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NYC – “Elation is proud to again be participating in a Stage Lighting Super Saturday event. It always provides a unique opportunity for us to connect with designers and lighting pros of all types, whether they are well established or up and coming in the industry. Our latest offerings will have special appeal to creative theatrical designers and we always enjoy the more personal interaction the event provides.” – John Dunn, National Sales Manager, Elation Professional

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[caption id="attachment_281669" align="alignnone" width="720"]Tracey Dear lights more bridges than any other Chicago native[/caption]

CHICAGO – “Why would you light a bridge with moving fixtures?” Tracey Dear heard this question on more than one occasion when he spec’d CHAUVET Professional Rogue R2 Washes to bathe the Clark Street and Dearborn Street Bridges in a vibrant purple for the Susan G. Komen Ignite the Fight fundraiser to aid cancer research. For Dear, the answer revolved around a single word, “flexibility.”

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NEW YORK – Sonny Sonnenfeld, a legendary lighting salesman, educator and architectural lighting designer, died Feb. 10, 2016 at the age of 96. This year, his memory will be honored with a new scholarship announced by Stage Seminars, sponsored by Philips-Strand Lighting.

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[caption id="attachment_281661" align="alignnone" width="800"]ADJ To Light Up Mobile Beat Las Vegas[/caption]

LAS VEGAS – ADJ Lighting is pleased to announce that it will be the official lighting and video supplier for the main stage at Mobile Beat Las Vegas 2018. Taking the production at the annual trade show to the next level, the stage setup will not only highlight the dozens of seminars and performances taking place throughout the event’s four days, but also showcase ADJ’s latest cutting-edge fixtures.

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[caption id="attachment_281658" align="alignnone" width="575"]Billy Gilman gets lit with help from Chauvet fixtures[/caption]

PROVIDENCE, RI – Christmas is a time for homecomings, and so it was this year for singer Billy Gilman. Back in 2000, Gilman made history when, at age 11, he became the youngest person ever to have a Billboard Top 40 Country hit with his Grammy-nominated double platinum single “One Voice,” which reached No. 2 on the charts. His life and music have gone through their share of twists and turns since then, but the Westerly, RI-born singer has always returned to his native state to connect to his original friends and fans.

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[caption id="attachment_281491" align="alignnone" width="800"] Bryant Park Utilizes Chauvet Gear[/caption]

NEW YORK – LD Diana Kesselschmidt included more than 130 Chauvet Professional fixtures supplied by PRG in her design for Bryant Park Winter Village, a five-month winter wonderland in Midtown Manhattan with hundreds of pop-up shops of all descriptions, along with the city’s only free ice skating rink. They included 116 COLORado 2-Quad Zoom IP fixtures and 18 Ovation E-260WW IP ellipsoidals.

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NYC – Lee Filters sponsors Stage Lighting Super Saturday 2018. “Lee Filters has been with us since the first workshop 13 years ago and we thank them for their continued support. Each year attendees leave with the most current gel books and filter information.” Scott Parker says of the company. Lee Filters provides high-quality lighting filters in a vast range of colors that are accurately consistent from batch to batch, long-lasting and dependable.

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LAS VEGAS – You could wait until New Year’s to resolve to book your seat or table for the 17th annual Parnelli Awards. But then again, maybe you shouldn’t wait that long. When it comes to the Parnelli Awards, attendees, it seems, have already resolved to not procrastinate. The ceremony is on Jan. 26, 2018 – exactly one month away from the date of this news posting and newsletter – and most of the available tickets have already been sold.

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[caption id="attachment_281646" align="alignnone" width="800"]MCC Christmas-Events United[/caption]

MANCHESTER, NH – Manchester Christian Church’s Christmas service on Friday, Dec. 22 drew more than 6,000 worshippers. Events United provided an impressive visual design that welcomed the large crowd within the modern Southern New Hampshire University Arena. The lighting setup included more than 90 fixtures from Chauvet Professional, and a 40-by-40-foot video wall made from 92 PVP X6IP LED tiles served as the visual centerpiece for the production.

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[caption id="attachment_281643" align="alignnone" width="800"]Christmas At Faith Family[/caption]

NORTH CANTON, OH –  Christmas came early for worshippers at Faith Family Church. Although they will be attending services on Christmas Eve, more than 8,200 of them began celebrating the holiday and its true meaning nine days earlier on Friday December 15 during the annual “Christmas At Faith Family.” A beautifully orchestrated event that combines music, videos, dramatizations and inspirational messages, Christmas At Faith Family is an uplifting contemporary celebration of the season.

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[caption id="attachment_281634" align="alignnone" width="800"]Ghost the Musical[/caption]

WHITE PLAINS, NY – When Ghost (the movie) premiered in 1990, it was a big hit, so it wasn’t surprising that the romantic drama film was adapted for the stage, playing in the West End, on Broadway and a long running First National Tour. Lighting designer Matt Guminski lit a reworked version of the show recently at the White Plains Performing Arts Center in White Plains, NY, using a rig that included Elation Professional Satura Profile and Platinum Seven LED moving heads. 

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