Touring Career Workshop Broadens Safety Training Focus in Wake of Las Vegas Tragedy

NASHVILLE – Touring Career Workshop is committed to exploring issues that everyone on the road deals with, even when those issues are hard to talk about and this year’s event, being held Wednesday, Oct. 25 at Soundcheck Annex, will be no exception.  In the wake of the Las Vegas tragedy, TCW has expanded their “Situational Awareness and Safety” session with Mike McGrath (venue security director/tour accountant for Blake Shelton/Tim McGraw and Faith Hill) to be a workshop wide event instead of the previously planned breakout session. 

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WELLINGTON,​ ​FL​  ​ ​–​ ​GearSource®​ ​marks​ ​its​ ​15th​ ​anniversary​ ​as​ ​one of​ ​the​ ​original​ ​and​ ​largest​ ​dedicated​ ​​pre-owned​ ​professionals​ ​in​ ​Stage​ ​Lighting,​ ​Pro​ ​Audio,​ ​Video, Staging.​ ​​GearSource®​ ​has​ ​grown​ ​from​ ​a​ ​small​ ​“one​ ​man​ ​operation”​ ​to​ ​a​ ​recognized​ ​Global​ ​leader​ ​in re-marketing​ ​pre-owned​ ​production​ ​gear​. Quoting​ ​founder​ ​and​ ​CEO,​ ​Marcel​ ​Fairbairn…​ ​”We​ ​have​ ​achieved​ ​this​ ​milestone​ ​through​ ​hard​ ​work and​ ​dedication​ ​to​ ​vendors​ ​plus,​ ​a​ ​company-wide​ ​culture​ ​of​ ​customer​ ​service.​ ​GearSource®​ ​is​ ​an innovator…​ ​dedicated​ ​to​ ​developing​ ​even​ ​better​ ​tools,​ ​better​ ​services​ ​and​ ​better​ ​opportunities​ ​for​ ​all of​ ​our​ ​users.​

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[caption id="attachment_280092" align="alignnone" width="645"]L-R Brendan Watts, Timothy Cooksy, Mike Atkins[/caption]

AUSTIN – Lighting production company Studio Gear has announced their first purchase of High End Systems SolaFrame 750 fixtures. The newest (and most compact) Sola Series luminaire was launched at the 2017 PLASA trade show in London, and will be unveiled in the USA at the upcoming LDI show in November. Studio Gear’s Mike Atkins commented, “Our first Sola product was the SolaWash 19, which has been great for us. Over the years we’ve made numerous purchases, and subsequently bought some SolaSpot 1500s for an installation.”

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GETZVILLE, N.Y – Whether you need to meet OSHA or ASME requirements, receive overhead crane and rigging certification or simply gain the peace of mind that comes from having a safer work environment, Columbus McKinnon can help. Columbus McKinnon Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCO), a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of material handling products, systems and services, launched its new training website, putting all of the information professionals need to get trained and do their jobs safely right at their fingertips.

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[caption id="attachment_280076" align="alignnone" width="800"]Music City Food + Wine Festival[/caption]

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – The Music City Food + Wine Festival returned to Bicentennial Park for another weekend that celebrated the culinary crafting of world renowned chefs, mixologists, sommeliers and self-proclaimed foodies. Bandit Lites joined forces with C3 Presents and Jeff Wendt to create a lighting package that would add to the ambiance, energize the space and bring color and light to more than twenty tents, a DJ booth, and the Grand Pavilion Taste tent.

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[caption id="attachment_280073" align="alignnone" width="800"]Printhead Studio, a division of Rose Brand, launched it's rebranding. . (Left to right) Josh Jacobstein, Peter Finder, Victoria Williamson, George Jacobstein, Michael Reed, and Kevin Coughlin[/caption]

SECAUCUS, NJ -. Printhead StudioTM, the newly rebranded digital printing division of Rose Brand Inc., introduces its new direct dye digital printer and expanded capabilities.  Executive Vice President Josh Jacobstein says that “Our new state-of-the-art technology, combined with our digital printing experience in theatre and events, is a huge differentiator. We can now provide customers with incredible color accuracy in large format, 16 foot seamless, soft fabric drops.”

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