PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — LD Patrick Woodroffe used 531 Robe fixtures supplied by LPL for re-opening ceremonies at the refurbished 56,000 capacity Estádio Beira-Rio (Riverside Stadium) here recently. Woodroffe collaborated with Sao Paulo based LD Cesio Lima on the project.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s leading rental and technical production company, Q-99, headed by TV LD Martin Kubanka, has added Robe’s new multi-functional Robin Pointes to its rental stock, bringing their full stock of Robe moving lights to nearly 500 fixtures. The new gear was quickly put into use to light two children’s charity fundraisers.
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BRUSSELS — Luc Peumans of Belgian creative design practice Painting With Light produced the full visual design — set, lighting and video — for Music Hall Events’ new production of Grease, which recently played shows in Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium.
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JOHANNESBURG — The 2014 Ghoema Afrikaans Music Awards, staged at the Big Top Arena in Carnival City here April 13, was the latest in a string of high profile events in South Africa where Robe fixtures played a key role. The show, named for a barrel-shaped drum, was lit by LD Mauritz Jacobs from Dream Sets for a live audience of close to 3,000. The production was also taped for broadcast a week later on Afrikaans channel Kyknet.
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LONDON — For their 2014 tour in Europe, under the eminently cringe-worthy title, “Spreading the Disease (S.T.D.),” retro mock-rockers Steel Panther got support for their infectious brand of parody from PRG and PRG Nocturne.
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ABU DHABI, UAE — To support Bill Fontana’s “Acoustical Visions & Desert Soundings” exhibition here from March 21-April 20, coolux distributor TechnoPro provided Pandoras Box Compact Player technology. Along with work by Fontana, art created by regional students and established artists was featured during the month-long event.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Okay, it wasn’t exactly Pink Floyd, or Stonehenge. But in terms of production values, it certainly went beyond that scene with the dwarves and 18-inch-high stones in This is Spinal Tap. And to support the over-the-top looks for Eclipse’s Pink Floyd tribute down under, at Stonehenge Aotearoa near here, LD Nic Cave-Lynch really did use a wide array of gear from Chauvet Professional, provided by the company’s New Zealand distributor, MDR Sound and Lighting.
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SINGAPORE — Looking for a way to make its convention space as flexible as possible, Suntec Singapore Convention Centre incorporated an advanced LED lighting solution into the center’s fourth level ceiling. As part of the innovative ceiling design, Martin’s LED VC-Dot 1’s allows the convention center’s clients to add logos, messaging and graphics to their event. The new design is centrally programmed and controlled, eliminating the need for staff to climb the ceiling in order to make adjustments.
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CORREGGIO, Italy — After the release of his latest album, Mondovisione, Luciano Ligabue embarked on a tour of Italy that began in late March. Tour stop venues range dramatically in size from the relatively compact Piccole Città here to much larger outdoor stadiums. LD Jò Campana included both Clay Paky Sharpys and Alpha Beam 700s in the rig.
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PERTH, Australia — Mega Vision Sound and Lighting once again provided technical support for the Perth Wildcats basketball team, lighting 14,846 seat Perth Arena (a.k.a. “the jungle”) with 12 Robe Pointes, 8 Robin MMX Spots and 8 Robin 800 LEDWashes driven by a ChamSys MQ 100 Pro control desk.
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