ARGYLE, TX – GoVision Founder & CEO Chris Curtis announced today that he has promoted two key members of his team to the vice president level. In recognition of their long term commitments to the organization Jeff Williams and Kristy Johnston were bestowed these honors effective immediately.
ST LOUIS – With the response we received from last year’s contest, we decided to bring it back again for 2017! Are you a college student majoring in theatre, design, or any other lighting discipline? If so, then this contest is for you! 4Wall wants to see 10 cues from a show you worked on this past season. All you have to do is submit a video of your cues and you may just win an amazing opportunity to rub shoulders with pros and peers alike at USITT!
MIAMI – To help shoppers get into the festive spirit, a new Miami mall installed temporary festive displays throughout its atrium areas. With a stark-white modern design, these were dramatically brought to life by over 100 ADJ lighting fixtures supplied by ADJ dealer Miami Prop Rentals supported by Robert Seher of Freed Sales.
YORBA LINDA, CA – Tech Works, a leader in specialized, highly focused communications solutions for the most challenging environments, has announced the appointment of Michael A. Wilcock to the position of National Sales Manager. In his new position, Wilcock will oversee all sales and sales management for the full line of Tech Works healthcare AV products.
LITITZ, PA — Upstage Video named 27-year industry veteran Mark Haney vice president of concert touring and events, a new position. Upstage Video has its headquarters at Rock Lititz in rural Pennsylvania. Haney joins Upstage Video’s West Coast team, which is based in Los Angeles, CA.
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ISTANBUL — Authorities in Turkey are still searching for a gunman who fired 180 bullets from an AK 47, killing 39 and wounding 65 people celebrating New Year’s Eve at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey. The Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack. About 600 people were in the club at the time of the seven-minute attack, according to reports. Witnesses reported that the gunman shouted “Allahu akbar” while firing his weapon inside the venue after killing a police officer and bystander outside. He then left his weapon, changed clothes and exited the back door, blending into the crowd.
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ORLAND PARK, IL – In 2002, Parkview Church moved into a new larger campus to accommodate its growing membership. Today well over 7,000 people come to the Orland Park church or one of its two satellite campuses to worship every weekend. There are many reasons why Parkview Christian, which is ranked by Outreach magazine as one of the 100 fastest growing churches in the US, has attracted so many new members. High on that list is its commitment to connect to worshippers with services that are relevant to modern sensibilities.
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U.K. and IRELAND — Lighting designer Jeff Maker employed an Avolites Sapphire Touch to drive his design for Californian pop-punk quartet Pierce the Veil’s U.K. and Ireland tour. The shows followed the release of the band’s fourth album, Misadventures. Maker, a longtime user of Avolites products, credited the Sapphire Touch console he used to light the set, which depicted rocket ship pieces after a crash landing.
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EDMOND. OK. – Vintage Church in Edmond, Oklahoma, is the latest house of worship to discover the transformative powers of Elation Professional’s Colour Pendant™ LED downlight luminaire. Tasked this past summer with bringing the church’s lighting up to date, full service event production, lighting design and installation firm Company De Roth replaced the venue’s outdated house lights with versatile color-changing Colour Pendants.
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USA – Global flightcase hardware and 19 inch racking manufacturer Penn Elcom introduces the new FT80-Q – quiet – cooling unit for active heat management in cupboards, closets and other enclosed environments The new exhaust fan product has been developed by Penn’s R ‘n’ D team for fitting into sealed enclosures housing 19 inch racking systems, servers, etc., where hot air is not being expelled.
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LONDON – Popular musical “Dirty Dancing” returned to London’s West End in December playing the Phoenix Theatre following a regional UK tour with a lively production that originally premiered in Italy in 2015 where it played Milan and Rome. This production has also toured in Spain and Mexico with additional troupes. Lighting has been created by leading Italian LD Valerio Tibeiri who seized the opportunity in London to upgrade the original lighting rig and use nearly 70 x Robe moving lights – a combination of BMFL Blades and LEDBeam 1000s – as the primary luminaires.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, – With the 2016 hurricane season now mercifully behind us, the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that their recently-installed NanoLumens Outdoor Gallery Series LED displays withstood the challenges of a hurricane season that produced six hurricanes and nine tropical storms. Two of the 2016 season’s hurricanes, Hermine and Matthew, directly impacted Florida and caused heavy winds, rain and millions of dollars in damages.