HUNTINGTON, IN – CSD Group of Fort Wayne Indiana updated the look of services within venerable College Park Church in Huntington, IN with LED fixtures from Chauvet. CSD Group installed four Ovation F-95WW Fresnel fixtures from Chauvet Professional and 18 COLORband PiX tri color LED battens from Chauvet DJ.
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MIDDLETON, WI – This past April, ETC’s Source 4WRD was proactively placed on a shipping hold. The thermal management system was degrading faster than we anticipated and we made the choice to halt the shipment of a product that did not meet our internal standards. After months of redesigning, reworking, and retesting, we are pleased to announce that the new Source 4WRD has passed our rigorous testing. Given the overwhelmingly positive test results, the team agrees Source 4WRD is ready for re-release.
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Martin’s RUSH Scanner 1 LED is a high-output LED fixture with multiple colors, gobos and prism effects for high-speed mid-air looks well suited for use in a wide range of entertainment venues and nightclubs..
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WINCHESTER, UK – THE 2016 Boomtown Festival, staged Aug. 11-14, featured a new stage and performance area, Sector 6. Dan Borg’s unusual set design featured an industrial vibe with tons of scrap metal. Borg and Boomtown’s production manager Robin Collins turned to Dave Whiteoak of Video Illusions for a lighting and video assist. Whiteoak brought in LD Sam Tozer from Vision Factory, and lighting rental company GLS supplied the needed gear.
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LONDON – DL7S LED Profile luminaires from Robe made their U.K. debut at the Coliseum in London’s Covent Garden, as part of the lighting rig for the English National Opera (ENO) production of Wagner’s Tristan & Isolde directed by Daniel Kramer. Lighting was designed by Paul Anderson, set and scenic elements were created by influential sculptor Anish Kapoor and the video was designed by Frieder Weiss.
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NEW YORK, NY – The deadline for ordering 2016 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards is just one week away. These unique cards were created especially for Behind the Scenes and are a great way to spread holiday cheer while bringing help and hope to your colleagues in need. The order deadline is September 12.
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SANTIAGO, Chile – A new world record was set for the Guinness Book of records at the La Florida stadium in Santiago, Chile, on May 22. A total of 2,357 players took part in a 120-hour soccer match and broke the previous record held by England, where a non-stop 105-hour game was played. The match, which was organized by Entel and Huaweii, was accompanied by a closing show. Local production company Real Audio Sistemas provided Clay Paky Mythos, Scenius, Sharpy Wash 330 and Alpha Spot HPE 1500 fixtures.
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SYDNEY – Vivid Sydney once again lit up the city’s streets and skyline, and Clay Paky fixtures, which had been used for past installations, returned for the 2016 event as well.
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BRISTOL, U.K. – Entertainment engineering specialist WIcreations was asked to create a new visual solution for the recent Massive Attack tour. The video design, created by United Visual Artists (UVA) – needed a full horizontal section in the middle of a flown Roe MC7 LED screen that measured 14.4 by 6 meters (WxH) to protrude from the rest of the surface by half a meter. This was to make specific text statements, facts and figures being displayed really stand out.
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NASHVILLE – American rock band Chevelle, comprised of Dean Bernardini and brothers Pete and Sam Loeffler, have been making music and touring for more than two decades, but they aren’t kicking back and looking towards slowing down. Rather than rest on their laurels, the band released their eighth studio album The North Corridor this July and have been touring the country with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland – The 2016 Festival Fringe, which ran from Aug. 5-29, featured more than 50,000 performances in more than 300 venues, with genres ranging from drama, musical, dance, physical theatre, comedy, cabaret, opera, music, spoken word and many more. Zero 88 lighting control was once again right at the hub of this vibrant experience.
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HAMBURG, Germany – Robe moving lights – including 65 DL4 series luminaires in the form of 50 x DL4F LED washes and 15 x DL4S Profiles – were again selected as flagship fixtures for the four major entertainment areas aboard Mein Schiff 5, the latest cruise ship to be launched by German based operator TUI Cruises. This follows up the very successful Robe installation on Mein Schiff 3 in 2014 and Mein Schiff 4 in 2015.
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