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WORCESTER, MA – Motionless in White was lit with Chauvet Professional gear for the band’s headlining performance at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. LD Freddy Thompson used six Legend 230SR Beams and eight Legend 412 moving washes positioned on truss towers. Blinders, strobes and two Vesuvio RGBA foggers added to the visual intensity of the show.

CINCINNATI, OH – On March 20, 2015 awards for the second annual ASTC/USITT Venue Renovation Challenge were presented in Cincinnati, Ohio at the 55th annual USITT Conference and Expo.

NASHVILLE, TN – For The Thorn, a touring Passion Play production performed in a five-week span before Easter, Illuminate Production Services (IPS) provided a full Elation lighting and LED video package. Rick Franke of IPS was the production manager; Caleb Franke, still in high school, served as the LD.

The Talk relies on lighting rig supplied with ETC Ion consoles, Source Four profiles, and 2K and 5K LED fixtures.

FRUITLAND PARK, FL – Entertainment Arts installed elektraLite Dazers and eyeBalls to light the new stage and room at Community United Methodist Church.

NEW YORK — David Agress, lighting director for Radio City Entertainment, included Ayrton MagicBlade-R LED luminaires in his design for the new live theatrical production, New York Spring Spectacular, featuring the Rockettes. The show is scheduled to run through May 7 at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Bandit Lites supplied and installed a Visual Terrain designed lighting array for the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee. North Carolina.

MONROE, LA — Lyle Centola, 59, longtime production manager, site coordinator and rigger, died April 29. A key member of the Event Safety Alliance, Centola helped organize and stage major events ranging from Super Bowl halftime shows to a Veterans Day college basketball game held on the deck of an aircraft carrier. His career in live entertainment rigging and management began in the 1970s.

Chauvet Professional supplies LD Brandon Dunning of Visions Lighting with Nexus LED panels for Invasion Del Corrido concert.

Renewed Vision supplied ProPresenter and ProVideoPlayer 2 for this year’s Passion Conference (Passion 2015).