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PLSN 2020 Virtual Show Report

LAS VEGAS – In a normal year, PLSN’s May Issue would be packed with news about all the tantalizing products, services and technologies featured at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt and USITT in the U.S. This year those shows were canceled, of course, but product innovation and R&D marches on, so Nook Schoenfeld reached out to manufacturers to find out what they would have been featuring at those shows.

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High School in Indianapolis Moves Toward All-LED Rig with Altman Siren Series Followspots

INDIANAPOLIS – Shaun McIlquham, theater manager for the 1,450-seat auditorium at North Central High School in Indianapolis, included Siren Series LED followspots from Altman Lighting as part of an upgrade that is moving the venue closer toward an all-LED lighting rig. McIlquham became acquainted with the fixtures at USITT 2019 in Louisville, KY.

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ADJ House Party Contest Offers Prizes for Creative Lighting at Home

LOS ANGELES – As “stay home, stay safe” remains the mantra for much of the world during the coronavirus pandemic, ADJ is hoping to do its part to inject a little fun into social distancing. Through its new ADJ House Party Contest, the company is encouraging lighting users to get creative for the opportunity to win ADJ prizes including a pair of Focus Spot 2X moving heads.

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Chicagoland’s Grant Park Music Festival, Ravinia Festival Canceled

CHICAGO – While there’s no official word on Lollapalooza (July 30-Aug. 2) and the Pitchfork festival (July 17-19), Chicago music lovers got the bad news May 4 that the Grant Park Music Festival, which had been set to run from June 20-Aug. 15, will be cancelling for 2020. A week earlier, the Ravinia Festival, which runs from June through September in Highland Park, IL, was canceled in its entirety for 2020.

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