LAS VEGAS — If you haven’t yet reserved your spot at the 2009 Parnelli Awards gala, now is the time. The Nov. 20 Awards Dinner (8 p.m.) follows the Neil Diamond Crew Reunion Party at 7 p.m. Both will be held at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando, Fla. For tickets to the gala, go to www.parnelliawards.com/reservations.
Read More »SANTA CLARA, CA — Element Labs recently completed a round of financing led by Expansion Capital, which announced plans to build on its existing Cobra V8 and C11 product offerings with additional products using the Cobra platform.
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LONDON — Entec Sound & Light recently purchased and used the new Martin MAC 250 Beam on a House of Worship event at Wembley Arena, the “Word at Work Conference” hosted by Christ Embassy. The religious service was held five times at Wembley Arena over three days.
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BERKELEY, CA — American Idiot, the rock album by Green Day, is now a rock opera performed at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. LD Kevin Adams is using an ETC Eos lighting control system for the production.
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TMB is launching the first products in the ProMolded Assembly range. 19-pin (six-circuit) stage lighting cables, break-ins and break-outs are now available with TMB’s ruggedized ProCable and premium ProSeries connectors. In-house retrofit services for conventional non-molded 19-pin cables are also available.
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DURHAM, U.K. — HSL supplied over 100 Robe moving lights, including ColorWash 1200E ATs and ColorWash 2500E ATs, for a holiday TV special and DVD shoot staged by Sting in Durham Cathedral. The LD for the show was Manfred “Ollie” Olma.
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JOHANNESBURG — In2Structures (part of the Gearhouse South Africa Group) launched two new Dome structures at the GHSA head office in Bezuidenhout Valley.
Read More »FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Harkness Screens is celebrating its 80th year in business, growing from humble beginnings in 1929 to a company employing 100 people in five countries today.
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SYDNEY — For the 15th Annual Deadlys Awards at Sydney Opera House, Coastal Lighting’s rig included four of PR Lighting’s XL590 LED moving head washlights into the stage floor, as specified by LD, Aldo Fabrizio.
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WASHINGTON, DC — Wybron’s Mobile Showroom set out on its second leg of dates, which began Nov. 2, in the Washington, DC, Baltimore and New Jersey areas.
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LOS ANGELES — Shockwave Cargo named Doug Masterson managing partner. Masterson has over 18 years of project logistics experience including his role at Rock-It Cargo as former president and COO.
Read More »The Kenny Chesney tour is unique due to its relaxed organization and atmosphere. Techs rode around the stadium stage on roller blades, the “bar &… Read More »Managing the Crew with a Carrot, Not a Stick
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