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MIAMI — For a party hosted by VH1 and SCOPE at Mansion Nightclub here in early December, LD Joe Paradise collaborated with the VH1 Production team to amp up the visual energy with 38 Nexus 4×4 Panels from Chauvet Professional. Along with a heavy dose of visual punch — despite the fact that they were run at 10 to 30 percent during most of the party — the panels were also used to create “plus” signs to tie in with the party’s “VH1 + Scope” logo.

DALLAS – Philips Strand Lighting is offering a new series of online training webinars for the NEO Lighting Control Console. Taking place in January and February 2015, the live webinars will be led by product specialist Bobby Harrell and will cover beginner, intermediate and advanced programming concepts of the NEO console. Registration for the training webinars is now open and dates have been set for half-day beginner (Jan. 6 and Feb. 2) and half-day intermediate ((Jan. 12 and Feb. 23) training sessions.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Masonic has been a landmark in San Francisco since opening in 1958 and is now operated by concert promotion company, Live Nation. The venue’s recent renovation included a new concert stage, luxury VIP boxes and flexible, tiered open floor space for both general admission and seated shows. Now with a 3,300 seating capacity, The Masonic now also features a new stage lighting system with more than 45 of Harman’’s Martin Professional MAC Viper and MAC Aura fixtures.

NEW YORK, NY – Liverpool’s Cavern Club, the iconic venue that gave the Beatles their first taste of fame, began life as a cellar warehouse and later served as an air raid shelter during World War II.  So, it’s only fitting that the world’s first interactive Beatles Tribute Show, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (Y3), made its New York appearance at 42West, a venue that served as a mid-town Manhattan parking garage, before being transformed into one of the city’s hippest nightspots.