LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Board of Advisors has announced that Joe Branam, owner of Branam Enterprises, will receive the Parnelli Visionary Award at the annual gala dinner and award ceremony in Las Vegas. The event is set for Oct. 20, 2012 at the Mirage Resort and Casino.
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LONDON, UK – White Light is supplying a spate of spring/summer theatrical productions, as the West End defies the predictions that it would suffer in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. “This remarkable array of new productions shows that theatreland will be alive and kicking during the Olympics, despite some of the pessimistic predictions we’ve been hearing,” says White Light’s Managing Director Bryan Raven.
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NEW YORK – “Wicked,” the Broadway musical about the untold story of the Witches of Oz, recently switched to a grandMA2 console for lighting and special effects control. Show electrician Brendan Quigley said they needed to replace their previous control system of 20 years, and the grandMA2 was a natural choice as all the other Wicked shows playing worldwide are also using the grandMA.
Read More »SATELLITE BEACH, FL — LED lighting manufacturer Lighting Science Group Corporation (LSGC) has completed the final round in a series of private placements totaling approximately $140 million in equity funding and commitments. The new round of funding will help the company meet the growing demand for products. In addition, LSGC has brought on board Brad Knight as Chief Operating Officer and Keith Scott as Chief Commercial Officer.
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After being invited to see the New Orleans-based modern rock group, MuteMath, in Nashville, lighting designer Jeff Lavallee, of 44 Production Designs, felt compelled to… Read More »The Value of Crazy Ideas
Read More »COLUMBIA, MD – Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. has launched Vectorworks Cloud Services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The service allows users to access their designs from any location at any time. It was launched in April in the U.S. and Canada, and on May 8 it expanded its services to the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Portugal and Spain.
Read More »INDIANAPOLIS — One of five stages set up to entertain racing fans at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) during the Indianapolis 500 had to be replaced last week after safety inspectors deemed it non-compliant with Indiana’s new safety regulations, which were drafted in response to last summer’s deadly stage collapse at the Indianapolis State Fair.
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NEW YORK – Pete’s Big TVs was hired for the third year to provide video screens and monitors for NBC TV’s “Celebrity Apprentice Finale.” The live broadcast May 20 took place at a theatre within the American Museum of Natural History. The set resembled Donald Trump’s board room as seen on the series, with a Gtech 20mm flex screen serving as the Manhattan skyline at night as seen through “windows.”
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