NASHVILLE — For the induction ceremony for the Musician Hall of Fame, held at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium on Jan. 28, LD Mark Carver crafted looks for performers including Neil Young, Randy Bachman, ZZ Top and Chris Isaak using Bandit Lites-supplied Vari*Lite VL3500 Spots and wash fixtures, VL3000 Spots, GLP X4S fixtures for lighting set pieces and two grandMA2 full consoles for control.
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LONDON — Chris Amos, the manager of Manbar, based here, was looking for a cost-efficient LED screen for the nightclub’s DJ booth. He happened upon the Emto website and contacted Wes Matthews from the Buckinghamshire UK based LED specialist. Matthews recommended Emto’s Mambo 8 LED screen.
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LAS VEGAS – Video production company Tennessee Digital Video will rely on its new FOR-A’s HVS-390HS video switcher for “Party for a Cause,” a two-day outdoor music fundraiser festival leading up to the Academy of Country Music Awards, broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena here April 6, 2014. The company plans to use the HVS-390HS to produce IMAG on three video boards. TNDV will also feed video to two different stages during the festival’s events.
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MOSCOW — In conjunction with the beginning of Russia’s longest school holiday, Moscow’s Olympisky Arena hosted a two-week children’s project, Circus of Ded Moroz – 2 (Father Frost’s Circus), at the end of December 2013. Euroshow and LD Alexey Zhuravlev included Harman’s Martin lighting fixtures to surround a large Christmas tree at the event.
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CALGARY, AB, Canada – LD Jamie Thompson is using an Avolites and Avolites Media system for U.K.-based rockers Bastille’s tour. Thompson is using Avolites Sapphire Touch as his main control console, with backup console Avolites Tiger Touch Pro. For the show’s projection mapping Thompson specified two Avolites Media Ai Infinity 4 Media Servers, one main and one backup, with full redundancy at every point.
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The Wonder from D.T.S. is an LED wash light fixture with two concentric zones. The central zone has independent control of the zoom, color control, strobe and dimming. The two external rings are divided into three distinct sections having independent control of luminosity, color mixing and strobe. The Wonder also features a Free Pan Rotation System (FPR), with limitless pan rotation.
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LOS ANGELES – For its first restaurant in the U.S., Meizhou Dongpo Chinese Restaurant worked with LED Source’s Gavin Cooper and Lee Braddock on a design that turns ceilings and walls into expressive canvases of color. The design scheme also incorporates 475 lit vases set in glass-lined cubby holes along interior walls.
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The Pro FS 15R from Elation Professional promises to serve as a high-output, medium-throw followspot with a sharp 6-10 degree beam that projects effectively up to 150′.
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