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Virginia-Based Community College Overhauls Aging System with ETC Rigging Solution

Northern Virginia Community College auditorium

Virginia-Based Community College Overhauls Aging System with ETC Rigging Solution

ANNANDALE, VA – The Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Center is a state-run facility on the campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC). It regularly hosts a wide variety of events, from local and touring shows to dance recitals and theatrical performances. Installed in 1990, the venue’s original rigging system eventually wore down over time. After years of exhaustive research, Pook Deimont & Ohl, Inc. (PDO) helped the venue replace the aging system with 12 variable-speed and two fixed-speed Prodigy EXO hoists, three external E-stops, a Foundation controller and a Foundation Handheld Remote (FHHR).

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Wings Engine Raw 8K

AV Stumpfl Announces Plans for InfoComm 16

LAS VEGAS – Austria-based AV Stumpfl announced plans for InfoComm 2016, which takes place June 4-10 (with exhibits June 8-10) at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Along with a redesigned booth, visitors will be able to see and interact with AV Stumpfl’s productivity tools including large-format and mobile screens, high-resolution multimedia management and control. Additionally, AV Stumpfl will use InfoComm as the platform to make several new global product announcements. The company’s Wings Engine Raw 8K (pictured here) will be shown in the Americas for the  first time.

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Danny O’Bryen

Danny O’Bryen to Receive Parnelli Visionary Award at Oct. 22 Ceremony

LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Board of Advisors announced that Danny O’Bryen, a concert touring video pioneer who co-founded Screenworks, will receive this year’s Visionary award at the annual ceremony, which is set for Oct. 22, 2016. Note: PLSN inadvertently ran “November 22” instead of “October 22” in the current May issue, page 60. The correct date is Saturday, Oct. 22. PLSN regrets the error -ed.)

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GLP produced special versions of the X4 atom for Lena Meyer-Landrut's 2016 club tour.

Jojo Tillman Goes All White with GLP X4 Atom for Lena Club Tour

HANNOVER, Germany -– German creative director, JoJo Tillman, brought all his vast experience to bear on the recent tour by Lena Meyer-Landrut, the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest winner. After working with the artist last year, the TV and concert lighting specialist decided on a new approach when the club tour resumed in early 2016, enlisting the help of GLP (and its market-leading LED portfolio) to achieve a unique solution. Knowing that Lena is one of the faces of L’Oréal, and that the light should be concentrated on haloing this feature, he had the Karlsbad manufacturer produce special versions of the X4 atom, replacing the high output quad color purely with cold and warm white LEDs.

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ADJ Vizi Beam RXONE

ADJ Vizi Beam RXONE

ADJ’s Vizi Beam RXONE joins the company’s Vizi range of professional moving head lighting fixtures. The compact, agile and budget-friendly Vizi Beam RXONE features a 6,000-hour Osram Sirius HRI 1R discharge lamp as its light source. Other features include a sharp 3-degree beam that travels up to 100 meters with a white color temperature of 8,000˚K and illuminance measurements of 99,250 lux at 10m and 70,030 lux at 15m.

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Valook showcased Clay Paky’s Mythos, Glow Up, Scenius Spot, Sharpy, Sharpy Wash, B-EYE K10 and K20, Stormy and Stormy CC fixtures.

Clay Paky Distributor in Chile Showcases Fixtures Atop Skyscraper in Santiago

SANTIAGO, Chile – Clay Paky’s Chilean distributor, Valook, showcased more than 80 units of the company’s latest fixtures as part of an Open Day event for local rental and production companies, theatres, lighting designers and TV representatives. Organized by Valook – which has been a Clay Paky distributor since 2014 – the event was held on the rooftop of Santiago’s 64-storey Costanera Center Tower. Featured fixtures included Clay Paky’s Mythos, Glow Up, Scenius Spot, Sharpy, Sharpy Wash, B-EYE K10 and K20, Stormy and Stormy CC fixtures.

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Ayrton Wildsun-S25

Ayrton Wildsun-S25

Ayrton’s WildSun-S25 is the color-mixing cousin of Ayrton’s WildSun-K25 wash light. The new full color model packs 217 highly efficient single RGBW LED emitters into a compact moving head and punches out 60,000 lumens of light. Ayrton notes that this output rivals that of 4000W HMI luminaires fitted with color filters, but with far greater flexibility of use and lower maintenance.

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