LAS VEGAS — Le Rêve, the aquatic spectacle running at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, has a one million-gallon “stage,” featuring diving, acrobatics, and dance — all in a milieu of lighting and special effects. Franco Dragone, who also played a key role in Mystere, La Nouba and the stage show for Céline Dion, created the production.
Read More »WASHINGTON, DC — Jim Tetlow and Nautilus Entertainment Design have been selected as lighting designers for the 2009 inaugural balls and candlelight dinners at the Presidential Inauguration this week. The project includes 13 events in 10 different locations around Washington, D.C.
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LOS ANGELES — Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD) partnered with Martin Brinkerhoff Associates (MBA) to light Hyundai’s Green initiatives for the automotive press at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The manufacturers’ complete product line was then shown to the public.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX — LightParts Inc. marked five years since its incorporation. Don Pugh and Robert Mokry founded the company in Jan. 2004 as a service center for High End Systems’ legacy products, such as Intellabeam, Emulator, Dataflash, Laser Chorus and others.
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NEW YORK — LD Lee Rose of Design Partners Inc. used Robe’s ColorSpot 1200E ATs and REDWash 3-192 LED wash lights for portions of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve aired on ABC. Dick Clark has hosted the show since 1973. Since 2005, Ryan Seacrest has hosted the outdoor show in Times Square with Clark based in a studio.
Read More »NEW YORK — Strand Lighting has opened a new office in Manhattan to serve the New York market. The company also named Phil Folene, previously the inside sales rep for Strand’s New York representative, to direct customer support in the city. Folene joins Pete Borchetta, northeast regional manager, and Bobby Harrell, lighting designer and controls specialist, in the new office.
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NEW YORK — Since 1967, the Paul Winter Consort has embraced musical styles and instruments from African, Asian, and South American cultures and fusing those rhythms with American jazz. Sapsis Rigging’s support of the group’s Winter Solstice performance at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine included hoisting one of its riggers about 70 feet high. The rigger, Scott “Gong Guy” Sloan, also happens to be a musician, and he performed with the group by playing a suspended 8-foot-diameter tam.
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PIPERSVILLE, PA — SurgeX has merged its North American operations with Electronic Systems Protection, Inc. (ESP). SurgeX management will join the ESP team and all product manufacturing will be consolidated into ESP’s facility in Zebulon, N.C. Michael McCook, SurgeX senior principal, pictured here at left, and Steve Cole, ESP president, right, made the announcement.
Read More »NEW YORK — Television lighting designer Bruce Ferri opened his own design firm, Ferri Lighting Design & Associates (FLDA), which will focus on multi-camera television productions. Ferri, who was part of New York City Lites for the last 24 years, has worked on projects telecast by ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX and many of the cable networks.
Read More »HICKSVILLE, NY — Roger Bigger, 65, an employee at Lite-Trol Service Company for 14 years, died Nov. 18, 2008. Bigger, who had previously worked with defense contractors and their power supplies, assumed the lead role in Lite-Trol’s shop operations after joining the company in 1994, overseeing, managing and performing shop repairs and rehabs.
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WASHINGTON, DC — Truck-mounted video screens are ready to join what may turn out to be a crowd of more than a million people on the Capitol Steps and National Mall when Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th U.S. president. The high-res mobile screens, the largest of which is 19 feet by 33 feet in size, are manufactured by Daktronics Inc. and provided by GoVision LP.
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Martin Professional’s Maxedia Broadcast media composer and playback device has been optimized for playback of HD content with quad core processors, 1080p playback support and two dedicated engine outputs. Nearly a terabyte of drive space in a RAID array is available to support large shows. Two graphics cards provide a dedicated user interface plus two engine outputs. The Maxedia Broadcast also offers a touchscreen-optimized user interface, a library of media content and 16 screen view options. Maxedia can drive display devices ranging from plasma screens to projectors and LED displays. The product is sold as a complete system, and every Maxedia is tested to ensure high standards.
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