AUSTIN, TX. High End Systems’ Hog Factor 2016 competition is open for enrollment to all qualifying college and university students, and Phase One of the contest will close on June 30, 2016.
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LAS VEGAS — Morpheus Lights, the exclusive U.S. distributor of Ayrton LED products, will exhibit at InfoComm 2016 at the Las Vegas Convention Center June 8 through 10 in Booth #C4750. The company will be featuring new products including Ayrton’s video-equipped DreamPanel Twin, the CosmoPix R, NandoBeam S and MagicDot R. The company is also debuting the MagicDot XT (pictured here) and IntelliPix XT.
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RALEIGH, NC – For Art 2 Wear, an annual fashion show featuring the work of North Carolina State Design School students, LD Daniel Thibault of Alpha Production Group used Ovation E-190WW fixtures, Rogue R2 Wash moving lights and COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tours, all from Chauvet Professional.
Read More »NEW YORK – Kevin Mignone of KM Productions teamed up with Al Crawford and Arc 3 Designs to provide light, sound and video for Edible Schoolyard NYC’s fourth annual spring benefit. The setup featured an array of brands including Chauvet, Vari*Lite, GLP and D&B Audiotechnik that were used to create an event ambience that was reminiscent of an outdoor, lush garden.
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BREA, CA – Southern California-based Visions Lighting is one of the busiest production and lighting companies on the U.S. West Coast with an ever-growing client list that includes some of our industry’s most influential events and artists. Serving major promotion companies like Insomniac Events, AEG and Goldenvoice, Visions has consistently turned to Elation lighting gear to fulfill lighting briefs and 2016 has been no exception with Elation products lighting this year’s Coachella, StageCoach and Wango Tango festivals among other events.
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NASHVILLE — The 18th annual Grammy Block Party, hosted by country music artists The Warren Brothers, was offered for free to Recording Academy members and $50 for guests. It drew close to 1,000 to Cumberland Park from 4:30 to 10 p.m. on May 10 and featured the Cumberland River as a backdrop. Erik Parker, production designer with Chris Lisle Lighting Design, lit the live performances at the outdoor event with a rig that included new and classic fixtures from Martin, including Martin Atomic 3000 LED Strobes and classic MAC Auras.
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MONTERREY, Mexico — For Bisoü, a nightclub that opened earlier this year, Elation’s Mexican partner, Adimsa, worked with architect Filipao Nunez and club owners/brothers Victor and Emilio Califa on a lighting system that includes an assortment of Elation and ADJ gear including ACL 360i, Rayzor Beam 2R and Sniper 2R fixtures.
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SAN REMO, Italy — Padua, Italy-based pianist Paolo Zanarella helped promote the 2016 San Remo Music Festival by hitting a few high notes earlier this year — on a piano hoisted some 50 feet (15 meters) into the air at the San Remo Casino (Casinò di Sanremo). LD Gian Marco Maccario from Pico Service used Clay Paky fixtures to light the one-night event.
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NEW YORK – Steven Tyler – singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as lead singer of legendary American rock band Aerosmith – played a special high profile concert in the David Geffen Hall at New York City’s Lincoln Center called ‘Out On a Limb’, in support of Janie’s Fund, his new philanthropic initiative to serve abused and neglected girls. Lighting the show was LD Nathan Alves, who used 12 x Robe BMFL Spots to produce most of the major signature looks.
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MIAMI – Beyonce’s Formation tour has been wowing the crowds with a monolithic video structure that measures 22 by 16 by 9 meters in size and is embedded in a 62 by 35 meter stage. The monolith is the centerpiece of Es Devlin’s production design. Working with other production companies, staging supplier Stageco helped make it all happen for the tour, which finishes its first North American leg June 14, heads to Europe June 28, and returns for more U.S. shows from Sept. 7-Oct. 2.
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LOS ANGELES – LD Jeff Ravitz, longtime LD for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, included MAC Viper Profiles and MAC Aura fixtures for their 2016 River tour (first 2016 U.S. leg), which ran from Jan. 16 (Pittsburgh, PA) to April 25 (Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, NY). The tour supports the recent release of an archival box set, The Ties That Bind: The River Collection, from the hit 1980s’ album The River, and each show featured an in-sequence, complete performance of the album’s 20 songs. The band heads to Europe this summer and returns for more U.S. shows in August and September.
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FRESNO, CA – Not long after Fresno-based Live Light, Inc. taken delivery of 50 new Clay Paky Mythos fixtures, the event production company sent them out the door to the 2016 California State Future Farmers of America (FFA) Leadership Conference. Mythos played a key role in the entertainment component of the annual conference. They enhanced the look of the recorded music sessions that preceded every general session for the 6,000+ high school agriculture students attending the event. Live Light’s Mythos also lit the Monday night concert headlined by country music duo Thompson Square. The sessions and concert were held in the Fresno Convention Center’s Selland Arena.
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