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ROCHESTER, MN — elektraLite LED fixtures are helping rock wall climbers scale new heights at Rochester, Minnesota’s Roca Climbing & Fitness. According to Jeremy Schaar, owner of the indoor rock climbing gym, he required small, lightweight lighting fixtures with clean white lighting that would shine like daylight on the rock-climbing wall. “We needed clean white light because we set our climbing routes on the wall by the color of the ‘hold,’” Schaar explains.

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[caption id="attachment_277014" align="alignnone" width="800"]Rose Brand Nebula Net[/caption]

SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY– Rose Brand Inc.’s new 26 ft. wide Nebula net provides a high gain, see-through projection surface that’s virtually undetectable to your audience. Projected objects seem to float in midair, or appear out of nowhere. Use Nebula net for stunning effects such as layered projections for concerts, the Pepper’s Ghost effect for theatre, dramatic reveals for corporate events, and holographic effects.

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NEW YORK, NY – Oh My Balm, which makes artisanal handcrafted body products, has become a Behind the Scenes Pledge-a-Product partner. Oh My Balm is owned by Meredith Moseley-Bennett (ETCP Certification Manager) and Yolanda Grbic (Teacher, Jersey City) of Glen Ridge, NJ, and they have pledged a percentage of the profits from their body butter called “Crew” to support the charity.

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[caption id="attachment_276992" align="alignnone" width="800"]Entrance way at NFL Draft Experience[/caption]

PHILADELPHIA – Bandit Lites recently wrapped another successful venture with C3 Presents on lighting components of the NFL Draft, using strategically placed SGM G-4 Washes at the Entrance Portal where thousands of fans streamed through to celebrate the annual football draft selection.

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NEW YORK – LD Peter Zellan is using a ChamSys MagicQ MQ80 console to provide visual support for the theatrical looks staged by Father John Misty (a.k.a. multi-instrumentalist Josh Tillman) on his tour to support his Pure Comedy album, which launched in April.

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LOS ANGELES – “Prophecy” marks the first headlining tour for French house music producer Tchami (Martin Bresso) in North America. The new tour for the pioneer of the Future House genre features a cathedral-like stage set, which is lit by Claypaky A.leda B-EYEs from Zenith Lighting, Inc. in Orlando, the tour’s official lighting and truss provider.

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AIKEN, SC – John Berret, who co-owns Quest Sound Productions with partner Rob Boggs, used Chauvet Professional fixtures at the Aikens Bluegrass Festival. The setup included eight Rogue R1 Beams and eight Rogue R2 Spots, 14 COLORado 1-Tri Tour washes, four COLORado 3p IP blinders and six ellipsoidals, with a ChamSys MagicQ PC Wing for control.

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BROOKLYN, NY – On April 7, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its 32nd class: Joan Baez, Tupac Shakur, Electric Light Orchestra, Pearl Jam, Journey and Yes. Lighting designer Allen Branton lit the annual event, held this year at the Barclays Center, with gear provided by 4Wall PA.

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LONDONDERRY, NH – Tim Messina, owner of Events United, used a collection of Chauvet Professional fixtures including 12 Rogue RH1 Hybrids, six STRIKE 4 warm white multi-formatted fixtures and 112 PVP X6IP LED video tiles to turn a a 40’ by 40’ corner of this shop into a pop up music video studio. Project 2 Studios used the studio for a video featuring local singer-guitarist Matt Ellenberger.

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NASHVILLE – Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers took the stage at the Ryman Auditorium in celebration of the anniversary of their original live recording of the Grammy-winning 1992 LP, At the Ryman, which took place in an effort to restore the crumbling “Mother Church.” LD Bob Peterson supplemented the house lighting from the Ryman with Bandit Lites VL 3000 Spots, GLP X4S wash lights, along with a grandMA2 lite console for control.

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NEW YORK — When Good Morning America expanded their production facilities at Times Square Studios late last year, Dennis Size, senior vice president of design for Lighting Design Group (LDG) and LD for GMA, specified 20 High End Systems SolaSpot 1500s to augment the new space.

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[caption id="attachment_276944" align="alignnone" width="800"]SE Systems invests in more Robe Gear[/caption]

SUN VALLEY, CA– Based in Greensboro, NC, GLP partner SE Systems has recently increased its inventory of the German manufacturer’s advanced LED solutions, by adding quantities of the award-winning X4 Bar versatile battens, and investing for the first time in the GT-1 Spot/Beam hybrid. The company has vast experience, having been founded in 1973 by the highly-respected Wade ‘Cliff’ Miller, who remains sole owner to this day.

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