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CHAUVET Professional Helps Alec Takahashi Connect Thomas Rhett To Crowd

Location, they say, “is everything” in retailing; well, it’s pretty important in live touring too. Just ask Alec Takahashi, the long-time lighting designer for country superstar Thomas Rhett. Lighting the multi-platinum singer/songwriter’s Bring The Bar To You tour, the LD could sense the crowd enter different emotional spaces as his client moved from one location on the set to another. “We had a B stage that Thomas Rhett walked on for a few songs,” said Takahashi. “This allowed us to create stripped down moments for him to get closer to fans. When he did this, the crowd subconsciously relaxed and became a little loose. You could literally feel the crowd relax and engage when he moved to that stage, and then you could feel the energy skyrocket with no walls when he returned to a full band performance on the main stage.”Read More »CHAUVET Professional Helps Alec Takahashi Connect Thomas Rhett To Crowd

Creative Conners: Smart Chain Hoists | Programmable CM Hoists with Stagehand Control

Chain Hoists are the workhorses of entertainment rigging. Pair a Creative Conners’ Smart Hoist with the company’s Stagehand control and Spikemark software to unleash their full potential: 100 fpm, variable speed, and programmable positioning. Here’s a video overview of Smart Chain Hoists from Creative Conners:

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Robe Provides a 100% Solution for 1% Quiz

The first season of the 1% Quiz TV quiz show in the Netherlands was recorded at EMG’s Mediahaven Studio in Amsterdam with a stylish lighting design by Henk-Jan van Beek of design studio Light-H-Art. This featured 110 Robe ESPRITES, 98 LEDBeam 350s, 46 LEDBeam 150s, and 20 T1 Profile moving lights, all delivered by Eventec.Read More »Robe Provides a 100% Solution for 1% Quiz

CHAUVET Professional Helps O T Events Technicians Create a Sense of Newness at Illuminate

Ollie Titterington of O T Events Technicians knows every inch of the path that winds through Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens for ILLUMINATE. That’s not surprising; after three years of working on this winter light celebration at the historic garden (it dates back to 1756), he’s traversed the event’s well-planned route time and time again, visiting the site months in advance to look for optimal lighting positions.Read More »CHAUVET Professional Helps O T Events Technicians Create a Sense of Newness at Illuminate

Laura Lee Everett Named USITT Executive Director

Laura Lee Everett is the new Executive Director of USITT

Carolyn Satter, president of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), today announced that Laura Lee Everett has been named as the Executive Director of the association after an exhaustive nationwide search. Everett is currently the Chief Programs Officer for OPERA America.Read More »Laura Lee Everett Named USITT Executive Director

Dave Koz & Friends Wrap Up Their 25th Anniversary Christmas Tour with Bandit Lites

Dave Koz, the acclaimed chart-topping, GRAMMY®-nominated saxophonist kept the holiday tradition alive with his Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour. Bandit Lites provided the lighting system for the tour’s 25th anniversary, where Rick Braun, Peter White, Keiko Matsui, and Rebecca Jade joined Koz for an evening of holiday music and memories.Read More »Dave Koz & Friends Wrap Up Their 25th Anniversary Christmas Tour with Bandit Lites

4Wall Provides Lighting Gear and Services for the Detroit Lions Introductions for the ‘22-‘23 NFL Season

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff runs onto the field during player introductions. Photo: Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions

4Wall Entertainment, a national provider of entertainment equipment rentals, sales, and services designed and executed the team & player intros and the in-game lighting for the Detroit Lions 2022-2023 NFL season.Read More »4Wall Provides Lighting Gear and Services for the Detroit Lions Introductions for the ‘22-‘23 NFL Season

In Memoriam: John Bilyk, 70

John Bilyk

Robe Lighting, Inc. is deeply saddened to announce that John Bilyk, a well-known and colorful figure in the Canadian and American stage lighting communities, died on the evening of December 11, 2022. He was 70 years old. Bilyk passed away at home peacefully, after a nearly year-long battle with brain cancer, and he is survived by his wife, Tracey.Read More »In Memoriam: John Bilyk, 70

Inner Circle Distribution Named Industry Veteran Filippo Frigeri Director of Sales

Filippo Frigeri joins Inner Circle Distribution (ICD) as Director of Sales

Inner Circle Distribution (ICD), the award-winning distributor of world-class technologies, is excited to announce that industry veteran Filippo Frigeri is joining the team as Director of Sales. With nearly 20 years of experience working with leading lighting manufacturers such as Claypaky, SGM, DTS, and Coemar, Frigeri brings a wealth of knowledge and success to ICD.Read More »Inner Circle Distribution Named Industry Veteran Filippo Frigeri Director of Sales