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CINCINNATI, OH – At the USITT show in March, Mark Vassallo and David Lincecum of ETC presented a check for $15,205.60 to Behind the Scenes, which reflected ongoing proceeds from sales of ETC’s iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) application for iOS and Android devices. The check presentation is pictured here.

NEW YORK – USITT and the backstage community are celebrating Arbor Day by declaring April 24 Rigging Safety Day, a day to promote safer stages by posting and tweeting with the hashtag #RigSafe.

MIDDLETON, WI — The Discovery Science Channel show, How It’s Made, will air a special episode on stage lights that prominently features ETC’s Source Four LED luminaires. The episode will premiere in the U.S. on Thursday, April 9th, at 8:00pm CDT, on the Science Channel, which is available through most North American cable television providers.

ANN ARBOR, MI – TLS Productions, Inc. recently added Stagemaker SRS Half Ton Chain Hoists to its rental inventory.

LOS ANGELES — A.C.T Lighting, Inc. has become a new Behind the Scenes Pledge-a-Product partner.  The PLASA Foundation’s Behind the Scenes program is an industry charity providing financial assistance to entertainment technology professionals who are seriously ill or injured.  Program grants may be used for basic living and medical expenses.

CHESTERTOWN, MD – Back in 1782, George Washington consented to have the small “College at Chester” renamed in his honor.  More recently, the students and alumni at Washington College (the 10th oldest in the US) have been showing their appreciation for this gesture by throwing a giant annual party in honor of the first president.  This year’s George Washington Party may have been the most colorful ever, thanks in no small measure to a dynamic and colorful lighting display created with a collection of Legend, Q-Wash and COLORado fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.

NEW YORK, NY – Cory FitzGerald rocked NBC’s Studio 8H with a state of the art rig for Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars.

NASHVILLE, TN – Following Widespread Panic’s larger-than-life New Year’s Eve performance, the rock band has returned to the road for a 25 date spring tour. On the road with them is long time lighting designer Paul Hoffman, who again trusted Bandit Lites to provide the gear for his exceedingly mind-blowing psychedelic looks.

NASHVILLE, TN — Cole Swindell Continues to Grow with Nashville-based Production Company for 2015 Headline and Support Dates.

PHILADELPHIA – LD Marc Janowitz, an early adopter of GLP’s X4 series of fixtures, has been incorporating them into his rigs since first using them for My Morning Jacket in 2012. The photo here is of a Trey Anastasio show in late 2014. Here, Janowitz used 30 VER-supplied X4s. Although only white chassis versions of the fixtures were available, Janowitz improvised and found a serendipitous use for the white-painted fixtures. Rotating them so they would face backwards when not in use, they became a novel scenic element.