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MENTOR, OH — Magic Gives Back, an organization that stages pro-bono magic shows at schools across the U.S. to raise money for education projects, was founded by celebrity magician and illusionist Rick Smith Jr. For a fundraising show on Jan. 27 at the 1,500-seat Mentor Schools Fine Arts Center outside Cleveland, Brent Smith and his team at B Productions used four Rogue R1 Spot and four Rogue R1 Wash fixtures along with two Ovation E-190WW ellipsoidal units and other products from Chauvet Professional and Chauvet DJ.

PLANO, TX — Prestonwood Baptist Church’s annual holiday spectacle, The Gift of Christmas, is known for cutting-edge technical innovation, and the most recent extravaganza did not disappoint. The show, staged in Dec. 2018, got a design assist from collaborators UVLD, who made use of Claypaky Scenius Profiles, Mythos2 fixtures, Follow-Me software and grandMA2 consoles for the 90-minute multimedia production. The products were all sourced via ACT Lighting.

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — J&S Audio Visual took delivery of 12 new Elation Professional Proteus Hybrid fixtures in December and immediately put the IP65-rated moving heads to work on an outdoor show. As it turned out, the gig — a private concert staged in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Dec. 14 — was hit by a torrential downpour. LD Edgar Negron noted that the rain fell before, during and after the event. If a lesser fixture might have been doused, Negron was able to use them for ambience lighting and effects onto a Magic Sky umbrella for the event, which featured a performance by Ne-Yo.

ARRI Media and TRIXTER have agreed on a strategic and operational collaboration in the fields of VFX and animation. In the future and across locations, both postproduction companies will be offering all their visual effects and animation services together.

The New World Rigging Symposium takes place March 13-14 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in conjunction with the USITT Conference and Stage Expo.

When Matthew Beauchamp and his team at Mobile Productions were brought in to provide the audio, video and lighting for the InspirEve Gala, they were given simple instructions: “Provide guests with a new, more elegant experience.” 

From 6-9 of February ADJ L­ighting will be on stand #7-P208 at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) trade show at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This year, the ADJ Europe team will demonstrate products across its lighting and video ranges that will help Audio, Video & Lighting professional “Do More!”