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Halikarnas club

Clay Paky Fixtures Fill Dance Floor of Halikarnas Club

BODRUM, Turkey – Clay Paky Sharpy and Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300 luminaires are being used in one of Turkey’s super clubs as part of a major lighting and decor redesign. Lighting designers Matthew Button and Trent O’Connor of Arch Lite provided lighting design, production and programming for the Halikarnas club. They needed to fill a huge dance floor from a distance, and make the club look amazing from every angle that the light show could be seen from, said Burton. They examined a number of possibilities of the architectural design, finishing with a futuristic design that encases the lights within the stage roof.

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Ancienne Belgique

Belgium’s Ancienne Belgique Installs Robe

BRUSSELS – Brussels live music venue, the Ancienne Belgique, has invested in 20 Robe Robin MMX Spot moving lights to replace spot fixtures in a major upgrade to their lighting system. The decision to invest in Robe moving lights was a collective one made by all four members of the AB’s in house lighting technical team led by Kris Noerens. After various shoot-outs, the lighting crew toured Robe’s factory and training facility in the Czech Republic for product training before taking delivery of their new fixtures.

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Friends Arena, Stockholm

Clay Paky Helps Launch Stockholm’s Friends Arena

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – LD Per Sundin of Sundin Designers has used 170 Clay Paky Sharpys to light a star-studded concert that celebrates the launch of Stockholm’s newly built, 67,500-capacity Friends Arena. Sundin had several challenges: the show would be broadcast on Swedish TV, and the performances would vary in style to demonstrate all the different types of entertainment to come at the new arena.

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Kuwait's 50th Constitution Day

ProPlex, LumenRadio Control Kuwait 50th Constitutional Day

KUWAIT – Kuwait’s 50th Constitution Day celebration featured more than 235 watts of laser power, plus lighting, audio, effects and 77,282 fireworks in a single hour.  Two weeks of setup, plus three tons of gear, culminated in the breathtaking gala witnessed by more than a million people. London’s ER Productions, the event’s laser and effects specialists, used the landmark Kuwait towers as the show’s centerpiece, using both wireless and fiber optic data control.

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Barretos Cowboy Festival

W-DMX at Brazilian Barretos Cowboy Festival

UDDEVALLA, Sweden – Wireless Solution Sweden AB held center stage at the 58th Barretos Cowboy Festival, a 10-day rodeo and music event in Brazil, held at the Super Bull arena in Barretos. LD Francisco “Pincel” Gabriel designed an enormous cube of lighting suspended over the main arena floor and used W-DMX BlackBox F-1 as transmitter and receiver to deliver a DMX signal to the moving lights.

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Daktronics to Renovate Rigging Systems at Portugal’s Cultural Center

BROOKINGS, SD – The Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon, Portugal, has partnered with Daktronics of Brookings, SD, to renovate its performing arts facility. Daktronics is manufacturing the customized control console cabinets and motor gearbox assemblies to integrate with the 35 existing hoists. The cues during the performances on the CCB stage will be managed by a Pro Series control console and three alternate controllers offering complete system redundancy. The project is on schedule for Siemens Portugal to install the project after the new year.

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Selah Sue

First Robe MMX WashBeams in Benelux for Selah Sue Shows

BRUSSELS – The first concert staged in the newly refurbished Het Depot just outside Brussels, Belgium, featured four days of performances by emerging Belgian singer / songwriter Selah Sue. Robe fixtures were an integral part of her show, with the first of Robe’s new MMX WashBeams in Belgium made available. Her LD Joris Vandamme also used 12 ROBIN 600 LEDWashes on floor stands.

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Miss Venezuela Pageant

LD Lights Miss Venezuela Pageant with Chauvet Gear

CARACAS, Venezuela — LD Roberto Penso incorporated 54 fixtures from Chauvet Professional within his design for the Miss Venezuela Pageant, which was televised from the Hotel Intercontinental here. Chauvet’s Q-Wash 560Z-LED fixtures, provided by VLPS, proved a good fit for the challenges posed by the production, including a small stage and low ceiling within the hotel ballroom.  For audience lighting, Penso used 36 COLORado 1 Tour wash lights.

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Riedel marks 25 years

Riedel Communications Marks 25 Years

WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications celebrated its 25th anniversary at its headquarters here with a party for 1,400 and entertainment that ranged from Klezmer and jazz performances to high-wire acts, a robot band (playing heavy metal, of course) outdoor whirlpools and a fire show.

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Jersey Boys during 'Walk Like a Man' segment

Pete’s Big TVs Supplies ‘Jersey Boys Singapore’

NEW CASTLE, DE – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs continues its long relationship with the “Jersey Boys” tour by supplying gear to “Jersey Boys Singapore” at The Marina Bay Sands. Pete’s Big TVs supplied Lighthouse R6-B LED video panels, computers with a Dataton Watchout system, and cameras for IMAG. Since 2006, Pete’s Big TVs has been supplying equipment to the national touring shows of the hit musical.

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A.LEDA K20

Lightsmiths Adds Clay Paky LEDs to Rental Line

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK – Buckinghamshire-based Lightsmiths has made a significant investment in Clay Paky’s A.LEDA professional LED lighting fixtures through UK distributor Ambersphere Solutions. Lightsmiths’ owner Bruce Rutter said, “We’ve been known locally up until now for supplying festivals, projects and corporate events in and around the Bucks area, but as we expand our business, and begin to supply more event and rental companies nationwide, we felt the time was right to upgrade the kit we have available.”

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