MIAMI, FL – Robe MiniMe and LEDBeam 100 fixtures are proving a perfect choice to help bring the atmosphere alive at Haven in South Beach, Miami, a trendy eatery, lounge and nightclub known for its eye-catching video wall, cool music, onyx bar and tasty mix of organic eats and exotic cocktails, all available to the in crowd until the early hours of the morning.
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LOS ANGELES – The versatility of the Clay Paky lighting family was demonstrated when lighting designer Stefan DeWilde, of DeWilde Design Group LLC in Burbank, selected an array of Clay Paky fixtures for two projects that couldn’t have been more different: the glittering 40th birthday party for Michelle Damon, wife of two-time World Series champ Johnny Damon and a philanthropist and businesswoman in her own right, and the exterior effects lighting for a popular theme park attraction. He also deployed grandMA2 consoles to control lighting and video at the Damon party.
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NEW YORK – USITT announced that the 2016 Rising Star Award sponsored by LDI/Live Design is now accepting nominations.
Read More »DONALD, OR — The stage roof erected for the Donald Hazelnut Festival collapsed as the first of three scheduled bands was performing mid-day on July 11, 2015. The performer, Rob Rainwater, and a sound technician were hospitalized after being pinned by the structure. Others onstage did not require hospitalization.
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WAYNE, NJ – Manheim, PA-based church, Lives Changed by Christ (LCBC), a house of worship that delivers high-definition live video of services from its broadcast campus to multiple locations throughout central Pennsylvania, recently upgraded its video imaging capabilities with the acquisition of two Fujinon XA55x9.5BESM 2/3-inch studio/field zoom and one XA22x7BES compact studio lens from the Optical Devices Division of Fujifilm North America Corporation.
Read More »DENVER, CO — Rich Barr, a veteran tour production manager, co-founded Perfect Storm with meteorologist Mike Chapman to help those in charge of concerts and other outdoor events guard against severe weather hazards.
Read More »MONTREAL, Canada – Acts performing at the new Amphitheatre Cogeco in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, are benefiting from Luminex networking gear, which serves as the backbone for the outdoor venue’s audio, video, lighting and control systems. Trizart Alliance specified the six Luminex GigaCore 16Xt PoE switches that work as a single multimode fiber ring backbone for the amphitheatre; additional GigaCore 16Xt and GigaCore 12 managed Gigabit Ethernet switches are used in mobile racks as well. TKNL performed the audio, video and control integration, working alongside Solotech, the lighting integrator for the project.
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IRVING, TX — John “JR” Reid, 60, passed away on Monday, July 13 in his hometown of Irving, TX. JR was a popular account rep for many years in the entertainment business.
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NASHVILLE, TN – With winners chosen by the fans, the K-LOVE Fan Awards brings together the biggest names in Christian music, sports, books and movies. Held at the Grand Ole Opry House, the annual awards show is produced by Go Live Productions and each year has grown in both size and popularity. Overseeing the production is Production Manager and Show Director Scott Moore who strives to capture the spiritual significance of the evening through a dynamic yet functional lighting and video package which was supplied by Elite Multimedia.
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CHILLICOTHE, IL – Lighting designer Preston Hoffman created a dynamic and flexible production lighting design for the 2015 Summer Camp Festival staged at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois, U.S.A. His stage, the Moonshine Stage, was based primarily around 16 x Robe BMFL Spots and 10 x Robe Pointe moving lights.
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LOS ANGELES – Kinetic Lighting supplied and designed the lighting array for the musical accompaniment to a big Independence Day party at Los Angeles’ Grand Park. The setup for one of the event’s two stages included 25 of Chauvet Professional’s Next NXT-1 pixel-mappable RGBW LED panel fixtures.
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NEW YORK, NY – 4Wall New York recently provided equipment to the Mannes School of Music for the New York premiere of Flight, an operatic drama based on the true-life story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian refugee who lived inside the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris for several years.
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