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KIEV, Ukraine and AUSTIN, TX – The deadline for the LightConverse/High End Systems Lighting Challenge, which has been underway since late 2014, is March 31, 2015. Registered LightConverse users can come up with whatever design they choose, but shows must be programmed on a HOG console or using Hog PC software (which is available free of charge). The contest winners will be announced at Prolight + Sound, held from April 15-18, 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany.

LOS ANGELES, CA – Ten of Latin music’s most prominent artists performed at Staples Center during Calibash. Production manager William Cortes of Link Productions and LD Brandon Dunning of Visions Lighting used a dozen Nexus 4×4 panels from Chauvet Professional for visual support.

LOS ANGELES – Theatre professionals will soon be gathering for the 2015 USITT show, North America’s most important conference and expo for performing arts technology, where Elation Professional will be showing the latest in its line of theatre-optimized lighting.

ST. JOSEPH, MO – For the Robidoux Resident Theatre’s production of the musical comedy Spamalot, last fall at the Missouri Theater in St. Joseph, MO, which dates from the 1920s, the director of the show, Jeff Stover, Assistant Professor/Technical Director at Missouri Western State University, provided a lighting design where VL440 Spot luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite supplemented the house rig.

NASHVILLE – While there were talks of a winter storm brewing for Nashville, the city was all about bikinis and beach music as Sports Illustrated chose Music City to launch the 2015 Swimsuit Edition. The Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau hosted the event, and LD John Lucksinger teamed up with production manager Chris Lisle on the visual design. Bandit Lites provided the gear for the event dubbed “Swimville.”

GLENDALE, AZ – Clay Paky fixtures played a central role the lighting rig for Katy Perry’s glittering halftime show at Super Bowl XLIX in the University of Phoenix Stadium.

McALLEN, TX – Doug Hood, president of Custom Sound Designs (CSD; Fort Wayne, IN), designed and installed a new lighting system for the Baptist Temple of McAllen that included a plethora of Chauvet Professional fixtures, including six Rogue R1 Spot moving heads.

ATLANTA – Active Production and Design has recently added several dozen Elation Professional Platinum Series moving heads to its inventory. The addition of Platinum Profile 35 Pro and Platinum Spot 15R Pro moving heads complements Active’s expansive lighting inventory. Pictured here is Matt Clouser, Active Production and Design’s owner, with the new fixtures.

GREENWICH, CT — Joseph P. Harris, a Tony award-winning theatrical producer and board member at PRG, died Feb. 11 at his home. Harris, who had supported more than 200 Broadway productions as a producer and manager since 1948, was 87.