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Sharpys Chosen for X Factor, VMAs
PLSN Staff | News | December 5, 2011BERGAMO, Italy – Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures are gaining in popularity for television production in the U.S. with exposure on Simon Cowell’s new “The X Factor” music reality show for FOX and on this year's MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) telecast. LD Tom Kenny used the Sharpys on both.
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Tree Lighting Ceremonies Feature Live Performances, LED Luster
PLSN Staff | News | December 4, 2011NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, DC and LOS ANGLELES — The 2011 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, held Nov. 30 and broadcast live on NBC, has come a long way since workers at the office complex first pulled out the ladders and plugged in the lights in 1931. (The first ceremony took place two years later.) This year’s tree, a 74-foot spruce from Mifflinville, PA, featured 30,000 sparkling LED lights powered via 5 miles of cabling and topped by a six-sided, 9.5-foot-diameter, 550-lb. star made with 25,000 Swarovski crystals. The star itself was lit with 720 LEDs.
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Litepanels Hilio on Red Carpet for Prime Time TV Awards
PLSN Staff | News | December 1, 2011LOS ANGELES - KTLA TV coverage got some light relief on the red carpet recently at the Prime Time Television Awards at the Nokia Theater. With a low afternoon sun shining opposite the camera position, additional light from Litepanels new Hilio High Output LED daylight lighting fixtures saved the camera coverage.
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St. Vincent Beams on Tour with GLP Spot One LEDs
PLSN Staff | News | November 30, 2011SUN VALLEY, CA - LD Jason Carroll is one of the early adopters of the impression Spot One LED. He tested them out on a show with Weezer and spec'd them soon after on St. Vincent's tour. GLP launched the impression Spot One LED head earlier this year.
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Elation Inspires High School LD with Equipment Loan
PLSN Staff | News | November 30, 2011GREENEVILLE, TN - High school freshman Zach Holditch was in charge of designing the school's biggest production of the year, and the light rig of conventionals was completely uninspiring. So Holditch contacted Elation's Eric Loader for help and an equipment loan came to the rescue, as part of the company's commitment to support future lighting designers.
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Def Leppard Tours US with Classic Martin MAC Rig
PLSN Staff | News | November 30, 2011LOS ANGELES - Def Leppard's world tour featured a classic rock n' roll look during its US leg with Martin Professional lighting from Upstaging. LD/Lighting Director Kenji Ohashi specified MAC 2000 Wash XB, MAC 2000 Beam XB and MAC III Profile moving heads along with MAC 101 LED fixtures for the "Mirrorball" tour, which runs through December.
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In Memoriam: Andrew Figueroa Jr., 30
PLSN Staff | News | November 30, 2011LOS ANGELES — Andrew Figueroa, Jr., 30, a lighting tech/lighting director who started his career at age 16, died Nov. 27 after a car accident in Artesia, CA. Figueroa’s credits included Rage Against the Machine, Rob Zombie, The Black Crowes, Rockstar Supernova, A Perfect Circle, The Crystal Method, and many other tours, events and corporate shows. He had also worked with Delicate Productions, Obie's Lighting Production, RK Diversified Entertainment, U.S. Audio and Lighting, L.A. Stagecall and many other shops. Known as “Andy Fig Jr.,” he is the son of lighting programmer/director Andrew Figueroa, Sr.
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In Memoriam: Marvin Gelman, 84, Founder, Lighting Services Inc.
PLSN Staff | News | November 30, 2011WESTPORT, CT — Marvin Gelman, founder of Lighting Services Inc. (LSI), an architectural lighting products manufacturer, died Nov. 29 of complications from cancer. He was 84. Gelman, who retired from LSI in 2000, is credited for many advances in track, accent and display lighting. Read More... -
TSO Tribute Band’s Hazers Trigger Fire Alarm
PLSN Staff | News | November 29, 2011POTTSVILLE, PA — The Wizards of Winter, a Trans-Siberian Orchestra tribute band, triggered more than just a reaction from the audience with special effects used for their performance at the 224-seat Sovereign Majestic Theater Nov. 25. The hazers triggered the fire alarm as well.
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Brilliant Stages, LITEC, Tomcat Launch Connected Websites
PLSN Staff | News | November 29, 2011Brilliant Stages, LITEC and TOMCAT - part of UK-based Vitec Group plc - have each launched their new websites, which are also are interconnected to include the latest news about the sister companies.
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Toby Keith Locked and Loaded with Seth Jackson, Bandit
PLSN Staff | News | November 28, 2011NASHVILLE, TN - LD Seth Jackson and Bandit Lites continue their partnership in the design of Toby Keith's Locked and Loaded tour. Keith's tour moves into the new year with an edgy, heavy metal look to his show, which was preprogrammed in Bandit's rehearsal studio, Venue One.
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Planetarium Space Exhibit Lighting Designed by Lightswitch Architectural
PLSN Staff | News | November 22, 2011CHICAGO - Lightswitch Architectural provided the lighting design for the Adler Planetarium’s theatre experience, Deep Space Adventure. The exhibit is designed to simulate the observation deck of a starship. Lightswitch's design helps take visitors from the fully-lit world to the immersive environment leading to the Grainger Sky Theater.
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