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Video and lighting worked together for a dramatic, immersive effect for the church's three-day Warrior conference.

Granite United Church Turns to Events United, Chauvet Professional for Three-Day Conference

WATERVILLE VALLEY, NH – For Granite United Church’s annual Warrior Conference, a three-day men’s retreat at the Waterville Valley ski resort June 1-3, Events United provided lighting and video gear from Chauvet Professional. The 2017 event used 20 Rogue R1 Wash fixtures, 10 Strike 4 fixtures, six Maverick MK1 Hybrids, four Maverick MK2 Spots, 12 Maverick MK2 Washes and four COLORado 2 Solo washes for lighting plus 85 PVP X6IP 6.9mm panels for video support.

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The event required 82 universes of DMX for 2,970 focusable conventional fixtures and 927 automated fixtures.

SAP’s Sapphire NOW/ASUG Annual Conference Relies on grandMA2 Consoles for Networked Control

ORLANDO, FL – grandMA2 consoles and switches played a key role in networked lighting and video control for SAP’s Sapphire NOW/ASUG Annual Conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.  Lighting Designer Paul Palazzo and Programmer Paul J. Sonnleitner have worked on the event since 1999 and have been using MA consoles for the last 12 years.  A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America.

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Brett Angstadt created a wall of Nexus 4x4 fixtures supplied by Showtime Sound.

Brett Angstadt Lights Up The Night In Baltimore with Chauvet Professional Nexus 4x4s

BALTIMORE, MD – For seven days in April, the night sky over the city that gave birth to “The Star-Spangled Banner” glowed in a rainbow of colors, as Baltimore celebrated its Light City Festival. Over 400,000 visitors crowded the city’s downtown streets to enjoy hundreds of illuminated sculptures, building projections and interactive exhibits. At the heart of it all was the “Light Up The Night,” stage, where artists from a variety of musical genres including hip-hop, rock, jazz and world dance performed each evening.

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Bandit provided Vari-Lite, Claypaky and other fixtures for three stages with grandMA2 consoles for control.

Bandit Lights Up Beachfront Stages at Hangout Festival in Alabama

GULF SHORES, AL – At the Hangout Music Festival, the annual three-day music festival staged on the public beaches of Gulf Shores, AL, Bandit Lites provided lighting for the Mainstage, Surf Stage and Fitz Stage. This year’s event, held May 19-21, drew crowds with Mumford & Sons, Chance the Rapper, Phoenix, Major Lazer, Weezer, MGMT, Sigur Ros, Band of Horses, Franz Ferdinand and Charli XCX. Bandit Lites worked closely with Hadden Hippsley of Lambda Productions on the event.

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The Weaver Room

LEED-Certified Proximity Hotel in NC Colorizes with Iluminarc Fixtures

GREENSBORO, NC – In 2008, the owners of Proximity Hotel and Print Works Bistro in Greensboro noted a first for the U.S. hospitality industry – a LEED Platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. When the hotel wanted to add color changing fixtures to its Weaver Room, management opted for an energy-efficient design by Audio & Light that incorporates Iluminarc fixtures. QW Services, also from Greensboro, handled the installation.

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Alcorn McBride RidePlayer

Alcorn McBride Reveals Plans for InfoComm 2017

ORLANDO, FL – Alcorn McBride will showcase its new RidePlayer, the expanded V-Page product line and the AES67-compatible Binloop family in Booth 3911 at InfoComm 2017, June 14-16 at the Orange County Convention Center. RidePlayer, a complete on-board audio and control solution for themed entertainment, makes its debut at InfoComm.  It is ideally suited for dark rides, parade floats, tour vehicles and roller coaster applications.

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Luke Bryan’s Huntin,’ Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day Tour Rig Includes 200+ Elation Fixtures

[caption id="attachment_277176" align="alignnone" width="800"]Luke Bryan using Elation fixtures on his show[/caption]

ATLANTA – Luke Bryan’s LD, Justin Kitchenman of Align Design Group, specified more than 200 Elation Professional fixtures for the country artist’s current 2017 tour, “Huntin,’ Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day.” Along with 180 of Elation’s compact ACL 360i fixtures – which bumps up the count from Bryan’s previous tour – the new rig includes 20 Cuepix Blinder WW2 and 16 Cuepix Blinder WW4 fixtures. Nashville-based Elite Multimedia Productions is providing the gear.

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Lighting director Rob Koenig is using Martin Axiom Hybrid fixtures and Atomic 3000 LED strobes for the tour, which also features huge LED video screens. Photo by Brett Murray.

Metallica’s 2017 “WorldWired” Tour Includes Martin Fixtures

DENVER – Metallica recently embarked on the “WorldWired” world tour to support 2016’s Hard Wired…to Self-Destruct, their first studio record in eight years. The stadium tour features a unique stage design that forgoes a traditional ceiling structure in favor of a colossal, open look with huge video screens and heavy pyrotechnics. In order to overcome major rigging limitations and compete with the over-the-top stage production, Metallica’s longtime Lighting Director Rob Koenig selected Martin Axiom Hybrid fixtures and Atomic 3000 LED strobes for their power, versatility and compact footprint.

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FLDA Contributes for 2nd Year to the Island of Eleuthera by Lighting the Eleuthera… All That Jazz Festival Concert

BAHAMAS—Back for their second year, Ferri Lighting Design & Associates (FLDA) lit the 5th annual Eleuthera… All That Jazz festival that takes place on the out-island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. The five-day festival, which performs all over the island in various locales, showcases Bahamian musicians as well as hosting prestigious international jazz musicians and promotes Eleuthera as a cultural tourist location.

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