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Journey Tours with Vari-Lite Gear from Epic Production Technologies

Journey

Journey Tours with Vari-Lite Gear from Epic Production Technologies

DALLAS – When LD Kevin “Deuce” Christopher and the production team set out to complete the design for Journey’s 2011 tour, he knew that video would be a key component. As the lights would be placed side-by-side to the video, brightness was essential, but he also needed a variety of characteristics to complement the variety of songs.  Christopher chose 44 VL3500 Wash and 28 VL3000 Spot luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite, supplied by Epic Production Technologies.

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Full Compass

Full Compass Gives Tour to Aspiring College Students

MADISON, WI – Full Compass, a provider of professional audio, video, lighting, A/V and musical instrument sales, recently hosted a tour of their facility for aspiring college students. CEO/Owner Jonathan Lipp spoke about the challenges of the industry and offered advice for the students’ future endeavors.

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Moby Dick

ETC EOS Proves Itself a Whale of a Console

MASCOT, Australia – An ETC EOS console is controlling a production of Moby Dick for The State Opera of South Australia. The show is the same show theatrical LD Don Holder originally designed for the Dallas Opera. Holder, unable to make the trip to Australia to oversee the replication, called on associate Gavan Swift to oversee the process. Jands provided an EOS 4000 console, which Swift found easy to work with.

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Russell Howard

ADLIB Finishes Year of Comic Proportions with Russell Howard Tour

LIVERPOOL, UK – ADLIB finished out the year supplying lighting, sound equipment and crew to the final leg of comedian Russell Howard’s “Right Here Right Now” UK arena tour. ADLIB’s LD Ian Tomlinson designed the tour’s lighting. With just Howard and a single chair onstage, the challenge was on to make it an intimate and friendly environment for the delivery of a comedy show in a series of larger venues.

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White's Chapel UMC

Jands Vista Gets Festive at White’s Chapel UMC

DALLAS – Three Jands Vista T2 consoles are controlling lighting and media at White’s Chapel United Methodist Church (UMC) in Dallas, Texas. Church Creative Director Tim Georgeff had his wish of a festive facade carried out with the help of Alford Media’s Steve Alford and local graphic designer David Koss with the show, “Celebrate The Light.” Projected onto the front of the church, the light display drew crowds six times per night leading up to Christmas.

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Don Childs, 1943-2011

In Memoriam: Don Childs, 1943-2011

STILLWATER, OK — Donald J. Childs, 68, a well-known lighting designer, scenic designer and educator, died Dec. 18 from complications following surgery. In a career spanning five decades, Childs designed over 200 plays, musicals, dance concerts and exhibitions for both academic and professional theatres.

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British Military Tournament

HSL Supplies Lighting for British Military Tournament

LONDON – HSL supplied the lighting equipment to the 2011 British Military Tournament at Earls Court in London. LD Steve Sinclair’s design required a big rig to showcase a presentation from a cast of 700 troops, armed forces bands and 100 horses. The horses presented a special challenge: lighting had to be angled and positioned so as not to spook them with shadows or other effects.

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AEGON Masters Tennis event at Royal Albert Hall

Cover It Up Reports on its Busiest Year

LONDON – Cover It Up are finishing one of their busiest years to date. Their diversity of projects for drapes, soft goods and dressing for events ranged from the AEGON Masters Tennis tournament at the Royal Albert Hall to the Red Bull F1 Racing End of Season Party at Silverstone’s The Wing.

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ILT

Raves for Robe at Techno Event

GHENT, Belgium – The 2011 I Love Techno (ILT) event needed lighting that could stand up to the non-stop, fast-paced 12-hour techno dance rave for 35,000 attendees. Event LD, video and production designer Thomas Boets of LD Productions specified more than 100 Robe ROBIN 600E spot and LEDWash moving lights to illuminate the Blue Room, one of five arenas. The ILT took place at the Flanders Expo in Ghent, Belgium.

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