It is with sadness that PLSN reports the passing of Craig Burross,61, who unexpectedly passed away from a short illness on Thursday May 23. We send our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends, who were many throughout the industry. Debi Moen shares with us this warm remembrance of Craig from herself, his friends and his wife.
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In late April, CAS Exhibition Partners of the Netherlands took delivery of 250 KL PAR FC LED PAR lights from Elation for use in the leading exhibition contractor’s many state-of-the-art stand builds across Europe. Useful in setting the ambiance of an exhibition stand, reinforcing a theme, and adding depth and dimension to enhance the overall visual appeal of a space, the new full-color-spectrum lights can also play more functional roles like highlighting products, signage and displays. Either way, the KL PAR FC’s high color quality and adaptability will serve to captivate visitors and reinforce brand imaging for CAS customers.Read More »CAS Exhibition Partners Choose Elation KL PAR FC for Superior Stand Lighting
Cameo presents the ORON H2, an IP65 hybrid moving head with a phosphor-laser engine. With its combination of beam, spotlight, and wash and a wide zoom range for laser moving heads, the ORON H2 is suitable for particularly flexible use on medium and large stages – both indoors and outdoors. Thanks to its laser technology, the ORON H2 also acts as a future-proof and sustainable alternative for the upcoming EU ban on discharge lamps from 2027.Read More »Cameo Presents the ORON® H2 IP65 Hybrid Moving Head with Phosphor-Laser Engine
Disguise has announced the next evolution of its hardware solutions with the launch of the new generation of EX media servers, following the recently launched RX… Read More »Disguise Launches New Generation of EX Media Servers to Power the Future of Entertainment
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The 2024 PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival celebrated some of the best of Australian fashion design, imagination, style and flair, with a main show space at the Royal Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne – recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee as a prime example of 19th century international exhibition architecture. All Lighting and AV equipment for the week-long festival was supplied by full production services provider, Harry the Hirer Productions, led by Technical Producer Marcus Pugh.Read More »Robe ESPRITES Rock Melbourne Fashion Festival
Let’s Glow SF holiday projection event, returned to San Francisco from December 1st through 10th for its third edition. Every day from 5-10PM, the facades of Downtown San Francisco’s most iconic buildings were transformed through the projection of large-scale artworks created by local and international creative studios and artists.
Read More »Modulo Pi’s Media Servers Illuminate Let’s Glow SF Festival of Lights
Astera – a leading developer of innovative light solutions for film, event and TV markets – will be using their attendance at Cinegear LA Expo (June 6-9, 2024) to launch a new lighting solution and showcase how their comprehensive portfolio of lights addresses the needs of both lighting technicians and creatives, offering them an efficient way to light a diverse range of production environments.Read More »Astera Readies to Launch a New Product at Cinegear 2024
Ideal for spotlighting décor, signage, displays, tables, mirror balls, and small stages, the Saber Spot RGBL is an ultracompact yet extremely powerful lighting fixture. It combines a potent 20W RGBL color mixing LED light engine, which can be used to generate a wide gamut of color options, with an ACL lens to generate an intense beam of light with a tight 5.7-degree beam angle.
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Describing Jon Batiste’s uplifting appearance at Coachella’s Outdoor Theatre in a few words is as impossible as applying a single label to the festival itself. Even by the standards of an event famous for its soaring diversity and originality, the multi-Grammy winning artist stood out for the sheer breadth of his brilliantly nuanced performance. Starting off with “Tell The Truth,” a lively R&B classic and moving on to funky songs like “Freedom,” and the spiritually tinged hit “Butterfly,” Batiste, his band, and a variety of special guests took fans on a musical odyssey that included everything from covers of Beatles songs, to the classic from his hometown, New Orleans “When The Saints Go Marching In.”Read More »Creating Candy at Coachella for Jon Batiste with Shepherd Lowrey & CHAUVET Professional
Brown Note Productions, the Denver-area company specializing in 360º full-service production for concerts, tours, music festivals, and special events, has invested in 150 Ayrton Rivale Profiles. The new fixtures were quickly dispatched for two back-to-back dates at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison for dance music star Black Coffee and artist Illenium. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.Read More »Brown Note Productions Expands Inventory with Ayrton Rivale and Debuts Them at Red Rocks
Stu Pribil, an industry veteran, comes to Paragon 360 with over 30 years of industry knowledge. Coming out of UNLV, he started working in Las Vegas as a neon and special effects lighting installer for many of the theaters and clubs, such as The Stardust, Caesars Palace, The Luxor, and many more. He was later recruited to the Shoji Tabuchi Theater in Branson, MO, to be part of the stage crew.Read More »Paragon 360 Welcomes Stu Pribil
The Petronio Alvarez festival, affectionately called “El Petronio,” has no trouble making news. A signature event in Cali, the six-day celebration of music, food, and culture, draws over a half-million people to the city’s la Unidad Deportiva Alberto Galindo sports complex. It’s been that way for 27 years, but last summer the festival made news of a different kind when local news outlets were buzzing with reports of UFO sightings.Read More »Milton De La Cruz Makes Light Waves at Petronio Alvarez Festival with CHAUVET Professional