San Francisco rock band Train is currently headlining its AM Gold Tour with support acts Jewel and Blues Traveler. PLSN catches up with Lighting Designer/Director Joel Wojcik, who is marking his fifth tour with the band. He has done some smaller scale design tours with them, but this is the first tour he has been given total control of all the elements.
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Third Eye Blind is celebrating a quarter-century on their “Summer Gods: 25 Years in the Blind” tour, crisscrossing the U.S. with Taking Back Sunday and opener Hockey Dad. Chris Denholm, production and lighting designer for the tour worked into the set tall rectangular pods and risers, all outfitted with 300 straight birch limbs, 200 forked alder limbs, and 150 multi-branched birch twigs.
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Float Fest in Gonzales, TX, on the Guadalupe River, combined tubing and live music with musical artists including Marshmello, Vampire Weekend, Cage the Elephant, Deadmau5, Chance the Rapper, Chvrches, among others. Deep South Productions (DSP) was onsite this year supporting Float Fest with lighting, video, audio, backline, and crews. They beat the heat and the dusty desert-like conditions to deliver a successful event.
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Amanda Facemire, a standout media server programmer for live events, including virtual productions, has put in the hours and taught herself the technology to excel in her field. Having caught the attention of many in the industry, Facemire is this month’s nominee for the NextGen of the Year Parnelli honor, which will be announced at the 21st Parnelli Awards ceremony in April 2023.
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The loss this summer of one of the live event industry’s greatest innovators, Eric Pearce, owner of SGPS/ShowRig, was a sudden shock to all of us. A 2013 Parnelli Visionary Honoree, Pearce was not only on the forefront of tour-worthy innovations but was a mentor to many in our industry. PLSN shares a few of their remembrances.
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Lighting for House of Worship venues comes with a unique set of criteria that require a considered design approach and product choices. PLSN speaks with Lighting Designer Alexander Lehman, currently working at Connection Pointe Christian Church about his years of experience in the HOW market segment. We also look at six House of Worship installations and check out their lighting choices.
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Today’s moving light market has democratized greatly, with lots of companies making quality gear and offering a wider array of choices to consumers looking for reasonably priced workhorse fixtures. Craig Rutherford looks at one such light, putting the ADJ Hydro Profile, a powerful LED-based hard-edged fixture with a framing shutter system, through its paces.
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‘Peaky Blinders: The Rise’ is an immersive experience that transports audience into the world of Tommy Shelby and his family at the new Camden Garrison venue in London’s Camden Market. Tasked with transforming the raw space into various locations including a betting parlor, pub, and office was Production Designer Rebecca Brower and Lighting Designer Terry Cook. They share with Stage Directions how they did it.
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USITT recently announced that Niya John and Kim Parson have been selected as the 2022 recipients of the Collier Robert Woods, Jr. Scholarship. Also, the Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) has announced its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management.
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This month PLSN looks at Data Distribution Products. With ubiquitous usage of LED lighting products as well as the wide usage of automated lighting, networking infrastructure continues to be as important as ever. Data distribution products are at the core of these lighting networks.
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PLSN speaks with DVS Group President and Founder Zach Delzotti. The DVS Group serves a wide range of live entertainment and commercial market segments throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe with both their LED video and lighting solutions from DVS and VOLUX Lighting.
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Access Event Solutions, celebrating their 20th anniversary, is known for their design and manufacturing of backstage passes, conference badges, sports media credentials, and more. Working from a state-of-the-art 8,000-sq. ft. facility, Seth and Alma Sheck run the company that boasts a client base that includes Justin Bieber, Jay-Z, “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” and the New England Patriots.
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