MIAMI — The 11th edition of Miami’s Ultra Music Festival, staged on the waterfront at Bicentennial Park, attracted 70,000 revelers to hear Tiësto, Black Eyed Peas, The Prodigy, Paul Van Dyk, Bloc Party and other acts.
Read More »WINNIPEG, MB, Canada — ETCP announced that all three exams are now available for computer-based testing at a new testing center at Robertson College, 265 Notre Dame Avenue in Winnipeg.
Read More »ORLANDO — Elation Professional said that it is now accepting entries for its fourth annual Elation Education Experience (E3) contest. The contest offers young lighting professionals and House of Worship volunteers a chance to win a trip to the LDI Show, Nov. 19-22, 2009 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.
Read More »SYRACUSE, NY — J. R. Clancy has developed a new braking system for its PowerLift hoist system. “Our engineering department has developed an even faster acting load brake, to catch any failure before it becomes a runaway,” said Mike Murphy, president.
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NEW YORK — The first-ever YouTube Symphony Orchestra, with 96 musicians from over 30 countries culled from over 3,000 submissions online, met to perform in Carnegie Hall after two and a half days of intense rehearsals. The live performance was conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
Read More »NEW YORK— The Outer Critics Circle, the official organization of writers on the New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, gave top honors this year for lighting and set design to Rick Fisher, LD for Billy Elliot the Musical and Tim Hatley, set designer for Shrek the Musical.
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DETROIT — The NCAA’s Final Four Weekend got an eight-faceted form of video support this year with GoVision assisting with LED screens above the basketball court. The Keller, Texas-based company also rolled its GoBigger unit to support related events outside the arena.
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RALEIGH-DURHAM, NC — A new advertising display from Clear Channel Interspace Airport is greeting travelers passing through Raleigh-Durham International Airport with imagery provided by a pair of Electrosonic ImageStar HD video processors.
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LOUISVILLE, KY — Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD) lit one of the highlights at the 38th annual Mid-America Trucking Show with the reveal for Navistar’s new International LoneStar Harley-Davidson Special Edition Semi.
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ATLANTA — On a clear night, the Sovereign Tower in north Atlanta is visible from up to 30 miles away. CD+M Lighting Design Group chose six Falcon Static Arc 3k Xenon fixtures made by Alpha One for the architectural installation.
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CLEVELAND — The honorees at the 24th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony have lit up crowds who have, in turn, showed their appreciation by lighting up everything over the decades from butane lighters to cell phones.
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HOUSTON — Christie Lites supplied four grandMA consoles, four grandMA Lites and a 12-person crew for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)’s WrestleMania XXV, telecast on pay-per-view from Reliant Stadium in Houston.
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