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NYC – The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) is pleased to announce the launch of a new, redesigned version of its website. Key features of the site include a cleaner and more modern design, a more engaging user experience with enhanced search and navigation. The site’s refreshed and simplified look, combined with enriched content, improved search functionality, and optimization for mobile devices allows users to better interact with ETCP.

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ATLANTA – Col. Bruce Hampton (Retired) has passed away. During the second encore Monday night (May 1st) at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, GA, the musician kneeled down beside a monitor onstage as if in homage to 14-year-old guitar prodigy Brandon Niederauer. He laid his arm over it and never got back up. The 18 musicians on stage paying tribute to him on his 70th birthday kept playing on. Nothing seemed amiss at first, as both his fans and fellow musicians had seen this familiar antic many times over the years. It happened while the large group jammed to “Turn on Your Love Light.”  

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[caption id="attachment_276456" align="alignnone" width="800"]4Wall provides gear at Coachella as usual[/caption]

INDIO, CA-  Every April, over 100,000 festival goers descend upon the Coachella Valley for the annual music festival that has grown to massive popularity in recent years. This year, 4Wall Orange County erected one of the largest stages in the west region for Coachella’s Outdoor Theatre where headlining artists Travis Scott, DJ Snake, Justice and Hans Zimmer performed. 4Wall Orange County has constructed the Outdoor Theatre for Coachella since the festival’s inception in 1999.

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[caption id="attachment_276447" align="alignnone" width="800"]Newfound Regional High School drama department hosts the Annual School Musical[/caption]

BRISTOL, NH – Every summer the population of New Hampshire’s rural Grafton County on Newfound Lake swells with vacationers from Boston and New York. But in April, before they arrive, locals enjoy a quintessential small town community building event when the Newfound Regional High School drama department hosts the Annual School Musical. This year, the local show was given a new, more aesthetically pleasing twist thanks to a recently installed all LED lighting system that features CHAUVET Professional fixtures supplied by DNR Laboratories of Watertown, CT.

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NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites has once again expanded its inventory to meet the growing demands of 2017, this time adding the new VL6000 Beam from Philips Vari-Lite. Featuring a large 14 inch aperture, the VL6000 Beam gives designers access to wide, intense beam effects. 

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LOS ANGELES — Days after Fyre Festival organizers Ja Rule and Billy McFarland postponed their April 28-30 and May 5-7 event indefinitely, attorney Mark Geragos filed suit on behalf of plaintiff Daniel Jung, one of the attendees affected. The suit, which alleges fraud and breach of contract, seeks class action status and damages of more than $100 million.

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[caption id="attachment_276422" align="alignnone" width="1500"]Eastside Christian Church gets aid from Elation[/caption]

CALIFORNIA – Across Eastside Christian Church’s three Southern California campuses, lighting is used to help congregants take a respite from their hectic life and open up to new possibilities. “The lighting helps create the atmosphere to allow people to let their guard down and relax,” explains Cameron Bentley, Eastside’s Production Engineer and Lighting Director. “Our hope is that the lighting, the band, and the sound will then fade away and what’s left is the message of God.”

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[caption id="attachment_276419" align="alignnone" width="800"]Robe fixtures in use by Panic![/caption]

USA – Multi award winning American rock band Panic at The Disco continue their ‘Death of a Bachelor’ tour in the US with a striking production design created by Matt Larivée of Montreal-based creative practice Luz Studio, who worked closely with the band’s lighting designer, Alex Specht. Together they specified 50 x Robe BMFL Spots, 10 x CycFX8s and six PATT 2013s which are prominent on the rig.

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WESTLAKE, TX – The ESTA Control Protocols Plugfest, the event where manufacturers and developers test their products for interoperability, is scheduled to take place from July 21 to July 25 at the D/FW Marriott Solana in Westlake, TX. Everyone is welcome to attend the 14th version of this event.

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[caption id="attachment_276391" align="alignnone" width="996"]Mastodon's Michael Howe runs lights on a Chamsys Stadium[/caption]

ST. LOUIS, MO — For Mastodon’s 30-city North American tour in support of the band’s March 31 album release, Emperor of Sand, Michael Howe created and controls evocative show visuals using a MagicQ MQ500 Stadium console and Magic HD media server from ChamSys.

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[caption id="attachment_276388" align="alignnone" width="800"]Luke Bryan Tour includes Scenius UNICO fixtures[/caption]

ORANGE BEACH, AL – Luke Bryan, who wrapped the 2016 leg of his Kill the Lights Tour last fall, returned to the road with a new string of Kill the Lights dates from Feb. 11 to March 18.  Lighting designer Justin Kitchenman selected a big package of Claypaky fixtures from Elite Multimedia, for the shows.  They included Scenius UN1CO luminaires – one of the first appearances made by these fixtures in North America.

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