The results are in for the 2023 ESTA Board of Directors election. Incumbent Todd Spencer of Ventana Capital Investments will return as President, and incumbent Joe Aldridge will return as Individual Director. Hannah R. D’Amico of IATSE has been elected as the new Organizational Director. She will succeed Alan M. Rowe, who reached his term limit.Read More »ESTA Announces the 2023 Board of Directors Election Results
Sometimes “less is more,” but at other times more can also be less. That’s the thinking behind the new Ovation CYC 3 FC from CHAUVET Professional, which allows more space to be covered with fewer fixture thanks to its greater length. A fully featured cyc light, the Ovation CYC 3 FC measures 47.13 x 6.30 x 4.33 inches (1197 x 160 x 110 mm), making it longer than the popular Ovation CYC 1 FC. Because of this size difference, the new fixture allows the same space to be lit with fewer units. Read More »New Ovation CYC 3 FC From CHAUVET Professional Offers More Coverage With Fewer Fixtures
Upon completing a string of European performances in July, global pop star Faouzia began preparations for a fall North American tour that saw the Moroccan Canadian singer playing dates across the U.S. and Canada. Jon Stanners of entertainment production company Red Rover Entertainment of Winnipeg designed lighting for the outing and specified an Elation rig of Fuze SFX™ moving heads, SixBar 500™ linear bars, and SixPar 200™ 6-color PAR lights.Read More »Red Rover Entertainment Delivers All-Round, Adaptable Elation Rig for Faouzia Tour
Founded by President and CEO David Siegel in 1982, Westgate Resorts provides a diverse range of vacation and resort experiences across the company’s resorts in Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Missouri, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. From sandy beaches on the Atlantic Ocean to snow-covered Utah mountains, Westgate Resorts enables guests to experience the country’s most desirable vacation destinations. With an organization of this size, it is critical for the company to monitor its business and the company recently deployed a MAXHUB Raptor Series LM120A07 120-inch diagonal integrated LED Wall to help keep tabs on information flow.Read More »MAXHUB’s Raptor Integrated LED Wall Keeps the Information Flowing for Westgate Resorts
The readers of PLSN have spoken and we are pleased to announce the Regional Winners of the PLSN Hometown Heroes who are now the finalists for the Parnelli Hometown Hero – Lighting Company of the Year Award. PLSN readers voted for their choice of the six top regional lighting companies in North America—one for each of five U.S. regions, and a sixth for all of Canada. This narrowed the field from 36 to six regional winners, who will appear on the Parnelli Awards ballot. The ballot goes live Jan. 16, 2023 for the 21st Parnelli Awards voting. The winner will receive the Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero – Lighting Company of the Year at the Parnelli Awards ceremony on April 14th in Anaheim, CA.Read More »Regional Winners Announced for PLSN Hometown Hero
4Wall Entertainment has released Episode 6 of Light Humor, their animated series. The episode, The Load-In is dedicated by 4Wall to the memory of Richard “Nook” Schoenfeld.
Click on the image below to watch Light Humor: The Load-In.Read More »Light Humor Episode 6: ‘The Load-In’ Now Available for Streaming
As Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas steamed out of port December 7 for the Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise, Nesta Garrick, Abbas Ritscher, and the entire team at The Design Oasis were grateful that they would be able to do something, they’d never done before: leave all their fixtures unbagged overnight. “This was the first time we didn’t have to worry about putting bags over our fixtures at the end of a long day,” said Ritscher, who oversaw the installation of the lighting rig on the ship. “That’s a tremendous time saver.”Read More »The Design Oasis Sails Smoothly at Jamrock Reggae Cruise with CHAUVET Professional IP65 Fixtures
Nashville-based singer-songwriter Walker Hayes recently embarked on his first headline arena tour, with the help of The Darkroom Creative (Seth Jackson and Nathan Alves), who were responsible for the stage lighting. Helping them build their set was a bunch of classic but timeless ‘impression’ LED fixtures from GLP – notably around 60 of the compact X4 S LED washlights and X4 Bar 20 battens, agile workhorses which helped make the production budget stretch. The inventory was provided, as is so often the case on Darkroom’s projects, by Bandit Lites.Read More »The Darkroom Creative Draws on GLP Classics for Walker Hayes’ Arena Tour
Premstaetten, Austria (December 20 2022) – ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Claypaky entertainment lighting business to Germany based ARRI AG. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.Read More »ams OSRAM Signs Agreement to Sell its Entertainment Lighting Business Claypaky to ARRI AG
“No winter lasts forever,” so goes a familiar adage intended to encourage optimism during dark times. The happy crowds that begin gathering at La Folie Douce Val d’Isère every December take a somewhat different view of winter. For them, the season cannot last long enough! Anyone who has ever visited this après ski get-away at the top of Daille cable car line can easily understand why they feel this way. Situated in the French Alps near the Italian border, this celebrated hot spot combines breathtaking views with world-class cuisine and lively entertainment.Read More »L&Db Professionnel Lumiere Reflects Style of La Folie Douce Val d’Isère with CHAUVET Professional
In terms of human evolution, Herbert Spencer coined the term “survival of the fittest” in his Principles of Biology in 1864. In our ever-changing industry, we also see dramatic changes. In my lifetime, I have watched the transition from tungsten to arc to LED, and now we are seeing lasers start to flood the market. The same tools that I used even 20 years ago have become obsolete. They have been replaced with newer, more effective, and far more complex gadgets. But for us, it seems, a far more accurate description is “survival of the adaptable.”
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Christmas time in New York City is magical and among the many things to experience, the Winter Village at Bryant Park is a must. Located at the famed NYC library, Bryant Park is a unique holiday tradition. For the last six years, PRG has provided lighting and audio for the ice rink supporting Lighting Designer Diana Kesselschmidt who designed the lighting to capture the magical, special, and sometimes romantic aspects of the park.
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