ETC Announces 2017 ETC LDI Student Sponsorship recipients
MIDDLETON, WI– Every year since 2000, ETC has provided a unique opportunity for lighting design and stage technology students, sponsoring them to attend the LDI tradeshow. This year, ETC has selected seven recipients of its LDI Student Sponsorship, giving them an all-expense-paid trip to Las Vegas and a full LDI conference pass. The students will get to see the latest entertainment technology, have access to LDI seminars and training, and the opportunity to network with industry professionals at special events. Each Sponsorship recipient will be matched with an industry luminary who will serve as a mentor as the students transition from academics into the working world.
Zach Blane Evokes Emotion For Gypsy With CHAUVET Professional
DENNIS, MA – Theatre goers tend to arrive early at The Cape Playhouse, if for no other reason than to absorb the sense of history that permeates this timeless clapboard structure nestled on 26 acres off Cape Cod Bay. America’s oldest continuously running summer theatre, the building has been hosting plays since 1927. Henry Fonda landed his first professional role here, so too did Bette Davis, after working as an usher. Humphrey Bogart, Betty White and Gregory Peck also performed on its stage as unknowns.
“Vice & Vertu” Celebrates the Cabarets and Music Halls of 1930s Montreal with Support from MA Lighting’s dot2 Consoles
MONTREAL – To mark Montreal’s 375th anniversary and the Festival Montreal Completement Cirque, The 7 Fingers presented the immersive production, “Vice & Vertu,” at the city’s Societe des Arts Technologiques (SAT). The 7 Fingers used MA Lighting dot2 XL-F and XL-B consoles to control lighting for the kaleidoscope of circus, theater, comedy, video projections, burlesque and music acts that comprised the show. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America.
MTV VMA Awards Design Included 196 GLP JDC1 Strobes
LOS ANGELES – The 36th MTV Video Music Awards program was broadcast live from the Forum in Inglewood, CA Aug. 27. LD Bob Barnhart (22 Degrees) used 194 GLP JDC1 hybrid strobes for the set, designed by Stufish’s Ric Lipson. PRG supplied the fixtures for the show. Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars and The Weeknd were among the nominees, with Lamar winning the main honor. Miley Cyrus, Ed Sheeran, Fifth Harmony, Lorde, Shawn Mendes and DNCE performed.
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Nominations Still Open for 2018 Indispensable Technology “IT” Awards
LAS VEGAS – For the eighth time, PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE readers will have the opportunity to nominate lighting, staging, video and audio technologies worthy of an Indispensable Technology “IT” Award. The awards competition recognizes technologies that have advanced the state of the art in each of those categories within the previous year. The recognition process starts with nominations from readers of each magazine, which are still open this month. Top nominated products make it onto the Parnelli Awards ballot for a final vote.
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High Tech Meets Warmth At Grace Church With CSD Group and Chauvet Professional
CHAPEL HILL, NC –Silvia Hatchell, the fourth winningest coach in women’s college basketball history and David Cutcliffe head football coach at Duke University have more than athletic success in common. Along with other sports figures like Coach Larry Fedora from the University of North Carolina, the two have participated in “Playbook How To Win In Life,” an inspirational series of videos from Grace Church. The professional quality productions are just one of the innovative steps that this North Carolina house of worship has taken to engage modern worshippers.
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Mass Shooting at Route 91 Music Festival: At Least 59 Killed, 527 Injured
LAS VEGAS – A lone gunman opened fire onto a crowd of close to 22,000 attending Jason Aldean’s performance at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas at 10:08 p.m. Oct. 1, killing at least 58 and injuring more than 500 before taking his own life. It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
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Stage-Tech, Elation Flexibility at California’s 2017 Hard Summer Music Festival
SAN BERNARDINO, CA. Leading California production company Stage-Tech again dipped into its extensive inventory of Elation Professional lighting gear to deliver an impactful lighting package for the Hard and Pink stages at this year’s Hard Summer Music Festival. With a venue change somewhat late in the scheduling – a move from the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana to the more scenic environs of the Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino – Stage-Tech had to be both flexible and resourceful, a challenge they met with the help of adaptable Elation lighting.
Chris Blue Returns Home With Bandit Lites
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – Even after being crowned the winner of NBC’s Emmy-winning smash show The Voice, Chris Blue is the same humble, thankful person from Knoxville, Tennessee, and to show his appreciation to the city that raised him, Blue performed at the historic Tennessee Theatre, where tickets sold out in five minutes, and two additional shows had to be added, only to have all three shows sell out in minutes. Bandit Lites, whose world headquarters is based in Knoxville, was tapped to provide the lighting package for the special event.
In Memoriam: Jonathan Resnick, CEO, Barbizon Lighting
NEW YORK – Barbizon Lighting Company’s CEO, Jonathan Resnick, died Sept. 28, the company noted. He led the company that his father, Sam Resnick, co-founded with Sid Bloom 70 years ago after working in broadcast news and studying at Brown University.
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