WestJet Sets World Records with 21st Birthday Light Effects Featuring Claypaky Mythos

COLORADO CITY, UT – When WestJet Airlines Ltd., Canada’s second-largest air carrier and the number one international carrier into Las Vegas, wanted to celebrate its 21st birthday, the company decided to go all out and set some Guinness World Records in the process.  WestJet treated passengers on one of its Toronto-Las Vegas flights to a massive light show in southern Utah featuring 126 Claypaky Mythos fixtures.  A.C.T Lighting Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Claypaky products in North America.

LOS ANGELES – A current of emerging creative energy runs through the 1.4 mile (2.3 km) stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard known as Hollywood Theatre Row. Dotted with performance venues of varying sizes, the area has long served as a cauldron of budding talent. George Clooney got his start here – so too did Octavia Spencer, Noah Wyle, and many others. For three weeks every year, Theatre Row and its surrounding environs become the home of The Hollywood Fringe Festival, an open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community.

NYC – Since April 15, 2013, ESTA, the Entertainment Services and Technology Association, has been able to offer all of its American National Standards and other published documents for download at no cost on their website at tsp.esta.org/freestandards. As of August 3, 2017, over 60,000 standards had been downloaded by over 10,000 users. This total for four years is more than an order of magnitude greater than the number of standards distributed in the 16 years the documents were only available for sale.

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NYC – USITT is seeking nominations for the 2018 Rising Star Award sponsored by LDI/Live Design. The award honors early-career professional designers in lighting, sound, scenic, or projection for outstanding work in one or more of these fields.The winner receives a $1,000 cash prize, recognition at USITT 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, free registration to the event, and a free one-year membership to USITT.

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KEWANEE, IL – A pair of legendary grunge rock heavies teamed up for a once in a life one-off at a music hall 150 miles outside Chicago this July, and were support by some punchy looks from an equally powerful duo: The Intimidator Beam 350 LED and Intimidator Spot 255 IRC from CHAUVET DJ.  Fresh off their appearance on the “Make America Rock Again” tour, Puddle of Mudd and Saving Abel visited the Boiler Room, in Kewanee, IL (population 12,500) for a sold-out show. Jeff Hinton, working for Jonny B. Enterprises, supported their intense non-stop 90-minute performance with a hard-hitting lightshow that featured 16 of the moving fixtures.

OHIO – Kent State University chose three, side-by-side James Thomas Engineering PRT roof structures for their recent commencement ceremony. PRT systems are James Thomas Engineering… Read More »Three JTE Roofs in a Row at Kent State University

LOS ANGELES – For their co-headlining 2017 tour, with nearly 30 shows performed across North America between early May and late July, Hall & Oates and Tears for Fears performed their separate musical styles with distinct looks, created with a rig that included Elation Professional lighting effects.

LOS ANGELES – Ivan Dryer, founder of Laserium® planetarium shows — the first continuously running laser shows in the world — passed away July 27, 2017 at the age of 78. The International Laser Display Association recognizes Dryer as “the father of the laser light show industry.”