MUSkOGEE, OK – The second annual G Fest, with more than 80 local and national acts scheduled to perform on multiple stages June 15-17, 2017, was set to resume June 16 after being disrupted by damaging winds on its first night this year. Festival organizers closed the event’s stages late in the evening and canceled a few acts as a pleasant night turned stormy.
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PHOENIX – John Garberson, owner of Creative BackStage, worked with his LD and programmer James Simpson in a bid to impress the audience for a show by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Niles Rodgers without using smoke or haze. They used 32 Rogue washes and four Strike 4 fixtures from Chauvet Professional plus some Chauvet DJ fixtures for effects.
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NASHVILLE — Piranhas, a sports bar and music hall, lured crowds during the 2017 CMA Music Festival to its 10,000-square-foot location on Second Avenue in Nashville with a mini-festival of its own — 38 bands performing over a three-day span. They were lit with a Jeff Hinton-designed light show that included six Intimidator Beam LED 350 and six Intimidator Spot 255 IRC fixtures from Chauvet DJ.
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PHOENIX – Video West recently acquired 60 Robe Spiider automated LED lighting fixtures to add to their rapidly growing inventory. Video West, who also carries Robe Pointes, were impressed with the Spiiders flexibility, exclusive flower effect, and virtual color wheel all within an 11,000 lumen compact design. Fitting 4 to a case, the DMX controllable RGBW LED unit has an impressive and efficient 5:1 zoom ranging from a tight 4 beam to a widespread 50 wash projection ideal for corporate, entertainment, and live event applications.
DALLAS – On Aug. 1, 2017, InLight Gobos will reach its 15-year milestone, said company founder and president Rick Hutton (pictured here, right). He noted that 2002 was “a challenging time to start a new business,” but credited his wife, Adriana (pictured here, left), for helping make the business a success. Hutton also announced a promotion that ties in with the 15-year milestone.
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL – For the St. Petersburg Opera Company’s current production of the Jacques Offenbach classic, Tales of Hoffmann, LD Keith Arsenault provided a balanced and colorful design using Chauvet Professional Rogue R2 Wash moving lights supplied by Barbizon.
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ORLANDO, FL — Roland is highlighting its expanded line of professional AV accessories at InfoComm booth #4053. They include the ATA case (model RRC-V1200), pictured here with the company’s V-1200HD multi-format video switcher.
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ORLANDO – At Booth 3635, InfoComm 2017, British image processing manufacturer Calibre is previewing their first multi-channel 4K seamless scaler-switcher, the HQUltra4000. The unit promises to enhance image quality, perform fast and reliable switching and allow for routing flexibility within a single 3RU box. The company is also featuring its HQView600, LEDView700 and HQUltra700 range of 4K scaler/switchers.
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NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites is providing the lighting package for Jason Aldean’s They Don’t Know tour, which features five automated, hexagonal pods that move to various positions. Production designer Chris Lisle began working on the production in late 2016, where he sat down with the Aldean’s management to coordinate the looks of the show.
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MIDDLETON, WI — ETC recently broke ground on the latest expansion to their headquarters building in southern Wisconsin, a multi-story 75,000-square-foot addition. A rendering of the project is included here. The new addition is scheduled to be fully operational by spring of 2018.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The Bozzuto Management Company, a leading real estate management company, recently held an employee award ceremony at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. Brett Angstadt of Showtime Sound lit the event with more than 120 Chauvet Professional LED fixtures.
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NASHVILLE – Elite Multimedia added Elation Artiste DaVinci LED luminaires to its inventory. Needing a high-powered LED solution that provided minimal power consumption, the new 270W Cool White LED luminaires were also chosen for their diverse features and design creativity, and are now in stock at the Nashville office of the live event and touring production provider.
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