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Jay O. Glerum Rigging Masterclasses to take place Summer 2017

Jay O. Glerum Rigging Masterclasses to take place Summer 2017

NYC – USITT’s Jay O. Glerum Rigging Masterclasses are slated for June in Atlanta, GA and August in Hartford, Conn. The masterclasses honor the memory of one of our industry’s greatest advocates for safety and training, Jay O. Glerum. The Rigging Masterclasses offer a hands-on learning experience for each attendee in both advanced and entry level tracks providing the best of the best in training by the internationally recognized seasoned and skilled trainers.

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SGM Unveils New G-4 Series of Lights

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DENMARK – SGM’s line of G-series fixtures welcomes two new members to the family. The G-4 Wash and the G-4 Wash-Beam both boast RGBAM light engines and white light capable of reaching 7200 degrees in color temperature. Carrying the characteristics of SGM, these LED moving heads are IP65 rated and practically maintenance free.

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Time Flies With Chauvet In SJ Lighting Club Design

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NEWPORT, CA – New guests at Time can’t help turning their heads in every direction, an expression of amazed wonderment on their faces, when they entered this former Nike Town store turned nightclub. It’s an unforgettable sight to see too, thanks in large measure to a lighting design by Steve Lieberman’s SJ Lighting that features a stunning “digital chandelier” made of   CHAUVET DJ MotionOrb fixtures along with some power packed spot and wash lighting from CHAUVET Professional Rogues.

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Elation Lighting for UniSon at Oregon Shakespeare Festival

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OREGON, USA – The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) has celebrated William Shakespeare’s legacy since 1935 with another busy summer season of plays underway. OSF also stages plays by other playwrights and is presenting UniSon at the Angus Bowmer Theatre through October, a new musical inspired by the poetry of August Wilson. Lighting Designer Alex Jainchill is using dynamic lighting from Elation Professional on the play, including ZCL 360 Bar™ wash/effect lights and Platinum Wash 16R Pro™ moving heads, as well as color-changing Elation Flex LED Tape™.

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Solotech Relies On Fujinon Lenses For Concerts as Touring Division Expands

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WAYNE, N.J.,– As its concert touring division continues to expand with its new DeKalb, Illinois facility, Montreal-based Solotech has come to rely on several FUJINON lenses to support large concert tours. The audio and video equipment rental, integration, and event technology provider counts the FUJINON XA99x8.4BESM ultra-wide field production lens, HA14x4.5BERM Premier super wide-angle ENG lens, HA18x7.6BERM Premier series standard ENG lens, and HA23x7.6BERM Premier telephoto lens as stalwarts in its equipment arsenal.

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Claypaky Products Create Award-Winning Light Installation at LiO Awards 2017

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MUNICH, GERMANY – The new Claypaky SharBar and other Claypaky products were used by a trio of young artists at the annual artistic lighting awards “LiO (Light is OSRAM) Awards 2017” in their winning installation ‘The 5th Dimension’, hosted at Munich’s historic event space, the Praterinsel, by German lighting manufacturer OSRAM.

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Litec designed its MyT Folding Steroid Roof System to let users build colossal structures, with extreme loading capacities.

Litec MyT Folding Steroid Roof System

Litec says its recently-introduced MyT Folding Steroid Roof System is a new concept in heavy-duty portable roofs specifically designed for live events. It is designed to serve as a modular, self-contained roof that makes use of EN AW-7003 T6 folding aluminum mother grid truss sections, 85 x 85cm EN AW-6082 T6 aluminum towers and key structural elements in S355 steel, such as modular ballast bases, sleeve block and safety block.

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Becky Koester Accepts Role as General Manager of High End Systems

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MIDDLETON, WI – On June 1st, Becky Koester will officially begin in her new role as general manager for High End Systems. Earlier this year, ETC acquired High End Systems from Barco Lighting Systems, Inc. and has been working diligently to build support for the team in the Austin, TX based headquarters. “Koester was a supporter of the acquisition by ETC throughout the process,” says Dick Titus, President of ETC. “She brings with her a deep understanding of the culture that made High End a market leader and will be instrumental in blending the cultures of ETC and High End Systems.”

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Rockin Road to Dublin’s First National Tour Lit with 4Wall-Supplied Rig

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NEW YORK – The Rockin’ Road to Dublin combines an Irish dance spectacle with rock ‘n’ roll music. Presented as a cross between a concert and a stage show, the touring production features a lighting design from LD Carolyn Wong that makes use of fixtures supplied by 4Wall New York.

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PixelFLEX is the ideal LED video solution for Piranha Productions

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NASHVILLE– Located in Weatherford, Texas, Piranha Productions is a full-service production company specializing in all the design elements needed to create a powerful, live event production designs. With LED video becoming a consistent component to many of their most successful designs, the decision was made to make an investment in the technology for their rental inventory. Needing a high-resolution and durable solution from a trusted provider, they called upon Nashville-based PixelFLEX and made an investment in FLEXLite Plus 8.9mm LED video.

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Chauvet Professional Holds Fourth Annual Student Lighting Showcase

LOS ANGELES – The historic Ricardo Montalban Theatre glowed with the latest in lighting technology and new design ideas on April 1 when it hosted the fourth annual CHAUVET Professional Student Lighting Showcase. An interactive educational event, the showcase has students from college theatre programs collaborate on lighting projects, then have their work evaluated by noted lighting designers.

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Hughie’s Event Production Services Hires Director of Video Services

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CLEVELAND – Hughie’s Event Production Services is thrilled to announce the hiring of Travis Kelly, a well-known Video Veteran in the large scale LED wall industry in the Midwest region. His skills in both technical direction and producing events as well as knowledge in large LED walls, digital HD video switching, cameras, recording solutions and components will be a welcome addition to the current staff.

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