Visual Terrain and Bandit Lites Team Updates Cherokee Museum Lighting
Bandit Lites supplied and installed a Visual Terrain designed lighting array for the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee. North Carolina.
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Just a Bunch of Roadies, Partners Focus on Nepal Earthquake Relief
KATMANDU, Nepal – Just a Bunch of Roadies (JABOR) and partners Project CURE are monitoring the situation in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck near Katmandu, Nepal on April 25, 2015. The quake killed more than 6,300 and also unleashed deadly avalanches on Mount Everest and Langtang Valley.
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Scott Barnes Uses Hog 4 On Major Film Releases
LOS ANGELES – Following the close of production of blockbuster-to-be Fantastic Four, Ant-Man wrapped shooting in December. Both movies featured the talents of moving light programmer Scott Barnes and his Hog 4 lighting control system. Fantastic Four is slated for release on August 7th, while Ant-Man will hit theaters on July 17th.
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In Memoriam: Lyle Centola, 59
MONROE, LA — Lyle Centola, 59, longtime production manager, site coordinator and rigger, died April 29. A key member of the Event Safety Alliance, Centola helped organize and stage major events ranging from Super Bowl halftime shows to a Veterans Day college basketball game held on the deck of an aircraft carrier. His career in live entertainment rigging and management began in the 1970s.
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Hog 4 Consoles Control 2015 Brit Awards
LONDON – The recent Brit Awards continued their theme of increasingly spectacular production and performances, and once again High End Systems’ Hog 4 consoles were used to control lighting and video during the event. The 35th edition of the British annual pop music awards was held at the O2 arena in London, and featured live performances from Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Royal Blood, Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, Take That, George Ezra, Paloma Faith and Madonna.
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Visions Lighting Uses Nexus To Reflect The Many Moods Of Invasion Del Corrido
Chauvet Professional supplies LD Brandon Dunning of Visions Lighting with Nexus LED panels for Invasion Del Corrido concert.
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Passion 2015 Gets Visual Assist with Renewed Vision ProPresenter Software, ProVideoPlayer 2
Renewed Vision supplied ProPresenter and ProVideoPlayer 2 for this year’s Passion Conference (Passion 2015).
Read More »Theatre Projects Assists with Flexible Performance Spaces within New Whitney Museum
NEW YORK – For the compact but flexible theatre within the new $422 million home of the Whitney Museum in Manhattan, which can seat between 99 and 171 people, Theatre Projects worked with building architects Renzo Piano and Cooper, Robertson & Partners.
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AED Distribution UK and Prolyte Group Teaming Up for More Training Events
HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — As one of Prolyte’s distributors for the UK, AED Distribution UK provided a Prolyte Campus training event April 22-23, 2015. More than 20 attended. Responding to interest, another training event will take place in September.
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Philips and Partners Report Successful Prolight + Sound 2015
FRANKFURT, Germany – Philips has secured yet another successful year at Frankfurt’s Prolight + Sound trade show. The company teamed up with its European partners to launch a wide range of industry-anticipated new products from its entertainment lighting brands, including the Vari-Lite VL4000 BeamWash, Strand Lighting 500ML console and an array of innovative Showline luminaires.
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RES, Innovision and Immersive Team Up for Siemens at World Expo Milan
MILAN, Italy — Realtime Environment Systems Ltd (RES) has completed an 18-month project, working in collaboration with media agency Innovision and content creators Immersive, to design, install and pixel map 1000s of LEDs for two of four giant metal LED sculptures created for Expo Milano 2015.
Read More »Baltimore Theatrical Productions Adjust to City’s 10 p.m. Curfew
BALTIMORE, MD — Along with its state of emergency due to civil unrest, the city of Baltimore instituted a mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. from April 26 to May 5, and that’s led to numerous canceled live entertainment events. Some theatrical productions are still being staged, albeit with earlier curtain times.
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