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Le Maitre Expands VS “Virtually Smokeless” Pyro Offerings

Le Maitre Expands VS “Virtually Smokeless” Pyro Offerings

Le Maitre’s latest range of pyrotechnics, the VS  – “virtually smokeless” range, is continuing to expand. The VS range was originally conceived back in 2010 when Le Maitre’s R&D team, based in Peterborough, UK, were looking to improve the visual impact of effects by overcoming typical but unwelcome byproducts of pyrotechnics. Conventional pyro can produce a lot of smoke and ash, and with the advent of HD television and the increased use of pyro in sporting events, these by-products needed to be addressed.

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The Gaff Gun

The GaffGun

Invented by a couple Seattle guys who hated to tape down cables, the GaffGun ($249/direct) allows a person to securely dress wires about as fast as you can walk. The unit accommodates rolls of 1/2/3-inch tape and cables of several sizes, using patent-pending CoreLok technology to insure the tape is always centered over the cable(s). It includes an extension handle, so your back isn’t destroyed by the time you get to the end of the cable run across a gymnasium or airport runway. GaffGun is available now.

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NJPAC Gala

“Nothin’ Like a Dame” at NJPAC Lights the Leading Ladies of Broadway with VL4000 Spots

NEWARK, NJ – Al Crawford of Arc3design used Philips Vari-Lite VL4000 Spot luminaires supplied by 4Wall to illuminate Tony Award winning actresses for Nothin’ Like a Dame, a production sponsored by The Women’s Association of NJPAC and staged for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s (NJPAC) 2014 Spotlight Gala. The Women’s Association fo NJPAC has so far raised more than $40 million to support the NJPAC.

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LD Malte Hauge Specifies SGM LED Screens for Andreas Bo Comedy Tour

LD Malte Hauge Specifies SGM LED Screens for Andreas Bo Comedy Tour

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – For Original, a comedy tour featuring Danish comedian Andreas Bo, lighting designer and technician Malte Hauge got involved early on as preparations for the tour got underway, collaborating on the format and scenography with technical consultant Thomas Scharling and Bo himself. Their design features three SGM LED screen surfaces rather than one big video wall.

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ADJ Illusion Dotz 4.4 is a pixel-mappable wash fixture that starts with a powerful COB LED source and adds unique movement

Illusion Dotz 4.4

ADJ’s Illusion Dotz 4.4 is a pixel-mappable wash fixture that starts with a powerful COB LED source and adds unique movement. Although ADJ has used COB technology in previous Dotz series fixtures (including the Lightning COB Cannon and the Dotz TPar System), the new Illusion Dotz 4.4 promises to bring the technology to a new visual level.

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LD Joe Paradise Adds Flash with Nexus Panels for VH1+SCOPE Party at Mansion Nightclub in Miami

LD Joe Paradise Adds Flash with Nexus Panels for VH1+SCOPE Party at Miami’s Mansion Nightclub

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.

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Robe TribalTech, c. Eduardo Ribeiro

Robe Reborn at TribalTech Brazil

CURITIBA, Brazil – The Main and VuuV stages at the 2014 TribalTech “Reborn” Festival in Brazil buzzed with energy and over 200 Robe moving lights which were integrated into two very different but equally eye-catching lighting designs, by UK based LD Alex “Junior” Cerio of Smash Productions.

The vibrant 20,000 capacity multicultural dance / trance extravaganza staged at the Fazenda Heimari showground in Parana, Brazil, was completely sold out, offering 13 enigmatic live music stages delivering the very best of techno, house, electronica, trance and psytrance action over 20 hours of non-stop intense dance music and entertainment!

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Neo Beginner, Intermediate Half Day Training Sessions Set for Jan., Feb. 2015

Philips Strand Lighting Offers Live Online Training Webinars for Neo Console

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.

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