OLD HICKORY, TN — Kendall E. Carter, 53, died Nov. 23, 2016 at his home in Old Hickory, TN, near Nashville. Born in Baker, LA, near Baton Rouge, he hit the road at age 19, heading out to Los Angeles and joining Showlites. He toured with top rock and country acts and helped Rhino launch its Louisiana office before joining VER as a project manager in 2012.
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USA – Ever since Atlanta-based LD Greg Ellis discovered Robe’s BMFL moving lights, he has been recommending them to as many people as possible and continues to be “consistently impressed” with Robe’s subsequent product launches. He just finished the latest leg of a Pretty Lights US tour where 36 x Spikies and 14 x BMFL Spots graced his lighting rig and helped create a stylish and invigorating show for the atist he has worked with for the last seven years.
NASHVILLE — Shaping Sound, the contemporary dance company founded by choreographers Travis Wall, Nick Lazzarini, Teddy Forance and dance visionary Kyle Robinson, wrapped up its six week fall tour with a lighting package designed by Seth Jackson and provided by Bandit Lites.
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NASHVILLE – Cassadee Pope, who became the first female winner of TV’s The Voice singing competition in late 2012, has been opening for Chris Young with a Michael Stanley-designed lightshow that includes Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures made by Chauvet Professional and supplied by Bandit Lites.
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NASHVILLE — LD Emmanuelle “Gigi” Pedron hit the road with a crew of eight other women for Tegan and Sara’s Love You to Death tour this fall. The Grammy nominated twin sisters are touring in support of their latest album of the same name. 4Wall Nashville worked with Pedron to provide the LD with the gear she needed for the tour.
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GILBERT, AZ – On August 2, 1956, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed papers that enacted “Constitution Week.” Since that time, communities throughout the United States have used the occasion to commemorate and honor the 4,543-word document that has served as the framework for the country’s legal system for the past two-and-a-quarter centuries. In most communities, these celebrations pass in relative obscurity, but not in Gilbert, Arizona.
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PASADENA, CA — A James Thomas Engineering 20.5” SuperTower system was used to construct a test stand at Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) in California for the return mission from Mars. The plates and gates of the tower system were employed to make all connections for the tower’s different levels. The test stand will be used to simulate the speeds of samples that have been jettisoned off Mars by the rover and returned to earth via an ascent rocket for detailed chemical and physical analysis.
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LOS ANGELES – The 18 Claypaky Scenius fixtures recently acquired by the Canton, Massachusetts office of High Output Inc. for its rental inventory have hardly spent a moment on the shelves. The moving head spotlights at the top of the Claypaky range experienced a busy general election season and continue to service many national broadcast and corporate projects.
LOS ANGELES – Following a hugely successful launch at LDI in Las Vegas last month, the ADJ team will be hitting the road this fall to give customers across the US the opportunity to see the company’s exciting new products firsthand. The latest leg of ADJ’s Road Tour will run from November 29 to December 15 and take the form of a ‘Pop-up Tradeshow!’ The tour will hit South Texas, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York and New Jersey and the ADJ Team will visit two different locations on each day!
BROOMFIELD, CO – Southern rock band Widespread Panic returned to the road for their annual Halloween extravaganza with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The ten day tour treated the jam band’s diehard fan base with both Widespread Panic’s own psychedelic songs and covers including Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” (complete with a confetti cannon) that hadn’t been played by the band since 1987.
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NEW YORK — Touring in support of their debut album, Don’t You, indie pop trio Wet played dates across North America this fall, using effects from Elation Professional color-changing ACL 360 Bar battens as an impressive visual accompaniment. The lighting design, by Erich Meitzner and James Bailey, featured the battens as the source of dense walls of light.
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SAN FRANCISCO – WorldStage is known for the innovative and fun technical open houses held at its offices on both coasts. Recently, WorldStage San Francisco welcomed clients and partners to the WorldStage 2016 Mixed Reality Open House. A hot ticket in the Bay Area tech community, Mixed Reality offered guests a chance to get up close and personal with technology solutions for the live event marketplace that were unique and outside the mainstream. It followed the festive Tacos and Technology get-together held by WorldStage New York last summer.