OCEANSIDE, CA – In 2012, New Venture Christian Fellowship in Oceanside, California, experienced a full makeover, complete with over 129 brand new Selador Desire D40 and D60 luminaires. CCI Solutions helped achieve their goal of creating an immersive worship experience for the congregation, with a fully integrated, flexible lighting-control solution and the Desire luminaires.
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LOS ANGELES – LD LeRoy Bennett lit Lady Gaga’s ice themed ArtRave/Artpop Ball world tour set with a lighting rig that includes Clay Paky gear. Bennett specified huge banks of A.leda B-EYE K20s and Sharpys to light the large set with vibrant, multi layered, multi-faceted and lively looks. Supported by lighting director Whitney Hoversten, who has taken the show on the road, Bennett specified 107 Clay Paky B-EYEs and 83 x Sharpys, all supplied by PRG, to create the show’s high octane, rave style atmosphere.
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WINDSOR, Ontario, Canada – Caesars Windsor Hotel and Casino has added 26 Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights to the inventory of its concert venue, The Colosseum. PRG Toronto supplied the fixtures, sourced via A.C.T Lighting, Clay Paky’s exclusive distributor in North America.
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TUCSON, AZ – Creative BackStage of Phoenix used an Elation lighting and video package as a main element of their visual design for Fear Fest, an EDM festival that took place Nov. 1 at The Slaughterhouse in Tucson. Fear Fest combined high-energy dance music from featured DJ’s with the thrills of three different haunted houses, all in one entertaining, spooky-themed festival.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX – The Austin City Limits Music Festival returned to Zilker Park for two three-day weekends in October to showcase more than 130 rock, pop and hip hop artists on eight stages, including Outkast, Beck, Eminem, Skrillex, Calvin Harris and Pearl Jam. Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 and Sharpy fixtures and grandMA2 consoles were on hand to provide lighting support and control for festival performers. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky lighting and MA products in North America. Eight K20s, supplied by LD Systems, were dedicated to each of two secondary headline stages and positioned in an upstage array across the rear truss.
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ADDISON, TX – The Addison Theatre Centre, home of the WaterTower Theatre, has invested in ArKaos MediaMaster Pro 4.0 software which it recently utilised on the WaterTower Theatre Company’s production of Bonnie and Clyde. Founded in 1996, the multi-awarding-winning WaterTower Theatre is a not-for-profit professional theatre company that produces six main stage shows each season alongside award-winning educational and community outreach programs.
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NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Inventor and industry veteran Bob Boston died Dec. 1 at age 52. As founder and co-owner of Lido Systems, Boston created ‘HITS’, the software based inventory management system that had a significant impact on the way the production industry does business.
Read More »NEW YORK – Behind the Scenes, the foundation-backed charity that provides entertainment technology industry members who are ill or injured with grants that may be used for basic living and medical expenses, noted a few ways this annual time of year for giving can be made even more meaningful this holiday season.
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TACLOBAN, The Philippines — On Nov. 9, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan (a.ka. Yolanda), one of the most powerful storms in recorded history, slammed into the Philippines, killing more than 6,300 and leaving an estimated 4 million homeless while also knocking out much of the island nation’s transportation and communications infrastructure.
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LOS ANGELES — LD Chris Smith included Robe fixtures in the touring rig for indie pop duo Capital Cities and their “In a Tidal Wave of Mystery” tour, pairing Robe’s CycFX 8 moving LED battens with 10 Pointes. He had previously used Pointes on a “Fitz And The Tantrums” tour.
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TUCSON, AZ – Pantano Christian Church already had a good lighting system, when its leaders concluded that “good” lighting wasn’t quite good enough when it came to creating the kind of engaging worship experience they wanted to offer their congregation. So they contacted house of worship design/build firm CCI Solutions of Olympia, WA to implement a comprehensive lighting and audio upgrade at their church.
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