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NASHVILLE — Drew Gnagey of Magneto Live Design and Raj Kapoor of Raj Kapoor Productions collaborated on the production design for Rascal Flatts’ latest tour that includes curved trusses, curved band risers and a curved video wall. For the unconventional lighting rig – which includes a larger-than-usual assortment of conventional fixtures – they went straight to Bandit Lites.

CLEVELAND, OH – Clay Paky Mythos fixtures played a dual role at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum recently when they formed part of the new lighting truss in the lobby and enhanced the Induction Eve VIP party prior to the ceremony honoring new members.  A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky fixtures in North America.

EVANSVILLE, IN – For a new 300-seat thrust theatre at the University of Southern Indiana, Theatre Projects designed the lighting system, which includes a NEO lighting control console from Philips Strand Lighting.

MIAMI, FL – DWP Live and projection mapping artists Integrated Visions Productions relied on Barco projectors for a large-format projection April 30-May 1 on the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami. Part of a national advertising campaign promoting Anheuser-Busch’s “Oculto” beer, the project made use of nine DWP-supplied Barco HDF-W26 projectors, triple-stacked in portrait mode to light up the 360-foot-tall building’s facade.

Aaron “Double A” Dilks, who worked as a tour manager, audio engineer and security guard for Anthrax, Hellyeah, Fear Factory, Soul SirkUS, Sevendust, Journey and other bands along with Marilyn Manson and Cee Lo Green, died June 7.

SUNRISE, FL – Chauvet has introduced its new online parts store. Parts from Chauvet’s DJ, Professional, Iluminarc, and Trusst brands are available on the site, chauvetparts.com.

NEW YORK – Barrett Hall included Chauvet Professional’s Next NXT-1 LED fixtures in the lighting rig for an upfront event for the rapidly growing Spanish-language Azteca Network. WorldStage provided the gear for the event, staged at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square.

USITT has approved funding for free stage rigging inspections and safety training at 12 more schools via its Rigging Safety Initiative. Of those schools, five were recent applicants to the program and seven applied previously and were awaiting approval for funding. The RSI has approved applications from over 100 schools in 25 states since it began in 2011.

KANSAS CITY, MO – Electrosonic installed a new AV system at the National World War I Museum and Memorial. The upgrade included ANSI lumen projectors, Dataton video server technology, High End Systems projectors, Medialon Manager LITE Software and more.

AUSTIN, TX – Robe moving lights took center stage along with an eclectic mix of new and emerging musical talent at Hype Machine’s Hype Hotel venue during the 2015 SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas.