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WorldStage Provides Lighting, Audio Support for “Dive” Artwork in NYC Tunnel

WorldStage Provides Lighting, Audio Support for “Dive” Artwork in NYC Tunnel

NEW YORK – New York City’s Summer Streets 2014 arts festival once again turned Manhattan’s Park Avenue pedestrian tunnel into an immersive art experience with help from WorldStage, which provided audio and lighting support for Norwegian artist’s Jana Winderen’s sound installation, “Dive.” Lighting fixtures included 100 Color Kinetics Color Blasts and 100 Astera wireless LED PARs, which supplemented 30 high-output LED fixtures and 12 high-output sodium fixtures – the regular tunnel lighting – that were gelled to match the WorldStage units.

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In Memoriam: Kraig 'Bundy' Boyd, 49

In Memoriam: Kraig “Bundy” Boyd, 49

PORT HUENEME, CA — Kraig “Bundy” Boyd, whose long career in video and lighting production included shows featuring Rolling Stones, Kenny Chesney, Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond and Janet Jackson, among many others, died July 10, 2015. Services were held July 18 at Lane Funeral Home in Niagara Falls, NY. Video production company Screenworks held a memorial in Boyd’s honor in Camarillo, CA on Aug. 23, 2015.

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Elation to Host Jonathan Smeeton Seminar for Aspiring LDs

OPA LOCKA, FL — As a part of its continuous E3 Program “Elation Educational Experience,” Elation Professional is sponsoring a presentation by LD Jonathan Smeeton aimed at university level and other aspiring lighting designers. The free one day seminar, titled “Lighting Design and its Application for the Stage,” will be held Oct. 15 at Elation’s Miami location.

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Elation Pro Service Day Set for Oct. 16 Near Miami

OPA-LOCKA, FL — Elation Professional is inviting authorized dealer technicians to attend its Pro Service Day, set for Thursday, Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. at its Florida facility here near Miami. The full day seminar will focus on providing in-depth technical knowledge of Elation’s Platinum Series (Wash/Beam/Spot) of professional moving heads, taking a detailed look at the technological construction of the units while covering important service guidelines.

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Clearwing Announces Oct. 21 Demo Event in Phoenix

PHOENIX – Clearwing noted that its Phoenix Vendor Showcase, featuring products from a variety of lighting and audio gear manufacturers, will take place at the company’s facility here Oct. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Demos will feature LEX, GLP, Avid, Harman, Elation, American DJ, Chauvet, Altman, Yamaha, Martin Audio, Clear-Com and Point Source Audio products.

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Philips to Split Lighting from HealthTech, Creating Two Separate Companies

AMSTERDAM – Philips, the €15B Dutch conglomerate founded in 1891 and now active in sectors ranging from lighting to consumer and healthcare products, announced on Sept. 22 a plan to split into two entities – with its €7B lighting business on one side and the company’s consumer and healthcare divisions merging to form the other. The Philips brand will be retained for both the Lighting and HealthTech companies.

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Rogue R1 Beams Part of DJ Booth Looks at Ivy in Miami Beach

Rogue R1 Beams Part of DJ Booth Looks at Ivy in Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH, FL – Ivy nightclub’s DJ booth grips the attention of visitors with “fingers of light” created by 10 Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Beam fixtures. LD Michael Callahan of Audio Video Lighting Innovations (AVLI) specified the gear. The club also uses Chauvet’s Intimidator Wash Zoom 350 IRC moving wash fixtures and COLORdash Par-Quad 7 par style fixtures for interior/exterior lighting.

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Eminem X Rihanna Monster Tour photo by Bruce Rodgers

Eminem X Rihanna Monster Tour Rig Includes Robe Fixtures

DETROIT — LD Daniel K Boland specified 64 Robe Robin Pointe moving lights for the Eminem X Rihanna Monster stadium tour, which played six sold-out dates in three key cities across the U.S. — at the Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA), MetLife Stadium (NJ/NYC) and Comerica Park here in Detroit. VER provided both lighting and video gear.

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