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KNOXVILLE, TN – Martin Kuyper, Global CEO of Eurotruss Group, announced the appointment of Jason Waller as Operations Manager of the US Factory Division located in Knoxville TN. Jason Waller succeeds Tray Allen, who has decided to pursue other opportunities, the company noted.

NEW YORK – LD Luke Stratton, an LD and FOH audio engineer for jam-rock quartet Dopapod, who posts a series of podcasts called The Light Side, shared a link to an audio podcast of his interview with Phish lighting designer/director Chris Kuroda and associate designer and programmer Andrew Giffin. The designers discussed the abstract video and lighting looks for Phish’s recently concluded Baker’s Dozen Shows at Madison Square Garden, including the morphing light rig used for the shows. Phish performed 13 shows over a 17-night span that ran from July 21 to Aug. 6, touting both the shows (and free Federal donuts) as being jam-packed.

ATLANTIC CITY – The annual DJ Expo event is always an important date on the ADJ calendar, and this year is no exception. The ADJ team are preparing to demonstrate a total of 13 brand new products at the show (5 of which are new product debuts), all of which will be of interest to DJs. Moving to a new home this year – the Atlantic City Convention Center – DJ Expo attracts thousands of DJs from across the USA for a week of networking, learning, partying and checking out the latest gear.

LOWELL, MA – For the 2017 Steubenville East Catholic Youth Conference, held July 13-15 at UMass Lowell, Tim Messina of Events United had a brainstorm: to turn the seven-letter word, “ELEVATE,” into an 80-foot video wall. To carry out his vision without blowing the production budget for the event, he made use of 67 PVP X6IP tiles from Chauvet Professional.

RYE, CO – Sonic Bloom, an EDM music festival, was staged June 15-18 at Hummingbird Ranch near Rye, CO, amid the splendor of Colorado’s Spanish Peaks. Denver-based Nexus Productions has been working the festival for the past four years and this year served as the main stage lighting vendor (Bloom Stage) for the first time, supplying all trussing, lighting, motors, distros and more. Owner Chuck Williams’ lighting rig included Elation ACL 360 Bar LED moving bar effects and Platinum Beam 5R beam lights.

LAS VEGAS, – Live event production companies in Las Vegas soon will be able to fill the void with newly trained employees. The Stage Technician Education and Development Intensive (STEADI) certificate program and Entertainment Electrics course offered by UNLV Continuing Education provides participants with an entry-level, intensive education in live event production.