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

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

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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

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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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PR Lighting XLED 6007

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PR Lighting’s new XLED 6007 combines tight 3.3-degree beams with a wide, far-reaching quality wash – all contained in a compact housing. The fixture features seven 60W RGBW LEDs, along with PR Lighting’s patented optics, which have been developed for high output. The product’s features include: Dimmer: 0-100% linearly adjustable; Electronic strobe: 0-25 fps (pulse strobe macro); Rainbow, wash, beam, profile and effect modes(kaleidoscope, swirl), multiple macros; 14 channels in short mode, 18 channels in short mode, and 42 channels in extended mode; Ring control, Pixel Control, each RGBW color in the lamp individually controllable; Head movement: pan 540 degrees, tilt 210 degrees with auto-positioning. Others features include touch screen, sound operation, LED over-temperature protection and optional wireless control. The product is now shipping.

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Green Hippo For an Out of The World Experience at Mediatech!

[caption id="attachment_278968" align="alignnone" width="600"]The DWR Portal at Mediatech 2017[/caption]

JOHANNESBURG  – An extraordinary Sci-Fi Portal on the DWR Distribution stand caused more than a stir at the 2017 Mediatech Africa expo held at the Ticket Pro Dome in Johannesburg, where DWR also received a platinum award for their stand. The project was a giant leap and learning curve for DWR’s Dylan Jones who mapped content, supplied by Provisual Media, onto the portal using Hippotizer Media Servers. Hippotizer was also used in DWR’s newly renovated spaceship themed demo room, which formed part of the Mediatech attraction.

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“The Magic Flute” Opera Performances Shine With Brilliant Visuals By Christie Roadster Series Projectors

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Christie®, a leader in creating and delivering the world’s best visual and audio experiences, is mesmerizing audiences with an enchanting visual spectacle at the “The Magic Flute” (Die Zauberflöte) opera performances. Currently playing at the Seoul Arts Center’s CJ Towol Theater until September 27, the well-loved fairy tale opera composed by Mozart has been an instant hit with audiences since the Seoul Arts Center’s opera house opened in 1993.

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ADJ Pocket Pro: Pocket-Sized Moving Head Offers Pro Features

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LOS ANGELES – Following the immense success of the Inno Pocket Spot, ADJ is pleased to introduce its next generation affordable and compact moving head, the Pocket Pro. Offering all the same features as its predecessor, this innovative new fixture adds the flexibility of replaceable GOBOs, 4 additional GOBOs, a powerCON input and also offers brighter output, but without an increase in retail price.

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NIN Provides Industrial Scale Debut For GLP’S LED Hybrid Strobe

[caption id="attachment_278959" align="alignnone" width="800"]Nine Inch Nails play Bakersfield – photo credit Bree Kristel Clarke [/caption]

SAN FERNANDO, CA – Legendary industrial rock pioneers Nine Inch Nails (NIN), led by the charismatic Trent Reznor, are back on the touring circuit, with a series of Summer and Fall Festival dates. Their long serving lighting designer, Paul ‘Arlo’ Guthrie, has extended his association with German LED moving head pioneers GLP, and their unique solutions — in particular the new JDC1 LED hybrid strobe — dominate a full production inventory. This has been supplied by Curry Grant at PRG.

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