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Students at Rose Bruford College Learn Concert Lighting with Avolites Gear

Preston Trail Community Church’s new facility in Frisco, TX will be using the same Vista Systems Spyder 344 that had been serving the needs of a space only half the size of the new facility.

“Media Driven” Texas Church Grows with Vista Systems Gear

FRISCO, TX — Preston Trail Community Church’s new facility here will be using the same Vista Systems Spyder 344 that had been serving the needs of a space only half the size of the new facility. Tech director Jerod Chambers, who credited the unit for its functionality, power and ease of use, noted that while the church is “relocating the Spyder from our current church and upgrading everything else around it.”

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USITT Awards $29,500 to Three University Initiatives

SYRACUSE, NY — As part of its mission to support theatrical research and development, USITT awarded $29,500 in 2014 grants to three projects championed by college-level theatrical faculty members in the U.S. and Canada — one to digitally preserve antique textiles and two that promise to enhance the safety of theatrical automation.

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Everyman Theatre reopened after a massive $47 million refurbishment with a 20-minute lighting and pyro display supported by dbn. Photo by Pete Carr.

Everyman Theatre Reopens with Lighting and Pyro Spectacle

LIVERPOOL, U.K. — Everyman Theatre reopened after a $47 million refurbishment with an illuminated procession staged by Liverpool’s Lantern Company. The event, which got an assist from Walk the Plank, included lantern puppets and a 20-minute lighting and pyro extravaganza. dbn Lighting supplied lighting gear including SGM Palco LED wash fixtures, LED PARs on specially designed brackets, Studio Due CityColor LED washes and Clay Paky Sharpys and Sharpy Wash fixtures, with a Jands Vista S2 for control.

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Le Maitre Names Bruce Baum COO/CFO

Le Maitre Names Bruce Baum COO/CFO

LAS VEGAS — Le Maitre Ltd, a 35-year developer and provider of pyro, smoke, haze and other special effects technologies, named Bruce Baum, based here, as its chief operating officer and chief financial officer (COO/CFO). Prior to Le Maitre, Baum served as CFO of Pyrotek Special Effects.

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From left, Craig Burross, sales manager, High End Systems; Don Pugh, president, LightParts; Renaat DeWilde, VP of sales, High End Systems; Robert Mokry, CFO, LightParts; and Richard Belliveau, CTO, High End Systems.

LightParts Adds HES ShapeShifters to Rental Inventory

AUSTIN, TX — LightParts has expanded into the sub rental business with the purchase of 18 High End Systems ShapeShifter C1 RGB fixtures and eight ShapeShifter W1 white LED fixtures. Pictured here, from left, is Craig Burross, HES; Don Pugh, LightParts; Renaat DeWilde, HES; Robert Mokry, LightParts; and Richard Belliveau, HES.

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