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HOUSTON – Full service production company GVPmedia, Inc. utilized the multi-functionality of Elation Professional’s Platinum FLX™ moving head on the AAU Junior Olympic Games Celebration of Athletes, The opening ceremony style event was held at the M.O. Campbell Center in Houston on July 31st and GVP produced the entire show from start to finish including designing the entire set, developing the run of show, and creating custom videos and content.

NYC – High End Systems, a Barco Company, will be hosting an open house at The Pershing Square Signature Center in The Ford Theater September 21 & 22 from 10 am – 4 pm each day. Over the course of 2 days, experts will be on hand to demonstrate the capabilities of High End Systems current line-up of products. 

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LAS VEGAS – The Event Safety Alliance (ESA) and the Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA) have agreed on a joint copyright that will allow a second edition of The Event Safety Guide to be developed as an American National Standard (ANS). To take on the project, a new working group is being created within ESTA’s Technical Standards Program (TSP) called the Event Safety Working Group (ESWG). Leading the new group will be co-chairs Dr. Donald Cooper, Executive Director of the ESA, and Richard Nix, Special Project Manager for ZFX, Inc.

NASHVILLE – For Toby Keith’s “Interstates & Tailgates” tour, which includes more stops at festivals and fairs this year along with standard amphitheater dates, LD Seth Jackson worked with Bandit Lites on a gear package that includes a lighting pod approach that could easily scale up or down with the needs of each tour stop. The trek runs through mid-October.

LOWELL, MA – In 1975, Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio held a gathering for young worshippers.  The organizers of that event could scarcely have imagined that there would one day be 40 Steubenville Youth Conferences in 11 states. Nor could they have envisioned the kind of dynamic and richly textured stage presentation that engaged thousands of young people at Steubenville East, which was held recently at the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Tsongas Center.

BURBANK, CA — Kenneth (Ken or Kenny) Stein, a veteran stage manager for major beauty pageants, awards shows and TV programs and specials, died Sept. 8, 2016. He was 74.

OMAHA, NE – To transform retail space in Omaha’s Millard neighborhood into a worship environment, CCI Solutions relied on fixtures from Chauvet Professional. Duke DeJong, vice president of systems integration at CCI Solutions, noted that  Chauvet’s Ovation, Rogue and COLORdash fixtures helped transform the former Wonder Bread outlet store and Hallmark gift shop into a satellite location for StoneBridge Christian Church.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Event Safety Alliance’s new Event Safety For All initiative aims to lower the barriers to broader participation in its programs, starting with what it costs to join. Annual membership dues are dropping from $180 a year to $75 a year. The 2016 Event Safety Summit, set for Nov. 29-Dec. 1 in Lititz, PA, is now $1,250 for members, and $1,500 for non-members. And printed copies of the Event Safety Guide are now available for as low as $24.94 (although pricing may vary), while the e-book version is offered for download at $4.99.

LAS VEGAS — There will be plenty to look at during this year’s LDI show, with the latest moving lights, video gear, staging and rigging equipment and sound systems all competing for attention. The greatest networking opportunity for visitors to Las Vegas in late October, meanwhile, will be taking place miles from the haze-and-distraction-filled convention center. The 2016 PLSN/FOH Parnelli Classic Golf Tournament is set for Thursday, Oct. 20 at Siena Golf Club, on the west side of town.

LOUISVILLE, KY – The Forecastle Music Festival set a record with 65,000 July 15 -17. The event featured live music performed by more than 60 acts on four stages spread across 85 acres of Louisville’s Waterfront Park, with headliners including Alabama Shakes, The Avett Brothers, Ryan Adams, Death Cab for Cutie, Local Natives, Group Love and Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals. Bandit Lites played a key role at the event, providing lighting for the headliners and also looking after staging at the event.

LONDON – MDG UK will be exhibiting at PLASA 2016 on Stand F60, featuring products including theONE, the ATMe haze generator (pictured here), the dual output Me2 fog generator and more.