BERLIN, NJ — Craig Dains, 26, an account executive at The Healy Group, a representative of American DJ, Elation Professional, Acclaim Lighting and other brands, died Nov. 13 from complications of heart disease. Remembered for his “energy, enthusiasm and wonderful personality,” American DJ noted that Dains “will be missed by all of us who knew him.”
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LONDON – London -based Blackout rigged and draped a curvacious set for the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards held Nov. 6 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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PARIS, France – Belgian LD Francis Mannaert is currently using Philips Vari-Lite VL3000 Spot and Wash Luminaires to set the scene for the National Opera of Ukraine’s touring ballet, set to the music of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. The production is playing across France.
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AUSTIN, TX – Fashion designer for Lady Gaga displayed his products during NYC’s Fashion Week in a temporary store resembling a “mirrored cave.” Focus Lighting chose the High End Systems intellaspots, which reflected brightly inside the space, and controlled them with a Road Hog Full Boar.
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MANNHEIM, Germany – Coolux Pandoras Box products were called in to help the city celebrate the 125th anniversary of Karl Benz’s modern automobile. (He received the first patent in 1886 for a gas-fueled car.) The “Autosymphonic” event combined live music, an orchestra, 80 cars used as instruments on stage, water fountains and architectural projections onto a local landmark.
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