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ST. PAUL, MN — For Red Bull’s Crashed Ice event in St. Paul, MN in January, LD Paul Guthrie included Martin MAC Quantum Wash fixtures in the rig.

MIAMI, FL – Paradigm Lighting provided production, lighting design and gear for the Live Stage at this year’s Ultra Music Festival. The setup for the Live stage, located at the 7,500 seat outdoor Klipsch Amphitheatre at Bayfront Park, included Robe Pointes and MMX Spot fixtures.

BUENA PARK, CA — Joey Gallagher, CEO of TourReady, noted the imminent availability of a new online database for concert-touring professionals to find work and crew for concerts, tours, and festivals around the world. Called TourReady, the service is still in beta release, “but we’re ready for an expanded audience to use it,” Gallagher said. Also coming soon: access to the service via an iOS app.

LAS VEGAS — The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announced that production/tour manager Chris Lamb will be the 2015 recipient of the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award. “I’m very honored by this award, and honored to join the list of previous winners, all of whom have in some way mentored my life,” Lamb said, “especially my retired partner, Gerry Stickells.”

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.