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Showlight 2023 – Call for Papers

With less than 18 months to go until the next IN PERSON gathering, Showlight is putting out a Call for Papers. Now is your chance to share your exciting lighting or terrific technology by presenting a paper at this unique and much-loved quadrennial networking event. Showlight 2023 will take place May 20-23, 2023, at the Théâtre Municipal, Fontainebleau, France.Read More »Showlight 2023 – Call for Papers

Legacy, Elation, and Obsidian Team up for Nature Illuminated at Minnesota Zoo

This past holiday season, Legacy Production Group of Minneapolis, MN worked with Street Factory Media to present Nature Illuminated at the Minnesota Zoo, a magical driving or walking experience that featured brilliant displays of larger-than-life inflatable animals. Their second year working on the project, Legacy used a lighting package of Elation IP-rated luminaires to compose picturesque environments and controlled the lighting scenes using a large Obsidian lighting control network.Read More »Legacy, Elation, and Obsidian Team up for Nature Illuminated at Minnesota Zoo

Woodlite Sweden Invests in 200 Claypaky Xtylos and 42 Xtylos Aqua

Woodlite Sweden AB, a lighting and stage equipment rental company with offices in Karlstad and Stockholm, was one of the first companies to invest in the Claypaky Xtylos. Last year, they took delivery of 200 Claypaky Xtylos fixtures, the Claypaky moving head luminaire with a laser light source. Woodlite’s rental stock, which includes numerous other Claypaky fixtures, supports customers in putting on unique and great shows with the best results for their clients. The compact Xtylos beam light with its custom RGB laser source, which lasts for 20,000 hours, is the engine of an incredible array of colors.Read More »Woodlite Sweden Invests in 200 Claypaky Xtylos and 42 Xtylos Aqua

Robe Scores at Belgian Golden Shoe Awards

The high-profile Belgian Golden Shoe Awards – produced by DPG Media and Het Laatste Nieuws – is a coveted prize given to the Belgian First Division A’s best male and female football players based on performance over the preceding year. Broadcast live on the national television channel VTM, this year for the first time, the lighting design was handled by Thomas Boets of LDP.Read More »Robe Scores at Belgian Golden Shoe Awards

In Memoriam: MI Industry Icon, Juan ‘JC’ Faxas, Passes at 59

Juan “JC” Faxas, formerly with the ADJ Group of Companies and a prominent figure within the MI industry community, died Feb. 12 at age 59. Born in Cuba, Faxas’ family brought him to the U.S. at age six. His lifelong love of music shaped his career, first working as a DJ during high school in the 1970s before joining Guitar Center and then, later in his career, ADJ.

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LD Johanna Town Tells Beauty and the Beast Panto Story in Color with Chauvet Professional

The joys of lighting panto are many. High on that list is the opportunity it affords a designer to unfurl a rainbow of colors and transform the stage into a playland that delights actors and audiences alike. Johanna Town, award-winning designer, and Chair for The Association for Lighting Production and Design (ALPD), will readily attest to that. “Panto is all about being bold with color,” she observed. “It also has some big traditions of happy good fairy and wicked bad fairy; so, it’s a lot of fun to reflect this in color by doing things like making dramatic transitions, such as going from golden rich pinks, to menacing magentas and greens.”Read More »LD Johanna Town Tells Beauty and the Beast Panto Story in Color with Chauvet Professional

From Pre-Game to Halftime, PRG Brought Super Bowl Solutions

The Pepsi Halftime Show has always been associated with PRG technical and logistical expertise, and this year was no exception. Back for its 22nd year supporting the Halftime Show, PRG provided solutions including lighting, rigging, networking, cameras, broadcast equipment, and truss, along with its tested proprietary workflows to 2022’s big game coverage.Read More »From Pre-Game to Halftime, PRG Brought Super Bowl Solutions

Gable Larramore Creates Outsized Looks for Drivin N Cryin with Chauvet Professional

Southern rock stalwarts Drivin N Cryin performed a big-looking show on the compact stage at Ghost Train Brewing Company in Birmingham, AL with expansive visuals from Gable Larramore. The LD used a ChamSys MagicQ MQ80 to drive the lighting rig supplied by Kauffman Sound that included Rogue R1 FX-B, Maverick MK1 Spot, and COLORado 1 Quad Zoom fixtures from Chauvet Professional.

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