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NELSONVILLE, OH – The Harold Brothers — Jeremy and Keith, of United Sound and Electronics — were impressed after the Avett Brothers performed at last year’s Nelsonville Music Festival, not just by the band, but also by the fixtures they used to light the band — Chauvet Professional Legend 330SRs.

BALTIMORE, MD — 4Wall DC’s Katie Kudrick served as LD for Rhinoceros, a play written in 1959 by Eugene Ionesco that was recently revived at Loyola University Maryland under the direction of Dr. Natka Bianchini. Kudrick used Chroma-Q Color Force 72 LED battens for cyc lighting.

NAPLES, FORT LAUDERDALE and MIAMI, FL – Leading US nightlife brand Blue Martini Lounge has introduced Robe’s MiniMe digital fixtures to three of its South Florida locations – in Naples, Fort Lauderdale and the Miami area (Brickell).

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Before pop star Enrique Iglesias set out to play some of the world’s largest venues for his 2014-2105 Sex and Love Tour he consulted Travis Shirley, his longtime creative director and show designer. To make the show’s production elements specialized yet easy to replicate in any tour destination, Shirley deployed several classic lighting fixtures from Martin Professional and one new one – the MAC Quantum Profile.

U.S. – Elation is proud to again be lighting American blues rock musician George Thorogood and his legendary Delaware Destroyers band, who continue to surprise after four decades. George Thorogood found chart success in the ‘80s and continues to tour extensively after 40 years. Out on a “Badder Than Ever” spring tour through April, lighting designer William Bennyhoff needed a rig that could complement Thorogood’s high-energy boogie-blues style and found it in Elation Platinum Beam 5R Pro, Rayzor Q7 and Cuepix Blinder WW2 fixtures.  

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.