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[caption id="attachment_274623" align="alignnone" width="800"]Victory World Church gets assist from Light Parts[/caption]

NORCROSS, GA – Statistically the most diverse worship facility in North America, Victory World Church in Norcross, GA seats up to 12,000 parishioners a week. They broadcast their services to over 6,000 online viewers. Victory recently turned to LightParts for assistance in upgrading their lighting system, and a mix of new gear has now been installed in their worship facility. Included in the system are 16 High End Systems SolaWash Pro 2000 and 16 SolaSpot Pro 1500 LED fixtures, an HES Axon HD Pro and DP8000s, Hog4, Road Hog 4 and HedgeHog 4S consoles, eight Claypaky B-Eye K20s and 16 GLP X4 Bar 20 fixtures.

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[caption id="attachment_274620" align="alignnone" width="800"]Hot swappable Power Supply[/caption]

ERLANGER, KY, – tvONE a leading designer and manufacturer of cutting-edge video and multimedia processing equipment, solved the AV world’s rack mounting nightmare last year after revealing the ONErack, a universal racking mounting solution with power and cooling. This year at ISE in Amsterdam, tvONE makes enhancements to the award winning solution; generating even more appeal on stand 5-S60.

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[caption id="attachment_274616" align="alignnone" width="594"]XYZ bacomes ETC Dealer [/caption]

MONTREAL – After several months spent demonstrating the quality of its integration team and solid organization, XYZ Cultural Technology has officially been invited by ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.) to join the exclusive ranks of its authorized distributors. Joe DiNardo, Regional Manager for ETC, explains that “it is very difficult to become an ETC dealer, but once you’re on board, you have the backing of our Sales, Marketing and Manufacturing force. We were very impressed with how XYZ presented themselves and we are very proud to welcome them as partners.”

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[caption id="attachment_274613" align="alignnone" width="800"]Serpro invests in Chauvet[/caption]

MONTERREY, Mexico –Serpro Producciones, one of the largest audio and lighting rental companies in Mexico, has taken a major step toward increasing its ability to serve customers by adding 90 Chauvet Professional Maverick MK2 Wash fixtures to its inventory. The company invested in the RGBW LED moving washes after carefully evaluating a wide variety of options. The fixtures have been specified for Justin Bieber’s “Purpose Tour” appearances in Mexico later in February.

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NASHVILLE — For Taylor X’s recent video shoot capturing her performance of her urban pop dance song, “No Ceiling,” which took place at the rehearsal facility that Bandit Lites provides to its clients, LD Erik Parker availed himself of the some of the light fixtures that Bandit has in its inventory, including Vari-Lite VL3000 Spots, GLP impression X4S, Martin Atomic Strobes and ETC Source Four Pars.

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[caption id="attachment_274591" align="alignnone" width="800"]David Hilton, Erin Giblin and Jacob Coakley (l-r)[/caption]

MIDDLETON, WI– In 2016, ETC hired a record number of new employees and had more internal job transfers than any year before. This year has started out the same, with many new employees joining the ETC team and employees moving into new jobs within the company. Erin Giblin and Jacob Coakley are two of those new faces, while David Hilton transitions into a new role at ETC.

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[caption id="attachment_274588" align="alignnone" width="800"]Toronto Centre for the Arts gets a visual assist from TCC[/caption]

TORONTO – An underutilized 1,800-seat Broadway-style touring hall underwent an ambitious renovation that resulted in two new venues. The 580-seat Lyric Theatre occupies the seating area of the former auditorium. Twelve rows were removed to accommodate the stage and the rake of the orchestra and balcony seating. Backlit acoustic panels–each programmable with color-changing LED fixtures–wrap the room, defining the proscenium opening and intensifying the theatricality of the space. Theater Consultants Collaborative out of Chapel Hill, N.C. was  involved with the project.

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VENTURA, CA — For a Rubicon Theatre Company production of Gulf View Drive, the third and final drama in Arlene Hutton’s Nibroc Trilogy, Mike Billings used Chauvet Professional’s Ovation E-910FC color mixing ellipsoidal fixtuers to create visuals that accompanied the play’s themes, including the inexorable flow of time.

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LOS ANGELES– Main Light Industries, Inc., one of the largest equipment rental houses in the U.S., has taken delivery of a compliment of Claypaky Mythos2 fixtures.  Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company provides lighting, special effects and video equipment to professional production companies worldwide. Main Light has an extensive inventory of Claypaky lighting fixtures already in house.

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LAS VEGAS — Terry Lowe, Parnelli Awards producer and publisher PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines, announced that David Haskell, president of Morris, the Nashville-based production company that handles lighting, audio, and rigging for a wide range of clients, has joined the Parnelli Board of Advisors.

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[caption id="attachment_274567" align="alignnone" width="800"]Boise Centre expands and gets lighting aid from Chauvet[/caption]

BOISE, ID –– Things are bustling in Idaho’s capital, which was ranked by Forbes as one of the 15 fastest growing cities in the US.  Keeping up with the rapid pace of change is Boise Centre, a multi-use meeting and convention venue located in the heart of the city. In October, the first phase of the facility’s expansion plan was completed, with the opening of Boise Centre East, a 36,000 sq. ft. site located directly across The Grove Plaza from the 50,000 sq. ft. original Boise Centre building. 

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NYC – Five Technical Standards Program draft standards are newly posted for public comment. These documents are all up for reaffirmation by their respective working groups, meaning they have been published for as long as five years and the consensus body is considering republishing them with no substantive changes. Comments on the draft standards will be accepted through the end of the day on 3 April 2017. Download the documents, review instructions, and review forms at http://tsp.esta.org/tsp/documents/public_review_docs.php.

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