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Sapsis Rigging Provides Fall Arrest Systems for Two Colleges

Sapsis Rigging Provides Fall Arrest Systems for Two Colleges

NEW YORK – Sapsis Rigging has provided fall arrest systems for the Philip Chosky Theater at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and the John C. Borden Auditorium at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.  “The more that students understand the real risks involved and the best ways to protect themselves, the better technicians they will be in professional situations,” said Bill Sapsis, president of Sapsis Rigging Inc.

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Christie D4K25

Christie D4K25 and M Series

Christie has expanded its 3-chip DLP platform by introducing the Christie D4K25 and new 14,000 lumen Christie M Series models. The new projectors target a variety of applications that require high brightness, superior performance and vivid, clear images.

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Surf the Musical

Adaptive Video Walls Aims for Record with Surf the Musical

LAS VEGAS — Adaptive Video Walls and Displays has teamed up with Sharp Electronics and WorldStage to create what they hope may be one of the world’s largest flown LCD video wall display. The companies built the display for Surf the Musical, a new production in Las Vegas featuring the 1960s Songs of the Beach Boys, and it has been submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Stratford Shakespeare Festival and IATSE Reach Audience Services Agreement

Last July the box office and call center at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival voted to join IATSE Local 357. Over the course of the next year, the union and the Festival met to hammer out a contract. It was hard going, and on May 25 the union was in a strike position, ready to picket the opening of the Festival on May 28. A final bargaining session, though, produced a tentative contract on Sunday, May 27. The season opened with no pickets, and the contract was ratified by union membership on June 3. The new contract ensures the Festival won’t outsource the jobs, and also provides a 5.5% raise over the two-year agreement.

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Photo of Rock of Ages setup by David James.

LD Mike Baldassari Lights “Rock of Ages” Concert Scenes

Set in the summer of 1987, the New Line Cinema film, Rock of Ages brings us back to the future with a long playlist of that era’s music from acts that include Journey, Def Leppard, Night Ranger, Bon Jovi, Joan Jett, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and others. The movie adaptation of the popular Broadway musical, directed by Adam Shankman and starring Tom Cruise as the fictional rock star Stacee Jaxx, faithfully tries to replicate the late 80’s in every detail and that includes getting that old school rock lighting just right with hard backlight, high contrast, and saturated colors.

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Photo of Rock of Ages setup by David James.

LD Mike Baldassari Lights “Rock of Ages” Concert Scenes

LOS ANGELES – Set in the summer of 1987, the New Line Cinema film, Rock of Ages, brings us back to the future with a long playlist of that era’s music from acts that include Journey, Def Leppard, Night Ranger, Bon Jovi, Joan Jett, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and others. The movie adaptation of the popular Broadway musical, directed by Adam Shankman and starring Tom Cruise as the fictional rock star Stacee Jaxx, faithfully tries to replicate the late 80’s in every detail and that includes getting that old school rock lighting just right with hard backlight, high contrast, and saturated colors.

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Dry Hire Lighting Gears Up with Clay Paky

LONDON – Dry Hire Lighting has purchased a large number of Clay Paky products in anticipation of their busy summer event season. With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee just past and the Olympics gathering steam, Dry Hire Lighting is ensuring it is well prepared to service the increase in demand for rental gear.

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H2O Festival

H2O Music Festival Just Adds GoVision

DALLAS – Saturday’s H2O Music Festival featured LED video screens from GoVision LP to ensure the thousands of fans could see Tiesto, Weezer, Mana, Juanes, Snoop Dogg and others on the bill. GoVision erected twin 39 ft x 28 ft LED walls on each side of the main stage, along with a split 30 ft x 48 ft upstage backdrop screen, all configured from their inventory of Daktronics PST-12HD tiles.

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Robe ROBIN DLX

Robe Launches 4 Products in US at InfoComm

LAS VEGAS – Robe Lighting is launching four products in the US at InfoComm 2012: ROBIN DLX and DLF, the ROBIN 100 LEDBeam, and the Actor 6 for the theatre, performance and TV/broadcast applications. These and other products will be showcased at Booth #C12402 at the Las Vegas Convention Center June 13-15.

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