Last Chance to Vote for 2016 Parnelli Awards, Deadline is Sept. 30 at Noon!
LAS VEGAS — This is it — the last chance to vote for the 2016 Parnelli Awards. Voting from readers of PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines will continue until Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 at 12 noon (PST). After that, the votes will be tallied and envelopes and awards prepared for the 2016 gala, to take place on Oct. 22 at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The event, which begins at 8 p.m. after a cocktail reception kicks things off at 7 p.m. is hosted by Adrian Belew and honors Richard Fernandez, Danny O’Bryen and Greg Mackie with this year’s Lifetime Achievement, Visionary and Audio Innovator awards.
Read More »Event Safety Alliance Announces Core Safety Training
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Event Safety Alliance announces two upcoming training classes for live event professionals. One is in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 20, one day before the LDI 2016 tradeshow opens, while the other is on Monday, Nov. 28, one day prior to the Event Safety Summit in Lititz, PA.
Read More »ESTA Announces Volunteer of the Year Awards
NEW YORK – The ESTA Board of Directors has honored two groups of volunteers with the Volunteer of the Year Award: the Technical Standards Program’s Stage Lifts Working Group and the ETCP Subject Matter Experts for the Portable Power Distribution Technician Certificate.
Read More »Bandit Lites Nominated for Industry Honor
KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites noted its nomination for the 2016 Parnelli Lighting Company of the Year Award.
Read More »Main Light Industries Provides Chauvet’s Rogue R1 FX-B Fixtures for moe. Tour
NEW YORK – People who go to a moe. concert thinking they know what to expect, have probably never been to a moe. concert before. The quintet from upstate New York epitomizes the freewheeling improvisational unpredictability of jam band music, as it reels off 10-minute riffs with casual ease and seamlessly moves from song to song with nary a break in between. No two moe. performances are ever alike, which is why so many dedicated fans (aka “moe.rons”) have been to 30…40…50… or more of the group’s concerts.
Read More »Rascal Flatts’ ‘Rhythms & Roots’ Tour Includes Elation ACL 360 Bars
NASHVILLE — For Rascal Flatts’ Rhythms & Roots tour, LD Mike Swinford worked with Andy Knighton on a design that includes Elation ACL 360 Bar color-changing LED battens in the rig. Knighton has 18 ACL 360 Bar fixtures encircling each of three 22-foot round LED video circles. Bandit Lites is supplying gear for the tour, which runs into mid-October.
Read More »Behind the Scenes Announces Fred Foster Scholarship Fund
NYC – The Behind the Scenes Foundation announced the Fred Foster Scholarship Fund. Board members had long been seeking a way to honor Fred’s innumerable contributions to our industry and, in particular, his unwavering support of the charity since its inception.
Read More »Jason Aldean and Kid Rock Perform at Fenway Park with Chauvet Rogue RH1 Hybrid Fixtures
BOSTON – For a music event billed as the “ultimate double-header” at Fenway Park, Jason Aldean teamed up with Kid Rock for two shows on the weekend after Labor Day, Sept. 9-10. Keith Hoagland’s light show made use of a floor package of Rogue RH1 Hybrid moving lights supplied by Bandit Lites. Hoagland used 18 Rogue RH1 Hybrids in groups of three along the upstage risers behind the backline for Aldean’s show. Justin Shaw, working for Kid Rock’s lighting designer Nook Schoenfeld, also made use of the fixtures at the event.
Read More »Starlite Productions Lights Philadelphia Monuments During Democratic National Convention
PHILADELPHIA – The festivities for the 2016 Democratic National Convention extended well beyond Wells Fargo Center, with lighting transforming some of the city’s many landmarks. Starlite Productions was tasked with creating a patriotic ambiance for two of them with the help of Clay Paky Mythos lighting fixtures. The company was commissioned by The Lighting Practice to light 30th Street Station, Amtrak’s main railroad station in Philadelphia. The Lighting Practice and Center City District also commissioned Starlite to illuminate the iconic, clock tower perched atop City Hall.
Read More »2016 AAU Junior Olympic Games Celebration of Athletes Lit with Elation Platinum FLX Fixtures
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.
Read More »High End Systems Announces New York City Open House
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.