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[caption id="attachment_280105" align="alignnone" width="800"]Nick Cannon under Chauvet Lights[/caption]

NEW YORK –Marc Wasserman has been having a rollicking good time lighting red-hot comedian Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘N Out tour. Aside from enjoying the quick-witted humor of Cannon himself, the New York-based designer is also getting an up-close look at the talented stars from the tour’s namesake hit MTV program. “The show is fantastic,” said Wasserman, the owner of 3 With 1 Grab Productions. “We have comedians like Rip Michaels, Emmanuel Hudson, DC Young Fly, Conceited, Matt Rife, Justina Valentine, Karlous Miller and Chico Bean. Plus, I get to work with some of the best hip-hop artists around.”

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NASHVILLE – Touring Career Workshop is committed to exploring issues that everyone on the road deals with, even when those issues are hard to talk about and this year’s event, being held Wednesday, Oct. 25 at Soundcheck Annex, will be no exception.  In the wake of the Las Vegas tragedy, TCW has expanded their “Situational Awareness and Safety” session with Mike McGrath (venue security director/tour accountant for Blake Shelton/Tim McGraw and Faith Hill) to be a workshop wide event instead of the previously planned breakout session. 

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WELLINGTON,​ ​FL​  ​ ​–​ ​GearSource®​ ​marks​ ​its​ ​15th​ ​anniversary​ ​as​ ​one of​ ​the​ ​original​ ​and​ ​largest​ ​dedicated​ ​​pre-owned​ ​professionals​ ​in​ ​Stage​ ​Lighting,​ ​Pro​ ​Audio,​ ​Video, Staging.​ ​​GearSource®​ ​has​ ​grown​ ​from​ ​a​ ​small​ ​“one​ ​man​ ​operation”​ ​to​ ​a​ ​recognized​ ​Global​ ​leader​ ​in re-marketing​ ​pre-owned​ ​production​ ​gear​. Quoting​ ​founder​ ​and​ ​CEO,​ ​Marcel​ ​Fairbairn…​ ​”We​ ​have​ ​achieved​ ​this​ ​milestone​ ​through​ ​hard​ ​work and​ ​dedication​ ​to​ ​vendors​ ​plus,​ ​a​ ​company-wide​ ​culture​ ​of​ ​customer​ ​service.​ ​GearSource®​ ​is​ ​an innovator…​ ​dedicated​ ​to​ ​developing​ ​even​ ​better​ ​tools,​ ​better​ ​services​ ​and​ ​better​ ​opportunities​ ​for​ ​all of​ ​our​ ​users.​

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[caption id="attachment_280092" align="alignnone" width="645"]L-R Brendan Watts, Timothy Cooksy, Mike Atkins[/caption]

AUSTIN – Lighting production company Studio Gear has announced their first purchase of High End Systems SolaFrame 750 fixtures. The newest (and most compact) Sola Series luminaire was launched at the 2017 PLASA trade show in London, and will be unveiled in the USA at the upcoming LDI show in November. Studio Gear’s Mike Atkins commented, “Our first Sola product was the SolaWash 19, which has been great for us. Over the years we’ve made numerous purchases, and subsequently bought some SolaSpot 1500s for an installation.”

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GETZVILLE, N.Y – Whether you need to meet OSHA or ASME requirements, receive overhead crane and rigging certification or simply gain the peace of mind that comes from having a safer work environment, Columbus McKinnon can help. Columbus McKinnon Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCO), a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of material handling products, systems and services, launched its new training website, putting all of the information professionals need to get trained and do their jobs safely right at their fingertips.

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[caption id="attachment_280076" align="alignnone" width="800"]Music City Food + Wine Festival[/caption]

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – The Music City Food + Wine Festival returned to Bicentennial Park for another weekend that celebrated the culinary crafting of world renowned chefs, mixologists, sommeliers and self-proclaimed foodies. Bandit Lites joined forces with C3 Presents and Jeff Wendt to create a lighting package that would add to the ambiance, energize the space and bring color and light to more than twenty tents, a DJ booth, and the Grand Pavilion Taste tent.

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[caption id="attachment_280073" align="alignnone" width="800"]Printhead Studio, a division of Rose Brand, launched it's rebranding. . (Left to right) Josh Jacobstein, Peter Finder, Victoria Williamson, George Jacobstein, Michael Reed, and Kevin Coughlin[/caption]

SECAUCUS, NJ -. Printhead StudioTM, the newly rebranded digital printing division of Rose Brand Inc., introduces its new direct dye digital printer and expanded capabilities.  Executive Vice President Josh Jacobstein says that “Our new state-of-the-art technology, combined with our digital printing experience in theatre and events, is a huge differentiator. We can now provide customers with incredible color accuracy in large format, 16 foot seamless, soft fabric drops.”

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[caption id="attachment_280041" align="alignnone" width="800"]Ovation-B-565[/caption]

DALLAS – The CHAUVET Professional Ovation B-565FC carried on a proud tradition at WFX 2017, when it won Worship Tech Director magazine’s New Product Award for Lighting. The groundbreaking batten luminaire, which was introduced earlier this year, joins four Ovation ellipsoidal LED fixtures that have received the prestigious honor. “We’re humbled and very gratified to receive this award,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet. “Our team has worked extremely hard to understand the needs of the church market, so we can develop products that address those needs in a way that makes economic sense for a house of worship.”

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[caption id="attachment_280030" align="alignnone" width="800"]WorldStage at Hammerstein Ballroom[/caption]

NEW YORK– Switzerland-based designer Philipp Plein presented his spring and summer 2018 men’s and women’s collections at New York Fashion Week in a runway spectacle that combined A-list entertainment with Plein’s edgy designs.  WorldStage provided lighting for the event that transformed the mammoth Hammerstein Ballroom into a club-style venue for some 3,000 attendees.

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[caption id="attachment_280027" align="alignnone" width="800"]Celine Dion makes use of Mage Pointes in Vegas[/caption]

LAS VEGAS – Celine Dion’s LD, Yves Aucoin, added Robe MegaPointe multi-purpose moving light fixtures to the rig for the artist’s show at Caesars Palace Colosseum in Las Vegas. This is the first live concert show using MegaPointes in North America, according to Robe. The hard-working Grammy Award winning artist and top selling recording star who offers an accessible mix of pop, soul, rock and R&B is currently playing around 70 shows a year in Las Vegas in a series of three-week stints, and tours other territories in between.

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[caption id="attachment_280024" align="alignnone" width="800"]Artiste DaVinci eins WFX Award[/caption]

DALLAS – Elation Professional’s new Artiste Dali™ LED moving head won a PLASA Award for Innovation only a short month ago. Now another in the company’s Artiste series, the Artiste DaVinci WH™, has been honored with a New Product Award as the “Best Moving Light” at the WFX Conference & Expo in Dallas. “We are very excited about the Artiste product series and are delighted with the recognition it is getting,” stated Elation Sales Director Eric Loader. “With Artiste DaVinci we put all the design features that creative LDs ask for in a small package.”

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[caption id="attachment_280021" align="alignnone" width="800"]Stone-Sour-by-Stubbs-Stallone[/caption]

NASHVILLE – American heavy metal band Stone Sour is touring the nation with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The Grammy nominated group recently released its sixth studio album, Hydrograd, which debuted at No. 8 on Billboard’s 200 chart, and appeared at No. 1 in three categories. Lighting designer Julie Cox fashioned a rig that would fit the direction of simple and clean while still packing a powerful punch. By choosing fixtures that would balance truck space, multiple effects and budget, she crafted a multilayered and emphatic design that could complement the powerhouse band’s sound.

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