EMMEN, The Netherlands – When the local zoo in Emmen, the Netherlands, closed at the end of 2015 it wasn’t long before animal lovers in the area had a renewed and even better animal theme park to visit. Inspired by Disney’s Animal Kingdom and SeaWorld Orlando, Wildlands Adventure Zoo opened its doors on March 25th, 2016 as the area’s new must-visit theme attraction.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — After passing their 50-year milestone in 2015, Germany-based rockers, The Scorpions, are still going strong, performing around the world with mostly locally-provided gear. Associate LD and lighting operator Manfred Nikitser from Vienna-based Manik Show Lighting is running the lighting for the current touring schedule with Rainer Becker. Robe’s BMFL Spots are among a number of primary moving light fixtures on Nikitser’s rider..
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LONDON– d3 Technologies and White Light have created the first d3 on-set projection mapped TV studio, using the d3 2x2plus and two d3 4x4pro’s fully loaded with their industry first, patented Quad-SDI video format conversion (VFC) cards. Located at London Studios, ITV Studios is the UK’s biggest TV production and distribution company.
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LOS ANGELES – Hollywood based Innovative Dimmers, which seeks out and provides equipment tailored to the needs of entertainment lighting professionals, has forged a partnership with LumenRadio to make their products more versatile than ever. New wireless options are giving gaffers and lighting artists a new range of rigging solutions that have helped with the lighting for a broad array of prominent feature films.
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DENVER — For Volbeat’s 2016 world tour, LD Niller Bjerregaard included Martin MAC Axiom Hybrid fixtures. The band, from Denmark, is known for their fusion of rock ‘n’ roll, heavy metal and rockabilly. The current world tour is in support of their sixth album, Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie. Bjerregaard chose the MAC Axiom Hybrid fixtures for their power, performance and versatility.
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STOCKHOLM – LD Mikkel Samuelsen used Ayrton MagicDot-R fixtures for the recent Weekend (WKND) Festival, which took place early August in Sweden, Finland and Estonia. Samuelsen was asked to create a design for the main WKND stage and chose Ayrton’s MagicDot-R as a major component of the main lighting scheme.
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NASHVILLE – For the traveling Student Life Camp program, director of production Jake Brantley turned to Elite Multimedia for an assist with lighting, video and audio. The one-week Christian summer camps and conferences present morning and evening worship services..
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WINDHAM, VT – For Vermont’s “Frendly Gathering” music festival (spelled without an I for a reason), Tristan Rudat using Chauvet Professional’s PVP S7 panels to make sure all eyes were focused on a variety of different looks for the 26 acts as they performed styles ranging from rock, jam, reggae and bluegrass. Rudat used 50 of the tiles, arranging them in a 5 by 10 configuration that measured approximately 16 by 9 feet. The panels complemented a lighting rig that included Chauvet Rogue and other fixtures supplied by Supreme Lights and Sound.
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Columbus McKinnon Corporation noted that its CM‐ET Lodestar Classic electric chain motor now features an Ingress Protection (IP) rating of IP66. The company also notes that the motor has been designed to be easier to service and maintain in the field.
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WAIPAHU, HI — Inspire Waikele Church needed a lighting system for its live singing and live streaming. Axia Concepts of San Jose, CA installed 20 elektraLite 1018AI LED stage lights, 18 ML602 LED moving profile spots with gobos, and a dozen eyeBall LED fixtures into Inspire Waikele’s main sanctuary. For special accent/effects lights, the church now also has two LOS-1 Lightstream Quad LEDs—which offer tight, twisty beam effects from their mountings on a movable split yoke—and eight elektraBar full-featured linear strip LED fixture.
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PETALUMA, CA – Core Brands promoted Eric Herdman to product manager for the ELAN brand. Herdman, who has been working with the ELAN brand since 2007, reports to Mike Jordan, Core Brands vice president, Product Management.
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CORNWALL, UK – Bristol, UK based lighting and visuals rental company Fineline supplied lighting, video and rigging equipment plus crew to Duran Duran Live at Eden with BBC Music Day, staged at the Eden Project in Cornwall. The special concert was the finale of the BBC’s 2016 Music Day – a nationwide celebration designed to unite different generations and communities through music.
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