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LOS ANGELES – Singer, dancer and actress Tinashe is out on her 2016 “Joyride” world tour beneath an Elation Professional rig of SixBar 1000 LED battens and Platinum 5R Beam moving heads with graphic elements displayed across an LED wall made up of Elation EMAG4 LED panels. Production designer Daunté Kenner worked with Jason Reberski of JR Lighting to support the show’s visuals with the lighting and video package, chosen in part for its efficiency.

NASHVILLE – For rising country act Canaan Smith’s Stompin’ Grounds tour, LD Sooner Routhier’s design includes 12 Robe Pointes and eight LEDWash 600s supplied by VER. The first leg of the tour visited 11 cities in the Midwest and South last November and December.

INDIO, CA – The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which returned for back-to-back weekends April 15–17 and 22–24, 2016, once again offered visitors a huge, elaborate immersive environment with the Sahara Tent. Dubbed by the Los Angeles Times as “Coachella’s giant multimedia room that’s a shrine to partying first and partying always,” the temporary venue was once again built by AG Production Services, which provided staging, rigging, video and lighting.

FISHERS, IN – Northview Church has been drawing congregants from around the Indianapolis area to its main location in Carmel, IN in the city’s northern suburbs for more than three decades. To shorten the drive and ease overcrowding in the main church location, the megachurch has been offering offsite services, first in school locations, then in a dedicated church facilities. One of these permanent satelite locations, which are led by their own pastor but still feature Sunday sermons broadcast from the Carmel location, opened last November in Fishers, IN. The lighting system there, installed by CCI Solutions, includes Ovation and Rogue fixtures from Chauvet Professional.

LAS VEGAS – tvOne noted that its AV products will be seen in several locations around the floor at the NAB 2016 show in Las Vegas this week. Among the items garnering notice: tvOne’s CORIOmaster mini video wall processor, featured at Booth C460, Booth C1311 and Booth C1637. The show floor is open April 18-21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

NEW YORK  – Root Sports Northwest has completely revamped its Seattle studio and added a new complement of LED fixtures and ETC lighting control provided by WorldStage.  TV Lighting Design, Inc. of NewYork City collaborated with Studio1Group in Hartford, Connecticut to upgrade the studio’s set and create a fresh, new look for the regional sports network.

NEW YORK – By Design Day, a major fundraiser for the Behind the Scenes charity, is being held this year on Saturday, April 23. It is the day for members of the design community to make a personal donation, hold a collection at work or support the day by giving a day’s royalties.

NASHVILLE – For Jason Aldean’s “Six String Circus” tour, Bandit Lites is providing lighting gear for LD Mike Swinford’s lighting design. The rig includes Ayrton’s MagicRing-R9, MagicBlade-R and MagicDot-R fixtures, the latter arranged in pods.These complement the other fixtures in the rig, including Martin MAC 2000 Performance fixtures, Vari*Lite VL3500 Washes, Clay Paky Mythos, Bandit 5x5s, Ayrton Intellipix Panels, PixelLine four-foot 1044s and two grandMA2 Full consoles.

LAS VEGAS, NV – AAdyn Technology (AAdynTech) is featuring its latest LED fixtures at NAB 2016. They include three models from the JAB series that promise a 30 percent increase in foot candles and an upgraded version of the Punch Plus fixture (pictured here) that is 50 percent brighter than its predecessor.  All fixtures incorporate DMX, manual in/out or digital remote control.