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[caption id="attachment_279448" align="alignnone" width="800"]ADJ has a huge presence at WFX[/caption]

LOS ANGELES – Next month the WFX Conference & Expo will take place in Dallas, Texas, when 3,500+ people involved with worship technology will come together to learn, share ideas and check out the latest equipment. ADJ will feature heavily on the show floor where we will be demonstrating a variety of our latest affordable yet innovative lighting solutions which are ideal for use by dynamic churches of all sizes.

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[caption id="attachment_279445" align="alignnone" width="2264"]Long Beach Opera gets assist from 4Wall[/caption]

LONG BEACH, CA- This summer, Long Beach Opera brought Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s Frida production to Southern California for the first time. Lighting Designer Dan Weingarten and Director of Production Holly Ahlborn turned to 4Wall Los Angeles for the lighting needed to help tell the tale of famed artist Frida Kahlo. The overall goal of LD Weingarten’s lighting design was to capture the essence of Frida’s own color palette; her vibrant, rich colors influenced heavily by her surroundings in contrast to the subject matter of her work.

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HELOTES, Tx. – The MEGA team is getting ready for WFX Conference and Expo 2017 and this year we are MEGA EXCITED! We will have a booth filled with new products and are the proud sponsors of KEY NOTE lighting and video, please make plans to stop by and visit us. BOOTH 501 Will be our main booth where you will find our sales team and we’ll be showing a mix of our brands including MEGA-Lite, PR Lighting, RGBlink, Fenix, TAF and Imagecue. We will also be introducing the newest member of our brand line, MEGA VIEW. Please join us for libations and the opportunity to view some of our finest products.

More details from Mega (www.megasystemsinc.com):

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[caption id="attachment_279413" align="alignnone" width="800"]Kane Brown gets assist from Bandit[/caption]

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Kane Brown has come a long way from performing a Chris Young song at his high school talent show to taking the stage before him at a sold-out arena, but the 23-year-old country singer shows no signs of letting up now. With his deluxe album hitting stores in October, Brown is currently opening for Jason Aldean’s They Don’t Know Tour featuring a lighting package from Bandit Lites.

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NEW YORK, NY– Enhancing its mission to provide opera-based education for the wider community, the Metropolitan Opera Guild unveils DaCapo (Developing Artistic and Creative Administrative Professionals) to educate the arts administration students, who will be the next generation of performing arts directors, managers, and stewards. Registration will open Tuesday, August 29 for the new two-day intensive arts education program, which will take place October 14th and 15th at the Opera Learning Center.

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NASHVILLE, TN  – It’s undeniable that live touring is a constantly changing multi-billion dollar industry, a staple for music stars in every genre and employees thousands of people all over the world.  Chris Lisle and Erik Parker, touring industry veterans, created Touring Career Workshop (TCW) to give “roadies” a great place to learn, grow and network.  TCW’S seventh annual event will take place on October 25 at Soundcheck Annex.  Registration is open now for the event.

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STAMFORD, CT — Harman, purchased in an $8 billion deal that was announced last November and completed March 10, recently gave notice to 650 of its 3,700 Harman Pro employees that their jobs will be eliminated by June 2018 as the company continues its restructuring efforts to better serve customers and accelerate new product innovations.

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[caption id="attachment_279381" align="alignnone" width="792"]Alex Fuller[/caption]

DALLAS – Balancing lights with scenic elements will not only help churches create more engaging visuals on their sanctuary stages, it will also allow them to stretch their lighting budgets. This message is at the heart of “Lighting’s Secret Partner,” a WFX learning session by Alex Fuller, the well-known lighting and scenic director at Bethel Church in Redding, CA. Sponsored by CHAUVET Professional, the session runs from 10-10:45 am on Wednesday October 11 in room C-145 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, during the WFX Conference.

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[caption id="attachment_279370" align="alignnone" width="800"]Toby Keith 2017[/caption]

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – County music superstar Toby Keith knows the power of music, whether he is traveling across the United States, or bringing the music of home to more than 250,000 troops in 17 countries. Bandit Lites provided the lighting package for the CMA Award winner on his Interstates & Tailgates Tour, as he made his way to the fair and festival circuit while still providing the same level of energy that has had his audience raising red solo cups for nearly two decades. With a larger show heading into these customarily smaller venues, the production team had to carefully consider weight loads.

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AUSTIN, TX – On Sept. 16, Willie Nelson announced the passing of Ben “Lovey” Dorcy III, subject of the 2017 documentary, Lovey: King of the Roadies, who had supported bands on the road starting in 1950 until mid-2017, an astonishing 67 years. He was 92.

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[caption id="attachment_279360" align="alignnone" width="800"]First United Methodist Church Oak Ridge[/caption]

OAK RIDGE, TN  – During the early days of World War II, a group of young Methodist scientists and engineers found themselves in eastern Tennessee working on a secret government project. Away from home and yearning for spiritual fulfillment during those difficult times, they gathered for services every Sunday in the town’s movie theatre, forming what would become the First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge.

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