The term “president’s gala” may conjure up images of staid speeches and a formal dance, but nothing could be further from reality at Anderson University’s South Carolina School of the Arts.
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NASHVILLE — Old Dominion’s Happy Endings world tour ran from Feb. 1-24 in North America before heading to the U.K. and Ireland and wrapping up with two dates in Australia in mid-March. The shows featured a lighting design by Travis Shirley that relied upon Elation Chorus Line 16 and Cuepix Blinder WW2 fixtures supplied by Nashville-based Morris.
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CANTON, MA — 4Wall acquired the assets of Advanced Lighting & Production Services (ALPS) and plans to expand further into the New England market with a new location, 4Wall Boston, based in ALPS’ home base in Canton, MA. PLSN recently spoke with Wes Bailey, 4Wall VP of M&A and Product Strategy, about this acquisition as well as the company’s continuing plans for growth.
Read More »As assistant technical director for the largest theatrical venue in his area, John Garner has gotten to know people associated with a wide variety of productions. There is one recent visitor, however, who especially stands out when he talks about his 1,729-seat proscenium theatre’s lighting system.
Read More »PAWTUCKET, RI – The Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame (RIMHOF) announced its 2018 inductees, including three honorees in the Technical/Lighting category: Bob Morrissey Andrew Polin and LeRoy Bennett (pictured here, L-R). Before helming Warwick, RI-based East Coast Lighting and Production Services (ECLPS), Morrissey co-founded Polico Lighting with Polin. Bennett, also from Warwick, joined as a tech before launching his career in lighting and production design as a lighting director on Prince’s Dirty Mind tour in late 1980.
Read More »QolorPoint® Wireless LED Uplighters by City Theatrical were recently used to illuminate The Spheres on Amazon’s campus in Seattle, Washington with a purple lighting display to celebrate 100 days until Seattle hosts the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games.
Read More »This was the message at the Siemens Healthcare GmbH presentation. Four full color, high power laser systems were used to create a 360-degree laser mapping during the world premier of “Biograph Vision“ under full trade show lighting conditions.
Read More »SANTA ANA, CA — The Yost, a sought-after venue for live events, got even more allure from entertainment production company N-Effect Productions with the installation that includes Elation Professional lighting fixtures. First opened in 1913 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the space initially housed vaudeville acts, silent films, and talkies, but has also seen service as a live theatre, house of worship, live performance venue and nightclub.
Read More »KARLSBAD, Germany – GLP noted that proposed changes to EU legislation to impose a minimum efficiency of 85 lumens per watt and a maximum standby power of 0.5W on all light sources, which would go into effect in 2020, should have an exemption for professional lighting technology to ensure that theaters and concert venues will be able to operate, since this would be, in effect, an across-the-board ban on all current tungsten fixtures in use, and even many LED fixtures as well.
Read More »For nearly two decades, ETC’s LDI Student Sponsorship has given students a unique way to gain experience, make connections and launch a career, and to attend the LDI tradeshow with all expenses paid.
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO — Simon Green, a.k.a. Bonobo, a British musician, DJ and producer now based in Los Angeles, is touring in support of his latest album, Migration. For his March 23 show at Midway in San Francisco, Bryce Cherpelis of 12BC Pro used a pair of Maverick MK1 Hybrid fixtures and 440W LED Maverick MK2 Spots to highlight the artist.
Read More »At the end of 2017, the Christian musical act, Newsboys, announced their United tour would kick off in the Spring of 2018, featuring many hits of the band’s three-decade career and would run throughout the coming summer.
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