EUGENE, OR – Sublime with Rome hit the road for a North American summer tour featuring 37 concerts coast to coast. Lighting designer Scott Warner of Karate Pinky Visual Design, LLC, Pittsburgh, selected Clay Paky Sharpys, Sharpy Washes and A.leda B-EYE K20s for the tour.
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BOSTON – Visionary Light & Media (VLM), led by LD Michael Creason, recently turned to 4Wall New York for the lighting gear needed for LPL Focus at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. 4Wall supplied Martin MAC Auras, Martin MAC Vipers and ETC Source Four Ellipsoidals and Pars.
ORLANDO — After 10 years at the Mall at Millenia, Blue Martini Orlando has moved to International Drive opening its doors to customers this past May. Conveniently located next to the Orlando Convention Center as well as several hotels and other tourist attractions, the nighttime hot spot and local favorite appeals to business professionals, out of town guests and loyal local customers.
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NASHVILLE – Lee Brice hit the road this summer, performing his chart topping hits “Hard to Love” and “I Drive Your Truck” with gear from Bandit Lites. Brice will kick off the fall leg September 11. LD Chris Lisle, production manager Wayne Pauley and lighting director Patrick Sieg collaborated on an efficient, easy-to-rig lighting package featuring GLP’s impression X4 S fixtures amid video screens provided by MooTV.
TORONTO – The Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology (CITT) honored North American distributor A.C. Lighting Inc. with its 2015 CITT Supplier (Corporate) Achievement Award. Pictured here, CITT President, Michael Harris, presents the award to A.C. Lighting Inc.’s Chief Operating Officer, Penny Watier.
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CHICAGO — With a mission to train the next generation of theatre artists in all disciplines, The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago had lighting design students illuminate St. Vincent de Paul Parish church with storytelling visuals. The 30-minute displays, presented May 20-22, made use of Elation lighting products supplied by Protolight, Inc.
RIVERHEAD, NY — The FOLD (Freak Out Let’s Dance) festival, staged on the eastern end of Long Island, NY on Aug. 4-5, 2015, featured Nile Rodgers and Chic, Pharrell Williams, Beck, Duran Duran, Chaka Kahn, Q-Tip and Keith Urban, among others. ProShow provided Chauvet Professional fixtures for the event.
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CALGARY, Alberta, Canada – For the 100-foot long mobile platform with truss used for the annual Calgary Stampede’s nightly Grandstand Show, which ran July 3-12, 2015, Pierre Marleau of Orange Frog Productions deployed 95 Clay Paky Sharpys. Orange Frog’s Barry Armstrong programmed the lighting rig using two grandMA2 light consoles with four NPUs.
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SAN FRANCISCO – This year’s Outside Lands Music Festival enlisted Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) specialist, Intellitix to enhance the festival experience for fans and help take its Wine Lands area 100 percent cashless.
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NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites added Robe’s BMFL Spots to the other Robe gear in its inventory, including 100 LEDBeam, 600 LEDWash, 1200 LEDWash, CycFX8 and Pointe fixtures. LDs including Seth Jackson, Rich Stembridge, Candace Brightman, Paul Hoffman, Chris Lisle and Dave Butzler have already requested the BMFLs for Barry Manilow, Alabama Shakes, the Grateful Dead, Miranda Lambert and Garth Brooks.
LAS VEGAS – For a sixth consecutive year 4Wall Entertainment Lighting was named to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing privately held companies in the US. 4Wall posted a three year growth rate of 67 percent to earn yet another spot on the Inc. ‘Honor Roll’ of companies that have appeared for five or more consecutive years.
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