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Brent Schmidt Makes Magic Happen for Rick Smith Jr. with Chauvet Professional

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.

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UVLD Provides Latest Technologies Sourced from ACT Lighting for Prestonwood Baptist Church’s Annual Christmas Spectacle

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.

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J&S Audio Visual Puts Elation Proteus Fixtures’ IP65 Rating to the Test

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.

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Parnelli Photos Now Available for Download at ParnelliAwards.com

LAS VEGAS — The 17th annual Parnelli Awards gala, held Friday, Jan. 26 at the Anaheim Hilton during NAMM 2018, brought together more than 600 of the live event production industry’s top achievers to honor Bobby “Boomer” Thrasher, Jonathan Smeeton and John Stadius with the Lifetime Achievement Award, Visionary Award and Audio Innovator Award, respectively. During the event, there were several photographers on hand, and these photos are now available for download at ParnelliAwards.com.

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Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Features Medley of Timberlake Hits, Tribute to Prince

MINNEAPOLIS — Between the time Justin Timberlake kicked off the Super Bowl LII halftime show on Feb. 4, 2018 to his final wave goodbye less than 14 minutes later, the singer and his energetic entourage performed a medley of 10 hits from Timberlake’s own 26-year career along with a tribute to local legend Prince that included an aerial shot as a vast swath of Minneapolis was washed in purple lighting. The production team supporting the show, seen by millions on NBC, included PRG (Lighting), VER (Video), Strictly FX (Pyro), All Access Staging and Production (Staging) and ATK Audiotek.

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Bandit Lites Launches 50th Year With Annual Meeting

NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites kicked off its 50th year with its Annual General Meeting, a gathering of all Bandits from around the country to commemorate the previous year’s successes, laud those with significant anniversaries and outstanding service and to devise the groundwork for the upcoming year’s projects. Pictured here are Bandit Lites chairman Michael T. Strickland with Don Lockridge, who has been serving the company for more than 30 of its 50 years.

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