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LAS VEGAS — When LD, educator and USITT regional chair Don Childs founded the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas in 2006 with wife and partner Jane Childs, the primary motivation wasn’t a quick financial jackpot. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, the organization endured years of red ink after its launch. But the intensive, eight-week summer program, which continues to operate under Jane Childs’ leadership after Don Childs’ death in late 2011, is rich in other respects, drawing support from well-known faculty members and top production companies and manufacturers.

DENVER, CO — Elation Professional’s new Sniper multi-effect light and laser simulator, featured at the PRO trade show in the U.K., is also debuting as part of the tour rig for U.S.-based rock band A Day to Remember’s (ADTR) “Parks & Devastation” North American fall tour with lighting design by Steve “Cowboy” Stemac. The tour supports the band’s latest album, Common Courtesy.

LOS ANGELES — The 14th BET Awards, broadcast live from Nokia Theatre June 29, capped off a weekend of live performances running from June 27-29 at the Staples Center and Club Nokia collectively called the BET Experience at L.A. Live. At Staples Center, performers included Maxwell and Jill Scott (June 27), OutKast and Rick Ross (June 28) and Mary J. Blige, Trey Songz and Jennifer Hudson (June 28). Visions Lighting provided visual support that included 64 Nexus 4×4 LED panels from Chauvet Professional.

LINO LAKES, Minnesota – Fast-growing Eagle Brook Church now has six locations for 18,000 congregants in the Twin Cities area, with churchs in Lino Lakes, Blaine, Coon Rapids, Spring Lake Park, White Bear Lake and Woodbury, MN. The church has 16 Martin MAC Viper Air FX fixtures and eight Martin 250 Washes at Lino Lakes, 10 MAC 700 Profiles and four MAC 250 Entours in Blaine, six MAC 250 Entours and six MAC 250 washes at Spring Lake Park and eight washes and six MAC 250 Entours at White Bear Lake. The church also supplements its installed gear with rented Martin fixtures for special events.

LOS ANGELES — Vibiana, originally St. Vibiana, Los Angeles’ first Archdiocese Catholic cathedral and one of the city’s few remaining 19th century landmarks, was transformed into a full service event facility in the late 2000’s, and more recently has been outfitted with a new lighting system that includes Elation Professional LED fixtures.

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CHICAGO — 3SRcreative, the design firm comprised of lighting designers Seth Jackson and Nathan W. Scheuer, media/video director Brent Sandrock and project manager Jack Rushen, played a key role at this year’s Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park here Aug. 1-3, 2014. They also got a big assist from Bandit Lites, which provided lighting fixtures from Chauvet, Clay Paky, Martin, TMB/Solaris, Vari-Lite and their own GRNLite brand along with 140 motors, 2,000+ feet of truss and grandMA2 and HES Road Hog consoles for control.

To create a clean, modern lighting aesthetic for O.A.R.’s summer tour, LD Jeremy Lechterman chose Robe Pointes as one of the core elements of his lighting design. They were used for everything from spectacular aerial effects, to soft, subtle gobo work and from wash lights to laser simulations highlighting the band during solos.  “They are without doubt the most multi-functional and multi-used light in the rig.” he confirmed, adding “which is really impressive considering their neat size!”