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Lego-Themed Science and Technology Event in Bristol, U.K. Gets Assist from Evans AVS

The finals of the First Lego League Challenge: Animal Allies event in Bristol, UK

Lego-Themed Science and Technology Event in Bristol, U.K. Gets Assist from Evans AVS

BRISTOL, U.K. — Hundreds of aspiring young engineers and roboticists took part in a science and technology challenge at the University of the West of England in Bristol. The finals of the First Lego League Challenge: Animal Allies were held in the university’s Exhibition and Conference Centre on Feb. 26. Evans Audio Visual Staging teamed up with Utopium to supply sound and lighting to the event, which was part of a global Lego-based robotics contest, and featured tens of thousands of young people.

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The Gospel and praise event drew close to 500,000

Lighting Setup for Major Gospel Event in Nigeria Includes Avolites Consoles

LAGOS, Nigeria — For the 11th year, thousands gathered in the Nigerian capital for a gospel and praise event. The most recent of these, “The Experience 11: Revealing Jesus,” drew up to 500,000 to Tafawa Balewa Square for gospel music performances that stretched late into the night. Producers House on the Rock once again turned to Stephen Davies of UK-based Subfrantic Production Services for an assist with the lighting setup, which included Sapphire Touch and Tiger Touch II consoles from Avolites.

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Elation WW Profile HP

Elation WW Profile HP

Elation Professional’s WW Profile HP is a high-power version of the company’s warm-white ellipsoidal spot WW Profile fixture. It promises a superior quality of light to meet a wide variety of white light illumination needs required in broadcast, worship or theatre environments.

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The proceeds went to the Knoxville Museum of Art,

Bandit Donates Lighting for Knoxville Museum of Art Fundraiser

KNOXVILLE, TN — L’Amour du Vin, a charity wine auction fundraiser for the Knoxville Museum of Art, elicited donations with a combination of food, wine and attractive lighting for the special event tent set up outside the museum. For the latter, Bandit once again stepped up by donating lighting gear including a Vari-Lite VL2500s and a combination of Color Dash Blocks and MinE 10WW Lekos from Chauvet.

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Thomas Gerdon and Thomas Dietze lit DJ BoBo’s performances at Europa-Park in Germany with 65 of GLP’s hybrid GT-1 fixtures.

DJ Bobo Journeys Through Time with GLP’S GT-1

RUST, Germany – Swiss artist DJ BoBo is celebrating his 25th anniversary on stage by touring the grand new show, Mystorial. From April 2017 it will visit Switzerland, Austria and other parts of Europe, including 24 arenas in Germany, before heading down to South America. But it has already received its world premiere during a two-week opener at the vast Europa-Park amusement park in the town of Rust in southwest Germany, where a new arena has been built specially to host the production.

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USITT and ESTA Announce Plans for Innova, A New Platform for Online Learning

ST. LOUIS, MO – USITT and ESTA announced Innova, a platform to provide online learning to professionals in entertainment technology and design. Innova, launching in April, will offer on-demand training in a wide variety of disciplines and levels and will include renewal credit courses for the Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) and American Institute of Architects (AIA). Both non-profits have been seeking to offer constituents educational opportunities that allow them to learn at their convenience.

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Sohail e. Najafi Lights LA’s Broadway with Chauvet Professional

[caption id="attachment_275169" align="alignnone" width="800"]Los Angeles celebrated the third annual Night on Broadway Festival[/caption]

LOS ANGELES – For one night late last month, the stretch of Broadway between Third Street and Olympic Boulevard in downtown LA, glittered just as brightly as its New York City counterpart, as the City of Angels celebrated the third annual Night on Broadway Festival.  The dazzling lighting display that covered the seven-block area was created by Sohail e. Najafi of Najafi Design Group, supported by a team of nine lighting directors, using an impressive rig supplied by 4Wall Entertainment Lighting of Orange County, CA, for interior venues, and Aspect Lighting of Santa Fe Springs, CA, for exterior stages.

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Group One to Display Lighting Gear at USITT

ST. LOUIS, MO – Group One Limited, supplier of professional audio and lighting is pleased to announce they will be participating in the 2017 USITT convention this week in St. Louis. Group One represents the brands Avolites, DTS Lighting and elektraLite. They will be on hand to talk with everyone and show off their latest products from each of these manufacturers at Booth 2213

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University of Warwick in U.K. Making Use of tvONE CORIOmaster for 16K Video Wall

[caption id="attachment_275164" align="alignnone" width="798"]tvONE screen is installed in University of Warwick[/caption]

UK – tvONE’s CORIOmaster mini video wall processor drives a spectacular 16K video wall in the foyer of the Oculus, a new £19 million flagship building at the University of Warwick in the UK. Entering The Oculus, visitors are greeted by a stunning four-screen 16K resolution video wall with a range of art displays, timetables of upcoming activity in the building and live-streams of lectures and other events in the main lecture theatres as well as acting as the ‘building dashboard’. 

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Nominations Now Open for 10th Knight of Illumination Awards

[caption id="attachment_275161" align="alignnone" width="800"]2016 KOI winners[/caption]

UK – Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards is powering up in preparation for its luminous tenth anniversary event this September. Billed as the ultimate showcase of lighting and video design achievement in the UK, the Awards is already receiving outstanding nominations in lighting and video design as international creatives and industry supporters push to see their favorite works of 2016/17 take home a KOI sword this landmark year.

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Broadcast Pix Upgrade Adds Native Facebook Live Support to Integrated Production Switchers

[caption id="attachment_275158" align="alignnone" width="800"]Broadcast Pix adds Facebook Live support[/caption]

CHELMSFORD, MASS.– Broadcast Pix™ today announced its integrated production switchers now offer native support for Facebook Live. Available this spring, the upgrade will be included in all new switchers and as a free upgrade for switchers currently under warranty.

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