Fox American Idol Season Finale Party
Academy Centerstage
Lighting/Video/Staging Co.
Focus Entertainment Design
Venue
Tempe Center for the Arts
Tempe, AZ
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Pyrotek Special Effects at 2010 BET Awards
LOS ANGELES – The 2010 BET Awards, broadcast from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, featured an assortment of visuals from Pyrotek Special Effects including pyrotechnics, cryogenics, propane gas flame effects and low-lying fog for an artist lineup that included Kanye West, Diddy, Usher, TI and others.
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XL Video Supports Three Top Acts at Glastonbury
GLASTONBURY, U.K. – XL Video supplied video packages for the three Pyramid Stage headline acts at Glastonbury 2010 – Gorillaz, Muse and Stevie Wonder. XL director Des Fallon handled the account.
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Summit Steel Stays Busy with Ins and Outs at the O2
LONDON – Summit Steel recently completed one of its busiest phases at The O2 arena in London, where the Kent-based company provides the venue's in-house rigging services.
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SF Opera & Ballet Add Robert Juliat Victor Motorized Followspots
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Opera and Ballet, no stranger to Robert Juliat gear, has become the first U.S. venue equipped with Robert Juliat's motorized Victor followspots with RJNET electronics.
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Mark Knopfler’s “Get Lucky” Tour Gets Video, Too
LONDON – Lighting designer Simon Tutchener has been working with Mark Knopfler since 2002. He completed his first major tour with him in 2005. And he has been dealing the challenges of integrating video with the lighting design since – well, pretty recently, actually.
Read More »Lightronics Names Quantum Sales & Technology New Rep Firm in Southwest U.S.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Lightronics named Quantum Sales & Technology as their new rep firm for Arizona, Southern California, Hawaii and Southern Nevada. Quantum ST targets the needs of those in the professional theatre, worship and education markets with professional lighting, entertainment controls, audio and multimedia products.
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“The Railway Children” Staged in Abandoned Terminal
LONDON – White Light supplied lighting for the production of The Railway Children staged at London's abandoned Eurostar terminal in Waterloo. Adapted from the 1970 film and Edith Nesbit's original 1906 novel, the production featured a restored steam locomotive.
Read More »AV Concepts Moves to Larger San Diego Office
SAN DIEGO – AV Concepts recently moved its San Diego operation to a new 14,000-square-foot facility – about double the size of its previous San Diego location. With room devoted to office and warehouse space, the new facility will also house a Musion Eyeliner theater.
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Auerbach Pollock Friedlander Plays Key Role in $82 Million Paramount Center at Emerson College
BOSTON – The Paramount Theatre started out in 1932 as a 1,500-seat movie palace, but fell into disuse in the 1970s. This year, it resurfaced as part of the bigger Paramount Center complex, a multi-year undertaking with a budget of $82 million.
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