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CINCINNATI, OH — Team Autumn, pictured here, was voted this year’s winner of the Rose Brand/USITT Action Design Competition at the USITT Expo March 18-21. Votes were tabulated via the Rose Brand Instagram and Facebook pages.

CINCINNATI, OH – The Long Reach Long Riders (LRLR) once again raised funds for Behind the Scenes during the USITT Conference March 19-21.  Sales of raffle tickets, some key donations, and BTS and LRLR-branded swag raised just over $14,000 for the charity. Pictured here are LRLR’s Bill Sapsis and USITT president Lea Asbell-Swanger.

SUNRISE, FL — Chauvet is going blue to help fight a disorder that affects 1 in 68 babies born in the U.S. every year, and the company, along with PLSN editor and noted LD Nook Schoenfeld, is hoping that other lighting industry members join in this effort. On March 30, the company illuminated its headquarters in Florida, as well as its facilities in the United Kingdom and Belgium, a bright royal blue to kick off the week leading up to World Autism Awareness Day on April 2.

SEATTLE – Morgan Sound and Audiovisual designer Stephen Weeks used Chauvet Professional Ovation and COLORado fixtures  for Seattle’s Parlor Live Comedy Club, which features up-and-coming local talent along with nationally-known comedians.

HANOVER, MD – Rush Street Production got an AV assist from Audinate’s Dante while producing Poker Night in America for CBS Sports. The series has been filmed at multiple locations around the U.S. including the Maryland Live Casino here.

ASHBURN, VA — Cycle Scene put a new “spin” on indoor cycling studio design when it opened one here in early March with installed sound and lighting systems worthy of a high-end nightclub.

LOS ANGELES – Maroon 5 has kicked off its 2015 world tour with 100 Clay Paky Mythos fixtures occupying a prominent place in the rig and grandMA2 full-sized consoles controlling lighting and video elements.  A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of both Clay Paky and MA Lighting products in North America.

CHARLOTTE, NC — Elevation Church staged a major event that drew an audience of close to 13,000 people to Time Warner Cable Arena. Elevation’s in-house LD, Andy Bentley, specified Jands Vista L5 for the concert show, which was a live album/DVD recording for the worship team’s new album, Wake Up the Wonder.

LIVE OAK, FL – For the Aura Music and Arts Festival, a unique festival that featured performances by Disco Biscuits, moe, Papadosio and Main Squeeze, among others, Abbas Ritscher of The Design Oasis provided LD Daniel Hiudt with 12 Nexus Aw 7×7 panels from Chauvet Professiona.