CHELTENHAM, U.K. — Eagles tribute band The Ultimate Eagles marked the 20th anniversary of the Eagles’ album, When Hell Froze Over, with a special tour of the U.K. The tour rig included Elation Platinum Beam 5R and Platinum Spot 5R Pro moving heads. Pacific Sound & Light provided the gear. The band is pictured here performing at Cheltenham Town Hall in late September.
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LAS VEGAS — Chaos Visual Productions has been supporting the video production needs of the venerable Jubilee! burlesque show at Ballys Las Vegas. The video tech setup now includes 11 Ventuz media servers, 16 Barco projectors and a Lightware MX-FR33R digital crosspoint router with redundant power supplies, built-in control panel and CPU2. The router handles the production’s monitoring and signal distribution needs.
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ETC announced that its family of Unison Aero control solutions for architectural lighting applications, launched in 2012, has expanded with three more products promising energy-efficient, cost-effective lighting control. They include the Unison Aero Contact Interface (pictured here) and the Unison Aero Dimmer and Unison Aero Outlet Controller.
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LITITZ, PA – Scott Nacheman and Charlie Fisher will be featured speakers at the Event Safety Alliance’s first Event Safety Summit, set to take place here in early December. They will offer their perspectives on the mechanical and operational failures that were implicated in the 2011 structure collapse at the Indiana State Fair, which killed seven and injured 58.
Read More »CINCINNATI, OH — USITT is accepting nominations through Dec. 15 for the Wally Russell Mentoring Award, to be presented here at USITT 2015 in March. Russell, a Canadian LD and TD, had leadership roles at University of Toronto, the National Ballet, Strand Lighting USA, Theatre Projects Consultants and the Los Angeles Opera before his death in 1993. Thern Stage Equipment, Philips Strand Lighting, and the Wally Russell Foundation are the award’s sponsors.
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LOS ANGELES – Shockwave Cargo added Tadd Samuelson to its team at the company’s LAX office location. In addition to his skills as a professional DJ, Samuelson brings experience in logistics operations leadership and project management.
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SERIATE, Italy and MUNICH, Germany — Osram completed its acquisition of Clay Paky on Oct. 13. All necessary approvals from the respective authorities have been granted regarding the acquisition. Also on Oct. 13, Pio Nahum assumed the role of CEO of Osram’s Clay Paky unit.
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