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ARLINGTON, TX – The 50th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, televised with a record-setting live audience April 19 at AT&T Stadium, featured memorable moments including Garth Brooks’ tribute to the U.S. armed forces.  LD Bob Dickinson, Jon Kusner and the rest of the Full Flood team relied upon Syncrolite SXL 7K fixtures on stage and upstage to backlight Brooks and his band during the broadcast.

NEW YORK – Radio City Music Hall kicked off its new show featuring the Rockettes, the New York Spring Spectacular, with a show control solution from Smart Monkeys, Inc.

OLATHE, KS – When Blue Valley Baptist Church expanded with its acquisition of a 280-capacity, 1980s-vintage church here last year, it treated both its new congregation there and its worshipers at its 605-seat facility in Overland Park, KS with lighting upgrades. The new gear includes Chauvet Professional’s Ovation E-190WW warm white LED ellipsoidal fixtures along with the Freedom Par Hex- 4, a battery-powered, wireless-DMX Hex-Color LED par from Chauvet DJ.

To honor the memory of Master Rigger and USITT Fellow Jay O. Glerum, USITT announces the launch of Jay O. Glerum Rigging Master Classes in 2016.

To express the company’s ongoing commitment to the Live Sound/Theater Industry, Clear-Com presented Tyler Jacobson of Carnegie Mellon University with the 2015 Stage Management Award at this year’s USITT expo.

The second annual Vectorworks Design Scholarship is now accepting applications.

Lighting Designer Rachel Miller chooses Chauvet Professional COLORado 1-Quad Tours and Wash FX for Lucid Candy.

MADISON, WI – ETC released details on this year’s CUE (Create. Understand. Experience) conference, to be held June 26-28, 2015 at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center.

LOS ANGELES – Production company Smoothworld TV and lighting visual effects/LD Jeff Barco recently turned to 4Wall Los Angeles to provide gear for a tightly scheduled commercial shoot for Nissan. The commercial, titled “Spotlight,” shows the Nissan X Trail SUV being caught in the spotlight no matter where it goes in the city.

CHICAGO – For “The Marvel Experience,” a touring attraction staged so far near Phoenix (Nov. 12 2014-Jan. 3, 2015), Dallas (Jan. 9-Feb. 1), San Diego (Feb. 7-March 1) and Chicago (since April 2), Electrosonic and PRG have been providing visual support. The touring production operates out of inflatable domes erected on parcels of rented land.