CATALINA ISLAND, CA – The Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival at the Casino in Avalon Harbor offers island visitors three weeks of smooth jazz, but for lighting designer/installer Ryan Steidinger of Huntington Beach, CA-based Pacific Coast Entertainment, the age of the venue – first built in 1929 – had the potential of making the gig itself a little rough around the edges.
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COPENHAGEN – David Guetta lighting designer Mikeyray Harkins designed a high impact look for the French DJ's recent show at Tap 1 using Martin Professional's MAC 101 LED wash lights.
Read More »EL PASO, TX – Creative Stage Lighting, in conjunction with the University of Texas at El Paso Department of Theatre and Dance, will present three workshops on Nov. 18 in UTEP's Wise Theatre.
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LIVERPOOL – Adlib is providing a lighting and AV package for the current John Barrowman U.K. tour, with Steve Rayment tour managing the operation and Paul Crockford as tour director. It's Adlib's third tour with Barrowman and a full Adlib crew.
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5 Star Cases' Euro-Crate has a modular design to help transport irregular shaped items safely and securely. The items are placed in the center of the Euro-Crate base section and then ratchet-strapped to the tie-down points. Sections of protective casing can be stacked before the lid is fastened on top.
Read More »The owner of a Midwest sound and lighting systems design and integration company may have come up with a game-changer in the catwalk department. While… Read More »A New Angle for Catwalks
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NASHVILLE – When the Grand Ole Opry House was inundated with floodwaters in May, one of the first calls Opry lighting director Tyler Bryan made, after getting a first-hand look at the devastation while paddling a canoe, was to Chris Barbee, Bandit Lites' national director of sales and installations.
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BOGATA, Colombia – Andres Chamorro Iluminacion recently ordered a CyberHoist system package that includes 10 CyberHoist CH 1000 1 ton, four CyberHoist CH 250 ¼ ton units and two InMotion3D CyberHoist control systems for rental clients in the entertainment and broadcast industries.
Read More »WAARDAMME, Belgium – Tait Technologies, the joint venture between Tait Towers and Frederic Opsomer's System Technologies' team, announced the launch of its rental division, which is headed by Dirk Dhulster.
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LOS ANGELES – Those attending Insomniac's 16th Annual Nocturnal Festival in San Bernardino, Calif. exchanged a good night's sleep for a full night of music with lighting on six stages controlled with grandMA consoles.
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SALALAH, Oman – Over 130 Clay Paky fixtures were recently featured during the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Salalah Khareef Festival in Oman. Held every summer during the Khareef (monsoon) season, the Salalah Khareef Festival is a widely-attended event in this tropical region, which is about 640 miles from Oman's capital, Muscat.
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CHICAGO – After the production team at United Center decided it was time to upgrade, Upstaging equipped the venue with 16 Martin MAC III Profile spot luminaires. The arena, home to the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team and Chicago Bulls basketball team, hosts some 200 sports and entertainment events each year.
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