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Mojo Barriers Set Record at ‘Made in America’ Fest

Copyright City of Philadelphia; Photo: Kait Privitera

Mojo Barriers Set Record at ‘Made in America’ Fest

PHILADELPHIA – Mojo Barriers US office broke its company record, supplying 800m (2,624 ft) of its aluminum stage barriers to Philadelphia’s Made in America Festival. High levels of traffic and conflicting events meant that Mojo had just 12 hours to complete the build for the Sept. 1-2 event. Barriers were provided across all four stages and other sensitive areas throughout the festival site, which was located in the downtown location of Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The main stage was located in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Passion Pit

Passion Pit’s LD Adds Clay Paky on Tour

LITITZ, PA – LD Jason Rothberg has selected six Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800 fixtures from Atomic Lighting for Passion Pit’s current tour. Rothberg, who is also the tour’s lighting programmer, had previous positive experiences with Clay Paky 700 fixtures but calls the 800 units “even better.”  He’s deploying them in a V-shape pyramid of truss towers.

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Alpha Spot QWO 800

Main Light Expands its Clay Paky Rental Inventory

WILMINGTON, DE – Main Light Industries, Inc. has added 36 Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800 (pictured here) and a dozen Clay Paky Alpha Profile 800 ST fixtures to its growing rental inventory.  Last year it invested in Clay Paky Sharpys, Alpha 700s and Alpha Spot HPE 1500 fixtures. Main Light’s customers have used the Clay Paky products on tour for the Foo Fighters, for the Ultra Music Festival and also the Electric Daisy Carnival, among other events.

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Barneys New York

Disney Chooses Christie MicroTiles for ‘Electric Holiday’ Window Display

NEW YORK – There are 425 Christie MicroTiles lighting up eight windows of Barneys New York flagship store on Madison Avenue for their “Electric Holiday” display. A partnership between The Walt Disney Company, Barneys New York and Christie, “Electric Holiday” is a multimedia presentation highlighted by a digitally-animated, moving art short featuring Disney characters strutting the runway in original designer clothes. The display runs until Jan. 3, 2013.

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Obama's re-election night in Chicago

Strictly FX at President Obama’s Victory Celebration

CHICAGO – Confetti from Strictly FX provided a celebratory atmosphere at McCormick Place in Chicago when President Barack Obama was elected to a second term on Nov. 6. The electoral celebration included 15,000 people at the venue, as well as a worldwide television audience of millions. LD Robert Peterson called the confetti cue.

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Liseberg Wheel

Sweden’s New Ferris Wheel Revolves Around Martin LEDs

GOTHENBURG, Sweden – A new ferris wheel attraction at Liseberg amusement park literally revolves around Martin Professional LED-based lighting. The illumination design for the Liseberg Wheel is made up of three layers including a general color wash, pixel dot twinkle effects and moving graphic projection. The customizable characteristics of the lighting system allow for customizations to cater to any occasion, including special designs during holiday seasons.

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Florence & The Machine

Avolites Tours with Florence & The Machine

LONDON  – LD Chris Bushell took the Avolites Sapphire Touch lighting console out with Florence & the Machine on this summer’s festival shows. The Sapphire Touch is a new step for Bushell, who until the festival season was working with his own Tiger Touch. Features on the Sapphire Touch helped him handle the frantic pace of festival shows. “I program and operate visually not mathematically,” explains Bushell. “I’m not interested in punching numbers into a desk. The Avolites consoles enable me to quickly and simply achieve what I want, whatever the nature of the job.”

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Vaddio's new facility

Vaddio Expands Operations to New Facility

MINNETONKA, MN – Vaddio is moving all operations Monday, Nov. 19, to a new 67,000 sq. ft. facility, nearly doubling the size of its current space. The new building will accommodate growing product research and development, and significantly expand manufacturing facilities in Minnetonka, MN.

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4Wall-donated lighting equipment helped light this production of Legally Blonde at PCPA Theaterfest.

4Wall Donates Equipment to PCPA Theaterfest

SANTA MARIA, CA – 4Wall Entertainment and its CEO, Michael Cannon, have donated a variety of gear to support PCPA Theaterfest at Allan Hancock College (Cannon’s alma mater). The donated gear includes Vari*Lite moving lights, Color Kinetics ColorBlaze and ColorBlast LEDs, Wybron scrollers, a High End Whole Hog 2 console, more than 100 ETC Source Four Ellipsoidals, dimming racks, hazers, snow machines and a 24-foot box truck.

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Blackmotion event

South Africa’s Blackmotion Invests in Robe

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Lighting design, rental and production company Blackmotion has invested in the latest Robe moving light technology. Owner and founder Kagiso Tiro Daystar Moima (“KG”) says Robe’s commitment to producing smaller, lighter, brighter and more energy efficient fixtures factored in on their purchase decision.

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