LOS ANGELES – A.C.T Lighting named Justin Lang, who served as editor of PLSN magazine from 2011 to Dec. 2014, as the company’s director of marketing. Lang will be working directly with Brian Dowd, A.C.T Lighting’s vice president of sales and marketing, to increase market awareness of A.C.T Lighting and its partner brands, which include MA Lighting, Clay Paky, Robert Juliat, MDG, Wireless Solutions and Chain Master.
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NORTH AMERICA – The Eli Young Band has hit the road on its North American tour and recently hosted it’s 2nd Annual Eli Young Band House Party featuring Clay Paky Sharpy and A.leda B-EYE K-20 fixtures playing supporting roles.
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SINGAPORE – Christie® technologies delivered spectacular visuals during a projection mapping performance that enthralled massive crowds that turned up at Singapore’s Marina Bay area on December 31 to ring in the New Year and officially kick-off celebrations to commemorate Singapore’s 50th year of independence.
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LONDON – London UK based large format projection specialist, The Projection Studio (TPS) created a stunning festive projection onto the central tower at Windsor Castle, which was enjoyed by all residents and visitors to the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, Berkshire, over Christmas 2014.
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WROCLAW, Poland – ARAM once again supported the lighting and video needs of the stage used for a massive New Year’s Eve celebration here, including hundreds of lighting fixtures from Clay Paky, ROBE, Vari Lite and Fourlight and nearly 400 square meters of LED curtains and screens.
Read More »NEW YORK, NY – In the city that gave us Times Square, New Year’s Eve is just too big to be confined to one night. That is why RPM Presents created Big Week NYC, a week-long, bass-heavy EDM celebration, to ring in the New Year with a lineup of top DJs including Martin Garrix and Kaskade. Kevin Mignone and Mike Gionfriddo of KM Productions crafted an accompanying light show, using fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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ARLINGTON, TX – The GrooveBoston dance phenomenon made a recent high-impact appearance at the College Park Center at the University of Texas Arlington (UTA). The lighting and production design was created by Nathan Almeida of East Coast Lighting & Production Services (ELCPS) and GrooveBoston Production Director Ed Slapik.
Read More »SURREY, U.K. – Elation Professional EU named Damon Crisp as the company’s new sales representative for the south of England, which includes London and surrounding counties. Damon, who operates DAC Pro-Media LTD, a distribution company for entertainment technology, previously served as sales director Lamba PLC, managing director for Numark Alesis Europe LTD (Now In-Music) and managing director for Monacor International GmbH’s U.K. office.
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LAS VEGAS — Marshall Bissett has been named chairman of the governing body of the Parnelli Awards. Bissett, a longtime supporter of the awards, was one of the first to join the board of advisors. He’s played an increasingly active role behind the scenes in the last few years as a vital part of the production team and one of the show’s writers.
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LAS VEGAS, NV — The 2014 ILDA Conference, held at the Riviera Hotel & Casino Nov. 17-20, included an awards banquet Nov. 19 with multiple laser show categories and winners. The Fenning Award for Technical Achievement (pictured here) went to Pangolin for its Compact 506 optical scanner. Pangolin also noted that many of the other laser shows winning recognition at the awards ceremony made use of its laser display software and control hardware products.
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ATLANTA – Atlanta’s Perimeter Center district houses two of the tallest buildings in the suburban U.S., the Concourse Corporate Center IV and V, affectionately known as Atlanta’s “King and Queen Buildings” due to the ornate steel “crowns” atop each structure. Situated on the intersection of two of Georgia’s busiest highways and measuring, respectively, 570 and 553 feet tall, the King and Queen structures each feature brightly lit upper floors, thanks in part to Iluminarc’s Ilumipanel 90 and Ilumipanel 180 fixtures.
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LOS ANGELES — Coheed and Cambria, the American progressive rock band with concept albums chronicling the sci-fi Amory Wars in an imagined universe dubbed Heaven’s Fence, performed 25 shows last fall lit by Clearwing’s Michael “Greek” Hionis, the show’s LD/lighting director/programmer. The rig, controlled with a grandMA2 light and grandMA OnPC system, included a complement of Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20s and Sharpy fixtures. Clearwing Productions provide gear for the shows, most of which sold out, in two dozen U.S. cities and Toronto.
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