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[caption id="attachment_281624" align="alignnone" width="800"]SkyDeck at Lacuna Lofts[/caption]

CHICAGO – In a city known for serving up great sights, few settings offer vistas quiet as memorable as the SkyDeck at Lacuna Lofts. Although it sits only five stories above the ground atop a 120-year-old former macaroni factory in the hip Pilsen Art District, the deck towers over its South Side surroundings, thus providing visitors with a unique vantage point from which to enjoy a clear, unobstructed view of the city’s famed skyline across the Chicago River.

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[caption id="attachment_281606" align="alignnone" width="800"]LITEC MyT Roof system[/caption]

LAS VEGAS – LITEC is proud to announce that its MyT Folding Steroid Roof System received the 2017 “Best New Truss” Gold Star Award from PLSN magazine www.plsn.com (Projection, Lights & Staging News) in the United States! The winning of this award is further confirmation that the MyT Folding Steroid truss design is not only what their customers require, but also what industry professionals appreciate. The award was presented to LITEC on November 16th at the LDI exhibition in Las Vegas.

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[caption id="attachment_281600" align="alignnone" width="800"]Angel Tree Bandits[/caption]

KNOXVILLE, TN – In an effort to make the Christmas holiday season a little brighter for families in need, Bandit Lites and its employees once again reached out to support the Salvation Army and Knoxville’s Angel Tree charities this winter. Knoxville’s Angel Tree program has been working to make sure Santa visits every local child, no matter their circumstances, since 1975 and the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program delivers gifts to over one million children each year.

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[caption id="attachment_281597" align="alignnone" width="800"]Spider Murphy gets some light from GLP[/caption]

SAN FERNANDO, CA – They were the rock idols of the Munich ‘Schickeria’, and in the 80s and 90s were Bavaria’s hottest rock exports throughout the whole of Europe … we are talking about Barny Murphy, Günther Sigl and the Spider Murphy Gang. Their recent 40th anniversary concert showed they had lost none of their fire, and Marc Lorenz from CUE Design provided the perfect lightshow at the Olympiahalle.

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[caption id="attachment_281594" align="alignnone" width="800"]BIG Something gets some light from Chauvet[/caption]

GREENSBORO, NC – By the time they finish their New Year’s Eve Show at Raleigh’s Lincoln Theater, alt rockers BIG Something will have performed close to 150 shows in 2017. Cameron Grogan, who has lighted all of their performances, can safely say that no two of his lightshows have ever come close to being the same. Much of this inexhaustible supply of fresh looks is due to Grogan’s passion for punting, but some of the credit, he says, should go to the eight CHAUVET Professional Rogue R2 Spot fixtures in his rig.

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[caption id="attachment_281588" align="alignnone" width="800"]Aria™ Profile Series[/caption]

WAUKESHA, WI. – a•ri•a (ärēə) | noun | A new ETL-listed ellipsoidal spot series from Blizzard Lighting. See also: Blizzard’s new ultra-affordable, mega-coveted, high-performing series featuring an RGBW and WW version. See also: The hottest new theatrical fixtures to hit the market that all the cool LDs are using. See also: Your next purchase.

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[caption id="attachment_281583" align="alignnone" width="800"]2017-MTV-TRL show lit with WorldStage[/caption]

NYC – MTV launched “TRL” in a new 8,800 square-foot Times Square studio in October and Lighting Designer Mike Grabowski, of The Lighting Design Group in New York City, assembled a versatile rig for the series featuring several new-to-market fixtures from High End Systems and Chauvet supplied by WorldStage.

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NYC – ASTC and USITT are pleased to announce the fifth collaborative project between university students and ASTC member theatre consultants.  Projects will be presented at the USITT 2019 Annual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky – March 20-23, 2019.  By working together with a professional theatre consultant as a mentor, students will learn more about how venues are designed or renovated. Additionally, students will see performance spaces differently and therefore will be exposed to other available career paths within the entertainment industry.

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ANAHEIM, CA – Earlier this year, Sound Image’s president and member of the Parnelli Board, Dave Shadoan, sat down with NAMM’s oral historian, Dan Del Fiorentino, for an extensive interview. Here’s a clip from that where Dave shares his insight into the decision for the Parnelli Awards to move to NAMM and be part of the new NAMM Live!

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LAS VEGAS – This is it – the last chance to vote for the 17th annual Parnelli Awards. Voting from readers of PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines will continue until Friday, Dec. 22, 2017 at 12 noon (PST). After that, the votes will be tallied and envelopes and awards prepared for the 17th annual gala, to take place Jan. 26 at the Anaheim Hilton in Anaheim, CA. The event, which begins at 7 p.m. after a cocktail reception kicks things off at 6 p.m. is hosted by Tony Levin and honors Bobby “Boomer” Thrasher, Jonathan Smeeton and John Stadius with this year’s Lifetime Achievement, Visionary and Audio Innovator awards.

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[caption id="attachment_281559" align="alignnone" width="800"]Xmas Jam photo by Carol Sp ags[/caption]

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – While the weather may have been frightful, fans and artists still turned out to give back at Warren Haynes Annual Christmas Jam. Bandit Lites was honored to donate a lighting package for the sold-out benefit for Habitat for Humanity where the lineup included Trey Anastasio and Classic Tab, The Avett Brothers, Blackberry Smoke, and Gov’t Mule with a special appearance by Ann Wilson of Heart. Lighting designer Preston Hoffman, excited to return to the helm of the evening after two years of scheduling conflicts, looked to craft a big rig that would be more immersive.

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