LOS ANGELES – Wonderama, a revival of the popular ‘60s kids variety show, rolled out this month on Tribune Broadcasting’s cable network, with a set featuring Solaris Mozart LED fixtures. Hosted by David Osmond (of the well-known Osmond family), 13 weekly episodes are in the can with 30 more scheduled. The show was lit by LD Herrick Goldman of HG Lighting Design Inc., New York.
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LAS VEGAS – The International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE) held its annual meeting in late November at the Paris Resort in Las Vegas. The convention theme focused on creating and moving forward with Revolution/Evolution in the fair industry. The convention’s overall general session technology was designed by Dale Kivimaki of Freestyle Productions out of Minneapolis. Freestyle teamed up with in-House provider Encore to provide projection and LED screens along with Martin MAC 700 movers and Coemar Parlites for uplighting accents to light up the stage and the room for the attendees.
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LOS ANGELES — Elation Professional announced that it now offers, and is stocking, the entire High End Systems Hog range of lighting control products to its U.S. dealer base. Elation has distributed the High End HedgeHog 4™ and Nano Hog 4™ lighting consoles since November of 2013 in the U.S., South America and parts of Europe.
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AUSTIN, TX — Creative Production & Design (CPD) is providing Chauvet Professional fixtures to support a lighting design by Kendall Clark for a tour featuring EDM duo Louis the Child. The rig includes 18 Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures. Andrew Roman serves as lighting programmer for the tour.
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MUNICH – As its centenary year gets underway, ARRI looks back at its rich history, assesses the values and principles that have helped it reach this milestone anniversary, and sets its sights firmly on the future. 2017 marks 100 years since August Arnold and Robert Richter rented a small former shoemaker’s store in Munich and set up shop as a film technology firm. The two young friends started with just one product: a copying machine they built on a lathe Richter had received as a Christmas present from his parents. Taking the first two letters of their surnames, they christened their new enterprise ARRI.
ARGYLE, TX – GoVision named Patrick Carlile regional account executives. Patrick Carlile (pictured here, left) will serve as regional account executive for Arkansas, Kansas, parts of Texas and most of the Northeast Region. Mike Renfro (pictured right) will assume responsibility for parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and most of the Southeast Region.
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ORLANDO, FL –– Michael Pagan, a former student at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, has been making creative use of GLP’s state-of-the-art X4 series to light school productions including the musical, Rent, pictured here.
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NASHVILLE – Country artist Chris Young’s “I’m Comin’ Over” tour, which started in 2016 and is continuing into 2017, features a lighting packaged provided by Bandit Lites. Video plays a big role, with a scalable lighting design from Chris Lisle that unleashes additional visual punch.
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NORTH CREEK, NY – Creative Stage Lighting has announced it now has inventory of James Thomas Engineering truss. James Thomas Engineering, part of the Milos Group, is one of the leading manufacturers of aluminum trussing, rigging and ground support to North American and international clients since 1977. Its General Purpose, Supertruss and HD truss systems are known throughout the industry as benchmarks for professional outdoor concert, theatre and corporate venue productions.
NEW ORLEANS – RZI Lighting has taken delivery of 24 double-reeved, half-ton Chain Master motor hoists with 60-foot chains. RZI Lighting is a leading stage lighting equipment supplier in the region providing sales, rentals and labor to the market. Chain Master hoists have become one of the world’s leading manufacturers of lifting equipment in the entertainment industry. The extensive product line ranges from installation to complex scene changes and complete automation systems.
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MANHATTAN, KS – University Christian Church in Manhattan, Kansas, also home to Kansas State University, is a fast growing church with a large college attendance population. The ministry outgrew its existing multipurpose venue and brought in Elation dealer House Right of Lexington, Kentucky, to oversee a new theatrical and house lighting design for a new 1,000-seat space on their existing campus.
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NASHVILLE — The annual CMA Touring Awards (formerly known as the SRO Awards) were bestowed at the Marathon Music Works in Nashville on Jan. 23 and included the inaugural CMA Touring Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to Randy “Baja” Fletcher by Brooks & Dunn (pictured here). Ed Wannebo (Kenny Chesney) and Tom Addison (Dierks Bentley) took home top CMA Touring honors, respectively, for Production Manager and Tour Manager of the Year.
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