ITALY – Clay Paky cites distributor and customer reaction to the new member of its family, the Sharpy Wash 330. For more product details, visit http://plsn.com/wp/product-news/10966-clay-paky-sharpy-wash-330.html
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KOSICE, Slovak Republic – The Gothic Cathedral of St. Elizabeth in Košice, Slovak Republic, became the glowing centerpiece of the city’s Opening Ceremony celebrations for its year as European Capital of Culture in a lighting design featuring Robe and Anolis LED fixtures. The City Council was receiving around 300 calls a day after the end of the OC event asking why St. Elizabeth’s was no longer lit – a response so overwhelming that discussions have started about a potential permanent lighting installation for the cathedral.
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MALMÖ, Sweden – Eurovision Song Contest organizers have planned an advance “behind the scenes” show in Malmö May 7-8 to present the event to the industry and the international press. The “backstage tour” will focus on the technology to be used during the contest, along with some workshops where the various technical partners will present the solutions they have provided for the event. As Clay Paky equipment is in heavy use in the design – at 701 fixtures – the company is participating in the backstage tour in a big way.
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LONDON – Paule Constable has won the Best Lighting Design award, supported by White Light, at the 2013 Olivier Awards, which celebrate the best productions to open in London’s West End over the last year. White Light used the Clay Paky Sharpy Wash fixtures – a new addition to White Light’s hire stock – on the outdoor stage of the Covent Garden Piazza while Clay Paky Sharpy profiles were put to good use on the indoor stage.
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MANCHESTER, UK – dbn Lighting delivered a complete lighting, staging and rigging solution for an event staged at the elegant Carden Park Golf Resort & Spa near Chester. During the day, the event took on a standard conference and business meeting format, with an adjoining exhibit area in the venue. The meeting space then morphed into a gala dinner/awards ceremony and cabaret for the evening, hosted by Tony Hawkes.
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MELBOURNE – Clay Paky Sharpy Wash fixtures debuted at the 55th Annual TV Week Logie Awards. The event was held April 7 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne and broadcast live on the Nine Network. LD Rohan Thornton positioned the Sharpy Washes above the host set from where they could wash the stage. During the musical acts they, along with Clay Paky Alpha Beam 700s, were the essence of the moving light rig.
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SEOUL – During a midnight concert April 11 at Seoul’s World Cup Stadium, pop sensation Psy soared across the venue at 8.2m (27 feet) per second, amidst the glow of light sticks being waved by 80,000 fans below. Tait/FTSI was at the helm of the feat, which was achieved with three days of programming and one day of rehearsals, leading up to opening night.
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FINLAND – Finnish rockers Sunrise Avenue used Robe LEDWash 600s and MMX Spots on their recent “Big Band Theory Tour 2013” European tour, specified by LD Timo Saarinen.
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PRAGUE – Milos QuickTruss is currently in use in the “Tutankhamen – His Tomb and Treasures” exhibition, showing at the Holesovice Exhibition Centre in Prague. Smart Production SRO invested in substantial quantities of Milos QuickTruss M390L Quatro to outfit the exhibit. The truss structure measures 318 feet long by 105 feet deep and 16 feet high and uses M390 multicube junctions and 40 truss legs.
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BELGRADE, Serbia – Beyonce’s “Mrs. Carter Show World Tour” began recently in Belgrade, Serbia. Set designer LeRoy Bennett was at the helm of the show’s visual display, and Tait delivered a complete staging solution. The rolling mainstage includes a flaggapault lift, retractable dance bar, band risers, duck blinds, propane bars, pantograph stairs, Austrians, Kabukis, Sniffers and fanzone decking with custom handrails. Tait also crafted the framework for one of the key mainstage elements: a strobe and mirror structure made up of five alternating columns of strobes and automated mirrors intermixed with six light ladders.
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OSLO – Norwegian hip hop/ rap band Karpe Diem played its largest show to date recently at Oslo’s Spektrum Arena. Karpe Diem’s LD Sebastian Ekeberg chose a Martin rig which included some of Martin’s newest products. The show was broadcast on Norwegian TV and will appear on a future DVD release by the band.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil – Robe moving lights were featured on the two main stages of the 2013 Brazilian Lollapalooza Festival at São Paulo’s Jockey Club. The principal lighting contractor was São Paulo-based LPL Professional Lighting. Artists rocking the main stages stages included The Flaming Lips, Deadmau5, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Queens of the Stone Age, Kaiser Chiefs, Pearl Jam and more.
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