystone correction. The second is named: Candyland Landing, 2016. It is 15 x 45 ft. printed fabric images with choreographed projected color sequence, repeating loop, 3 LED projectors each with custom glass gobos with keystone correction.

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Abel Pintos in Argentina

Abel Pintos’ Buenos Aires Concert Looks Feature Next NXT-1 Panels

BUENOS AIRES  – For a recent concert featuring Argentina-based singer-songwriter Abel Pintos, Deligio-Producciones Técnicas provided Next NXT-1 moving LED panels from Chauvet Professional. Lighting designer Pablo Deligio, who co-owns the production company with his father Nestor Deligio, arranged 20 of the NXT-1 panels in four rows on a center stage truss grid for Pintos’ concert at Luna Park in the San Nicolás neighborhood of Buenos Aires. 

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Avolites Ai version 10

Avolites Ai version 10

Avolites is gearing up to launch the latest update to its Ai software – Ai version 10 – which will see an overhauled user interface for a more intuitive experience and new features developed for the real world demands of Coldplay’s video-heavy A Head Full of Dreams 2016 tour, and Las Vegas nightclub JEWEL – the latest addition to the Hakkasan Group of premium nightlife experiences.

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BridgePoint Church in St. Petersburg, FL

A.C. Lighting Inc. Supplies Jands and Chroma-Q Solutions for BridgePoint Church to Meet Ministry Goals

ST PETERSBURG, FL –  – BridgePoint Church in St. Petersburg, Florida has set the goal of reaching the entire St. Petersburg peninsula by planting ten campuses over ten years. To achieve this, BridgePoint needs to be relevant to the community and fully enable their volunteers. Jands Vista lighting control systems and Chroma-Q Inspire house lighting, recommended and installed by Pendley Productions (based in Cumming, GA) – and supplied by A.C. Lighting Inc. – are playing a role in achieving this goal.

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Hardwell performs in New Delhi with PR Lighting fixtures

PR Lighting Puts Hardwell Center Stage In New Delhi

NEW DELHI. India – Modern Stage Service (MSS) recently supplied all technical production, including sound, trussing, LED wall — and PR Lighting fixtures — for a major concert by one of the world’s leading DJ/producers, Hardwell. This took place at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium sports arena in New Delhi. MSS supplied 20 XR 200 parallel beams for the Dutch electronic music star Appearing on his I AM Hardwell tour, the Dutch electro star performed before a sold out crowd of 15,000 people.

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The fixtures were ordered by Datalinks

Large PR Lighting Inventory Arrives In Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkino Faso, Africa – PR Lighting fixtures reach some parts of the globe that other brands do not. One of the more obscure locations is Burkina Faso, the tiny landlocked country in West Africa. From there, sound engineer Henri Damien runs the successful pro-audio importation and technical supply company Datalinks, from his base in the capital, Ouagadougou.

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From left, Peter Rieck, Henry Jenkins and Wynand Veldsman

New Rental and Production Company in South Africa Opts for Robe Pointes and Spikies

PRETORIA, South Africa- Event Lighting is a new rental and production company near Pretoria, South Africa, offering lighting equipment and design services. It was founded by Peter Rieck of Rieck’s Lighting and Henry Jenkins of Eventech. The joint venture has started with an investment in Robe fixtures including 12 Robe Pointes and 24 Spikie fixtures, Robe’s new small, super-fast LED WashBeams. The company also has an inventory of LED PAR cans. They sourced the fixtures through DWR Distribution.

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Beowulf Boritt's scenery works with lighting to move the narrative along. Photo by Joan Marcus

Beowulf Boritt – Serving the Show

Scenic design is a theatrical discipline requiring a delicate balance of vision, intelligence and a willingness to serve the narrative without overwhelming it. Tony Award-winning scenic designer Beowulf Boritt zeroes in on what’s most important: the tale being told. “What it looks like is less important to me than what it means,” Boritt tells PLSN. “Obviously, what it looks like is important — that’s what I’m doing, putting visuals on stage — but trying to make those visuals meaningful and relate to the story and scenes and not get in the way of story and scene is really the most important thing.”

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