The Truss Platform from Staging Concepts

LOS ANGELES  – For Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s “The River Tour 2016,” LD Jeff Ravitz sought visuals that would evoke concerts circa 1980, when Springsteen’s fifth album, The River, was released, while also leveraging the technological advantages of today’s LED fixtures. He was able to do both with a rig that updated the old-school PAR cans of yesterday with newer fixtures, including COLORado 1-Tri IP LED pars from Chauvet Professional.

SALT LAKE CITY – At USITT 2016, Fred Foster, CEO of ETC, presented a check for $19,259.35 to Behind the Scenes, which reflected ongoing proceeds from sales of ETC’s iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) applications for iOS and Android devices. This amount brought the total donated from the apps to just over a quarter of a million dollars, a number that overwhelms everyone involved. When first launched, it was unimaginable that these apps, developed by ETC software engineers Chris Mizerak and Anders Ekvall, would bring so much help and hope to our colleagues in need. Pictured are Rick Rudolph, Chair of the Behind the Scenes Foundation, and Fred Foster.

NASHVILLE – Rascal Flatts may have only just wrapped their hit Las Vegas residency earlier this month, but the ACM “Vocal Group of the Year” nominees are already back on the road carrying a lighting package provided by long time vendor Bandit Lites. By using more than 180 GRNLite LED Pars, Vari*Lite VL3000 Spots, VL3500 Washes, Martin Atomic Strobes and Moles, LD Andy Knighton and production manager Jay Schwartz focused on keeping the rig for the spring run of one-offs modest and affordable, while still infusing the entire space with light.

WASHINGTON, DC – John Farr Lighting Design of Upper Marlboro, MD used 16 of Chauvet Professional’s Ovation E-910FC color mixing ERS-style fixtures to light the runway at the Capital Bridal Affair & Fashion Show in Washington, D.C. The fifth annual show took place Feb. 28, 2016 within the beaux-arts Mayflower Hotel.