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ORLANDO – Techni-Lux, a leader in advanced lighting technology and accessories, is celebrating its 27th year in operation with a technology fair and open house. Guests will have an opportunity to talk to vendors and get hands-on with dozens of entertainment lighting, video, and special effects products. The event, which takes place on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., will be held at Techni-Lux headquarters, located at 10900 Palmbay Drive in Orlando. Registration is required, but the event is free.

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[caption id="attachment_281244" align="alignnone" width="674"]MMR Dealers’ Choice Award Honors ChauvetDJ[/caption]

SUNRISE, FL – It’s a streak that would do any sports dynasty proud. For the fifth consecutive year, CHAUVET DJ has been honored with the MMR Dealers’ Choice Award for Lighting Line of the Year. Presented by MMR magazine, the award is based on voting by music dealers across the USA. Riding on the popularity of products like its Freedom series of battery-powered wireless fixtures, Intimidator moving heads and Festoon outdoor rated décor lights, CHAUVET DJ was the clear winner in this year’s balloting.

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LAS VEGAS – On the LDI show floor this year, ETC presented Behind the Scenes with a check for $24,873.84, representing this year’s proceeds from the company’s iRFR and aRFR focus remote applications. Since the launch of the iRFR in 2009, ETC’s mobile app sales have generated an impressive $322,825 in donations, helping the charity bring assistance to many ill or injured entertainment technology colleagues and their families.

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BEAUMONT, TX – For the Nov. 19 edition of “Cody Johnson Concerts For The Coast,” a series of shows in southeast Texas that have 100 percent of the proceeds donated to local hurricane relief efforts, Texas Stage provided Chauvet Professional Rogue, Strike and COLORdash fixtures for LD Jimmy Davidson’s colorful visual design.

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[caption id="attachment_281221" align="alignnone" width="700"]Chroma-Q Behind the Scenes Donation_Jules Lauve, JF Canuel, Fred Mikeska. Rick Rudolph, Eddie Raymond[/caption]

TORONTO, ON, – Chroma-Q®, a world-renowned brand of premium performance LED lighting solutions, manufactured in North America, presented Behind the Scenes with a donation from the sale of the Color One 100 Series product line. The presentation was made during LDI November 17, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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[caption id="attachment_281214" align="alignnone" width="800"]The Oh![/caption]

WAREGEM, BELGIUM – (For Immediate Release) – Originally created in the late ‘90s as a side project of Belgian Eurodance masters DJ Pedroh and producer Phil Wilde, The Oh! quickly garnered itself a reputation as one of the most legendary club nights in Belgium, thanks to world class DJ sets and supporting single hits including ‘Won’t you show me the way’ and ‘Got to be free.’

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[caption id="attachment_281208" align="alignnone" width="800"]Katy Perry gets lit with Unico fixtures[/caption]

USA – Katy Perry recently kicked off “Witness: The Tour” in support of her eponymous fifth album, her third number-one album on the US Billboard 200.  Claypaky Scenius Unicos and Scenius Profiles are prominent in the tour’s lighting rig having been selected by the show’s Producer and Lighting Designer, Baz Halpin of Silent House. The multi award-winning Perry is one of the best-selling music artists of all time chalking up sales of 100 million records globally. 

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[caption id="attachment_281199" align="alignnone" width="700"]Wild N Out makes use of Vesuvios[/caption]

CLEVELAND – When the multi-talented Nick Cannon announced that he was taking his hit MTV program “Wild N Out” on the road, some critics wondered how well the fast-clipped, hip-hop improv comedy show would translate into a live tour format.  They needn’t have worried. The hugely successful show (one of its episodes was the most watched in MTV2 history) is proving to be equally compelling on the road.

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[caption id="attachment_281194" align="alignnone" width="700"]Cosmic Truss' Snowman[/caption]

LAS VEGAS – Christmas came early this year at LDI 2017, with Cosmic Truss’ seasonally themed booth. Visitors to the show were able to grab a great snapshot with the truss snowman, which was quite the attraction at this year’s show! The snowman was made almost entirely of standard off the shelf truss, showing once again what a design team can achieve without needing to rely on custom parts, a great advantage of the Cosmic Truss product range.

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[caption id="attachment_281191" align="alignnone" width="800"]Macbeth at DCPA[/caption]

DENVER – The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is staging an inventive and reimagined version of Macbeth that features an all-male cast, EDM style music and modern design elements. Lighting the contemporary version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is Alex Jainchill, who uses LED lighting from Elation Professional to meet lighting challenges and create magical moments in the show, including special black light UV effects.

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[caption id="attachment_281186" align="alignnone" width="400"]Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture[/caption]

MIDDLETON, WI– The Themed Entertainment Association recently announced their 2018 Thea award winners. And even with the diversity of winners – including theme parks, museums, visitor centers, and spectaculars – a majority of the winners had one thing in common: Control products from ETC. Overall, ETC had a hand in nine of the Thea Award-winning projects. “We’re delighted for each of our partners recognized with a Thea award, and congratulate the winners on their vision,” said Karl Haas, National Sales Manager for Architecture at ETC.

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[caption id="attachment_281180" align="alignnone" width="800"]Blizzard Nabs the PLSN Gold Star Award for best eye candy[/caption]

WAUKESHA, WI. – Victory is sweet! Blizzard Lighting’s LOOP™ linear LED moving head chewed its way through gooey, sticky competition and scored PLSN’s 2017 Gold Star Product Award for Best New Eye Candy fixture! Awarded at LDI, the prize adds just a little bit more sweetness to an already delicious product. So what made PLSN’s editors and writers crave LOOP™ so bad? In a word, its flavor.

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