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Alejandro Sanz at Vicente Calderón Stadium

Alejandro Sanz at Vicente Calderón Stadium

[caption id="attachment_279001" align="alignnone" width="800"]Historic Alejandro Sanz Concert[/caption]

MADRID – Multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winning Spanish singer / songwriter and musician Alejandro Sanz performed a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ show at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his best-selling and landmark fifth studio album, Más, released in 1997. The production team wanted some spectacular visual moments to make what was already going to be an outstanding show … even more memorable … so the show’s production manager Borja Gonzales contacted stage automation and engineering specialists WIcreations.

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Avolites Ai RX8 Media Server Powers Visuals At Australia’s Creative Generation 2017 Event

[caption id="attachment_278998" align="alignnone" width="800"]An Avolites Ai RX8 media server and two Miami Dongles were used at Australia's CGEN 17 event[/caption]

QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – IKONIX, the Australian audio visual production expert, has supplied an Avolites Ai RX8 media server and two Avolites Miami Dongles, to run 960 gigabytes of content for Queensland’s largest youth performing arts event, Creative Generation (CGEN) – State Schools on Stage 2017. The event, now in its 13th year, was held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Queensland. GCEN aims to mentor the next generation of performers, providing opportunities for them to work with professional artists.

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New M12 PushPull Variants from Harting Address Space-Saving Demands for Train Communication

Elgin, IL  – New M12 PushPull Variants Address Space-Saving Demands for Train Communication. As the railway sector and rail transport markets continue to grow, trains are being equipped with even more modern information technology resulting in more communication components. HARTING offers space-saving M12 solutions to meet the industry’s demands.

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Katie O’Connell and Jason Perry Take On New Roles at ETC

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MIDDLETON, WI – Two ETC employees – Katie O’Connell and Jason Perry – are moving to new positions within the company. Following a decade of service in ETC’s Project Management department, working on many high-profile architectural projects, Katie O’Connell is moving to the Sales department to serve as ETC’s first architectural field project coordinator (A-FPC). As an A-FPC, O’Connell will support ETC architectural regional managers and the company’s representative and dealer network, developing specifications and documentation for architectural projects throughout the United States and Canada.

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The Secret Garden, lit with Chauvet fixtures

Mary Shabatura Conveys Changing Moods of ‘The Secret Garden’ with Rogues

BLOOMINGTON, MN – Love, hope and beauty have a way of transcending time, place and culture. This eternal alchemy is at the heart of The Secret Garden, the Tony Award winning musical that follows the transformational journey of Mary Lenox, a young British girl, who moves from India to England after being orphaned and opens a window into a new life by rescuing an abandoned garden at her reclusive uncle’s estate. This metamorphic passage is conveyed in light at the Artistry group’s 2017 revival of the Marsha Norman- Lucy Simon classic with help from a collection of CHAUVET Professional Rogues supplied by Monkey Wrench Productions.

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Fyre Festival photo by Crystal Bleecher

Fyre Festival LLC Placed in Bankruptcy by Federal Judge

NEW YORK – With investors still seeking clarity on what happened to more than a half a million dollars they provided to Billy McFarland’s Fyre Media Inc. to fund the inaugural Fyre Festival in the Bahamas this year, a federal judge has ordered that Fyre Festival LLC file for chapter seven bankruptcy, according to reports.

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Elation Offers DiGidot C4 an Advanced LED and Pixel Tape Driver

[caption id="attachment_277499" align="alignnone" width="798"] DiGidot C4[/caption]

LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional is pleased to offer the DiGidot C4, a small and powerful LED controller and pixel tape driver that has use in all kinds of applications. “DiGidot is a powerful, innovative solution for pixel control and is one of the most advanced LED pixel tape drivers on the market today. We are proud to now offer it in our product line up,” stated Elation Professional Sales Director Eric Loader. “It offers the latest technology for integration into a variety of LED pixel tape projects and runs all pixel tapes on the market, including the Elation Flex Pixel range.”

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Kinesys USA Appoints New Office Manager

[caption id="attachment_278983" align="alignnone" width="800"]Tracey Anderson[/caption]

ATLANTA – Kinesys USA expands its team with Tracey Anderson joining as office manager. This reflects a successful couple of years in North America & Canada for the leading motion control and automation brand. Tracey is based in Kinesys USA’s Atlanta, Georgia HQ and is will be working alongside David Bond. She will be handling all the day-to-day activities coming in via the office which includes client orders, office administration, payments and order creation, freight & shipping, and generally ensuring that the increasingly busy office keeps running smoothly and efficiently.

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VIVA Hoevenaars

[caption id="attachment_278980" align="alignnone" width="800"]Left to right are- Thijs Marques (Hoevenaars Marketing), Jeroen van Aalst (Controllux – Robe Benelux distributor), owner Patrick Hoevenaars and co-founder and first employee, John de Graaf [/caption]

NETHERLANDS – Twenty-four of the latest Robe VIVA CMY moving lights – launched at Prolight+Sound in April – were delivered to Dutch rental company Hoevenaars based in Nuenen, together with 24 x Spiider LED wash beams. Owner Patrick Hoevenaars explained that they have a long association with Robe which started when they were installing lighting rigs in clubs and discos back in the days of the XT series and in fact even before then, when Robe was still an OEM manufacturer!  So they have always been aware that the kit is robust, reliable and well-built.

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GLP Go Great Guns At Glastonbury

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SAN FERNANDO, CA– GLP’s award-winning X4 Bar 20s were out in force at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, led by Andi Watson, who had already been lighting Radiohead on tour using 14 of the large X4 L as well as quantities of Bar 20s and Bar 10s. The inventory was supplied by Neg Earth. Speaking of the Bars, he exclaimed, “I love how you can make light move within these fixtures. I am looking for texture, beams and movement and the X4 Bars do that really well.” All are pixel controlled through the grandMA desk.

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Jeff Mathews’ Rig for Dan + Shay Tour Includes ChamSys-Controlled Fixtures from Chauvet Professional

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NASHVILLE – Jeff Mathews of Borealis Stage Lighting has been lighting country duo Dan + Shay since early 2016. For this year’s tour, the setup includes a ChamSys MagicQ MQ 80 and an extra wing to control an expandable rig featuring Chauvet Professional Strike 1 warm white LED blinders.

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