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ANAHEIM, CA – With a 200,000-square foot expansion, an enthusiastic emphasis on making sure all pro live event companies are welcome, and bringing the Parnelli Awards to their January show, there’s never been any doubt of NAMM’s commitment to our industry. Now, with the show still six months away, many forward-thinking companies are already climbing on board to be part of it all.

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[caption id="attachment_278459" align="alignnone" width="178"]Museum of the American Revolution[/caption]

LOS ANGELES– The Museum of the American Revolution recently opened just a few blocks from Philadelphia’s historic Independence Hall.  The new red brick building boasts 32,000 square feet of galleries and theaters winding around a central atrium.  Immersive exhibits, engaging films and an iconic collection of artifacts bring to life the events, people and ideals of the nation’s founding and engage visitors in the history and continuing relevance of the American Revolution.

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NEW YORK – Six standards are available for public review. Five of the six have comment deadlines on Sept. 25, 2017, The deadline for one of the six is a week later, Oct. 2. People materially affected by these standards are invited to review them and to comment on them, saying they are acceptable as they are or are in need of changes.

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MIDDLETON, WI – This November marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Source Four fixture at ETC. Between now and the 2017 LDI tradeshow, ETC noted that they will be taking a look back at this product that has become such a major part of ETC’s story, the fixture that has made a long-lasting impact on the entertainment lighting industry, and the product that has inspired many additional ETC fixtures.

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FAIRVIEW, NJ – At iWeiss, ProPower means continuity in more ways than one. Their oldest ProPower Rack Power Distribution (RPD) rack has been in continuous service for 17 years, in the most challenging and hostile theatrical conditions. With over 1,500 ProPower racks in service across North America, the story of this reliable workhorse product is worth telling.

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MORRISON, CO – On July 13, Michael Franti & Spearhead performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO, outside of Denver. LD Matt “Jonezy” Jones designed a light and video show run with a ChamSys MagicQ MQ80 console for Franti’s performance, which kicked off after the conclusion of the artist’s “Love Out Loud” yoga class.

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COLORADO CITY, UT – When WestJet Airlines Ltd., Canada’s second-largest air carrier and the number one international carrier into Las Vegas, wanted to celebrate its 21st birthday, the company decided to go all out and set some Guinness World Records in the process.  WestJet treated passengers on one of its Toronto-Las Vegas flights to a massive light show in southern Utah featuring 126 Claypaky Mythos fixtures.  A.C.T Lighting Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Claypaky products in North America.

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[caption id="attachment_278430" align="alignnone" width="800"]Fringe Festival[/caption]

LOS ANGELES – A current of emerging creative energy runs through the 1.4 mile (2.3 km) stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard known as Hollywood Theatre Row. Dotted with performance venues of varying sizes, the area has long served as a cauldron of budding talent. George Clooney got his start here – so too did Octavia Spencer, Noah Wyle, and many others. For three weeks every year, Theatre Row and its surrounding environs become the home of The Hollywood Fringe Festival, an open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community.

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NYC – Since April 15, 2013, ESTA, the Entertainment Services and Technology Association, has been able to offer all of its American National Standards and other published documents for download at no cost on their website at tsp.esta.org/freestandards. As of August 3, 2017, over 60,000 standards had been downloaded by over 10,000 users. This total for four years is more than an order of magnitude greater than the number of standards distributed in the 16 years the documents were only available for sale.

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NYC – USITT is seeking nominations for the 2018 Rising Star Award sponsored by LDI/Live Design. The award honors early-career professional designers in lighting, sound, scenic, or projection for outstanding work in one or more of these fields.The winner receives a $1,000 cash prize, recognition at USITT 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, free registration to the event, and a free one-year membership to USITT.

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[caption id="attachment_278417" align="alignnone" width="373"]Puddle of Mudd on stage with Chauvet[/caption]

KEWANEE, IL – A pair of legendary grunge rock heavies teamed up for a once in a life one-off at a music hall 150 miles outside Chicago this July, and were support by some punchy looks from an equally powerful duo: The Intimidator Beam 350 LED and Intimidator Spot 255 IRC from CHAUVET DJ.  Fresh off their appearance on the “Make America Rock Again” tour, Puddle of Mudd and Saving Abel visited the Boiler Room, in Kewanee, IL (population 12,500) for a sold-out show. Jeff Hinton, working for Jonny B. Enterprises, supported their intense non-stop 90-minute performance with a hard-hitting lightshow that featured 16 of the moving fixtures.

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