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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — They’re mixing more than drinks these days at 32 Degrees, a European-style bottle-service lounge in The Quarter shopping-entertainment complex at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino. Since undergoing a renovation in Summer 2007, the popular club can mix and change the colors of its lighting at the touch of a button to modify its atmosphere with new color-mixing LEDs from Elation Professional.

Interactive Technologies Inc., manufacturer of entertainment and architectural lighting controls, has released four new CueServer models to its web-based lighting control processor family.

AARHUS, DENMARK — Martin Professional A/S has announced the appointment of Mats Karlsson as Technology Manager for the company’s Visual Solutions business unit. Mats has more than 25 years of industry experience in lighting — more recently in video — and joins Martin from Barco, where he served as product manager for the company’s line of creative LED products. 

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Over 100 Robe moving lights were in action at the 2007 Melbourne Parklife event — one of Australia’s highest profile and most popular dance parties, produced by Future Entertainment. Andy Mutton designed the lighting, which supplied by Clifton Productions.

LOS ANGELES — PixelArt will be making its television debut on The Championship Gaming Series, a competitive computer game battle that will result in the UK champion challenging the reigning U.S. champion. Lighting Designer Will Charles specified the PixelArt chandelier after seeing the structure at PLASA. He explains: “The chandelier was the perfect centerpiece to the set. The PixelArts look great on camera and I will definitely be incorporating them into my future designs.”

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Some may call 2007 the comeback year for a number of bands. This year alone, Pyrotek Special Effects and sister company Laser Design Productions have worked with the likes of Motley Crue, Meatloaf and Spice Girls to name a few. More recently, the tour that some anticipated would never occur has flourished. Just as fans were ready to forget, Van Halen has returned.

LONDON — Projection specialists ETC UK supplied Christie video projection and an OnlyView multi-screen control system onto a 24-meter curved screen for the BT Digital Music Awards, a Ballistic Events project staged at London’s Roundhouse.The event honored the best in the fast-moving world of music-related digital innovation and communications.

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Pulsar Light of Cambridge has announced the agreement with Group One of Farmingdale, New York, as Pulsar's exclusive distributor for the United States of America. 

FRANKFURT, GERMANY — As the 62nd International Car Show (IAA) recently opened its doors in Frankfurt, a nine-month preparation and a two month setup ended for the planners of the DaimlerChrysler AG booth. The company furnished Frankfurt’s festival hall with LED technology as well as more than 500 moving lights and scores of PARs that illuminated 68 cars. Besides the Mercedes-Benz booth, there were also the booths of Smart and Maybach.  

NEW YORK — Production company Creative Stage Lighting used Jands Vista T2 and S3 consoles to provide show control for Trans World Entertainment Corporation’s recent annual sales meeting in New York. The live event was produced by LubieRocks Inc. and production managed by David Elliott. Lighting design was by John Broderick and George Studnicky IV, with programming by Nick Wisdom. Creative Stage Lighting provided all lighting and rigging equipment for the event.