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WASHINGTON, DC – The Washington Ballet and LD Clifton Taylor recently used equipment from 4Wall DC to light Sleepy Hollow, the third in a series of full-length productions by the company based on works of American literature staged at Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater.

CINCINNATI, OH – USITT 2015 broke all previous attendance records, attracting nearly 5,500 people to Cincinnati’s Duke Energy Center last week for the backstage industry’s biggest annual event.

U.S. – Staging and production design company 44 Designs (44designs.com) of Nashville, Tennessee, has provided Elation Cuepix Panels and Sniper 2R multi-effect lights for Christian rock band Family Force 5’s set on Winter Jam, the U.S.’s largest annual Christian music tour.

SUNRISE, FL – Anyone who’s ever been to an All That Remains concert knows that this band projects a larger than life image on stage with its fast and heavy death metal rifts, bouncing movements and audience interaction. LD Peter Therrien of JDI Productions has been doing the group’s big persona justice on the its current Charming America Tour with a lightshow that serves up huge helpings of brightness, color and sweeping motions.

SUNRISE, FL – Brothers Gow has done over 500 live shows since the quintet was formed in Flagstaff, Arizona in late 2007, and it’s safe to say that no two performances have ever been the same. Fans never know where this popular jam band is going to take them musically as it seamlessly blends rock, funk, jazz, reggae and other genres in fresh new ways. Such music calls for a lightshow with the speed and suppleness to wrap itself around the band’s free-flowing sound, which is exactly what LD Matt Collier is providing on its current “Fly With Me Tour,” using a collection of Chauvet fixtures.

FARMINGDALE, NY – Group One Ltd., the U.S. distributor for U.K.-based Avolites, noted that Avolites’ compact Quartz console has been purchased by a growing number of sound rental companies. The distributor also noted that the console is being used at Omnia nightclub at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

CINCINNATI, OH – At the USITT show, Rosco Laboratories presented their seventh annual royalty check from the sales of Roscolux #359 Medium Violet to Behind the Scenes. Pictured here, from left, are PLASA/Behind the Scenes foundation members Bill Groener, Rick Rudolph and Eddie Raymond with Ed Donohue, president of Rosco – North America. This year’s $3,390 contribution brings the total to $18,348 since the program began.

LITITZ, PA – Atomic team member and “road warrior” Scott Miller died March 6, 2015. He was 47. “Scott was with Atomic for close to 10 years and was instrumental in serving our clients onsite with his calm, cool, and confident demeanor, ensuring installations were done properly and safely,” the company noted.

SUNRISE, FL – When lighting designer Tyler Santangelo decided that floating diamonds would look better than squares on the stage for the Irish Christian experimental group Rend Collective, he simply adjusted the Nexus panels on his rig and created a new look.