ORLANDO — ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.) announced its entry into a new product market: rigging, with a new line of motorized hoists and hoist-control systems for theatrical and architectural use. The product line is called ETC Rigging.
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LONDON — Summit Steel supplied rigging to the latest UK and European section of Pink’s Funhouse world tour, and also coordinated and supplied all rigging and automation requirements for Elton John’s latest Red Piano U.K. and European tour.
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SPRINGFIELD, OH — R&M Materials Handling, Inc. added the HoistMonitor to the option list of its RX and QX Quick Delivery offering beginning Dec. 1, 2009.
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KUWAIT — Procon Event Engineering, with supplied equipment and crew for the Olympic Council of Asia’s (OCA) new headquarters in Kuwait, used W-DMX to help light the complex, which includes one building measuring 200 meters in length, with two different levels at 15 meters and 20 meters, and two towers at 100 meters height.
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HONG KONG — Barco rental partner AV Promotions Limited Corporation (AVP) provided 264 ILite 6BK LED tiles, arrayed in a 22-by-12 tile format as the visual backdrop for the Miss Asia Pageant 2009. The crew also used Barco’s Encore system for the video processing and presentation.
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MADRID —The current world tour for The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus has visited 25 U.S. states and has been seen by over 1.2 million people since it started in West Palm Beach, Fla. in December 2007.
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LONDON — Adlib lighting supported Michael Bolton’s production and technical team led by PM Tim Durfey on the recent U.K. tour, supplying lighting equipment and crew. “They’re our first choice of lighting supplier,” said Durfey.
Read More »TORONTO — CAST Software is offering wysiwyg Perform Special Student Edition for $499, plus taxes and shipping. Perform SSE’s regular price is $4,999. Upon graduation, CAST will also credit the $499 toward the purchase of the full professional version of wysiwyg Design or Perform.
Read More »KANSAS CITY, MO — USITT has announced plans for Broadway-themed seminars prior to the start of the association’s Annual Conference & Stage Expo. The conference already has four days of workshops set for March 31-April 3. The Broadway seminars, a joint project with USITT fellow Sonny Sonnenfeld, are slated for March 29 and 30.
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Strong Entertainment Lighting’s new Canto 2000 FF followspot, from the Italian manufacturer LDR (Luci della Ribalta), makes its LDI debut this year.
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BOSTON — For the grand opening of the W Boston hotel, Light Insight Design Studio and High Output, Inc. collaborated on a temporary lighting design using Chauvet ColorDash Quad LED light fixtures in each of the corner rooms in the 28-story building.
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NEW YORK — Jason Lyons, LD for the Broadway musical Rock of Ages, is using a Martin MAC rig for the rock anthem-infused love story at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
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