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[caption id="attachment_281697" align="alignnone" width="800"]El Mostero looking grand with Chauvet fixtures[/caption]

ST. LOUIS – Fans who pack the Pageant Theatre to capacity for six or seven El Monstero shows every holiday season never quite know what to expect. Certainly, they’re re going to hear spot-on renditions of The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon and other Pink Floyd classics, but beyond its iconic music, this Christmas tradition in America’s heartland is full of delightful visual surprises. Drawing on a cast of up to 75 characters, the annual tribute show in St. Louis has been coming up with novel and enthralling dramatizations and set designs every year since it was started by members of different local bands in 1999.

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[caption id="attachment_281637" align="alignnone" width="652"]Star Wars The Last Jedi European premiere_Roya…igital Insanity[/caption]

LONDON – The Royal Albert Hall rolled out the red carpet for the European premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi on Dec. 12, and Green Hippo technology was there in force. Digital Insanity provided content creation and playback solutions for the premiere of the latest in the Star Wars franchise, and the team again relied on Green Hippo to help it create a spectacular event.

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NYC – Elation Professional is proud to be participating in the Stage Lighting Super Saturday workshop taking place on Saturday, January 13th at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts located at 721 Broadway in New York City. Elation will be contributing to the event by demonstrating lighting techniques using some of its latest lighting innovations. 

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COLUMBUS, OH – Jason Browning, a longtime tour manager for bands including Matchbox Twenty, Stone Temple Pilots and others, died on Dec. 26, 2017. He was 46. A native of Columbus, OH, Browning attended Thomas Worthington High School (Worthington, OH) and Columbus State Community College before getting his start in the entertainment industry working security for artists including Hanson, Marilyn Manson and Rob Thomas.

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ORLANDO – Techni-Lux is marking its 27th year in operation with a technology fair and open house set for Jan. 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Featured speakers include Nook Schoenfeld, editor of PLSN magazine; Richard Cadena, of ETCP RT/CEE (and a former editor of PLSN), and projection designer Nick Comis. 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 will be held at Techni-Lux headquarters at 10900 Palmbay Drive in Orlando, FL. Registration is required, but the event is free.

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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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