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Parnelli Awards Exactly One Month Away – And Tickets are Selling Fast

LAS VEGAS – You could wait until New Year’s to resolve to book your seat or table for the 17th annual Parnelli Awards. But then again, maybe you shouldn’t wait that long. When it comes to the Parnelli Awards, attendees, it seems, have already resolved to not procrastinate. The ceremony is on Jan. 26, 2018 – exactly one month away from the date of this news posting and newsletter – and most of the available tickets have already been sold.

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NH Church’s Arena-Sized Christmas Service Includes Chauvet Professional Lighting, Video

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MANCHESTER, NH – Manchester Christian Church’s Christmas service on Friday, Dec. 22 drew more than 6,000 worshippers. Events United provided an impressive visual design that welcomed the large crowd within the modern Southern New Hampshire University Arena. The lighting setup included more than 90 fixtures from Chauvet Professional, and a 40-by-40-foot video wall made from 92 PVP X6IP LED tiles served as the visual centerpiece for the production.

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Aaron Cole Adds “Side Sparkle” To Christmas At Faith Family With CHAUVET DJ

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NORTH CANTON, OH –  Christmas came early for worshippers at Faith Family Church. Although they will be attending services on Christmas Eve, more than 8,200 of them began celebrating the holiday and its true meaning nine days earlier on Friday December 15 during the annual “Christmas At Faith Family.” A beautifully orchestrated event that combines music, videos, dramatizations and inspirational messages, Christmas At Faith Family is an uplifting contemporary celebration of the season.

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PR Lighting XRLED 1500-W Spot

PR Lighting’s XRLED 1500-W Spot, distributed by Mega Systems Inc., is equipped with a 600W white LED lamp and features a variety of effects that make it a versatile and powerful all-purpose device. The bright lamp projects a flat, even field, giving lighting designers a multitude of creative possibilities. The fixture also offers a wide array of gobos plus color wheel, animation wheel, prism and CYM color mixing. The fixture’s dynamic zoom range, 8 to 56 degrees, allows for multiple effect designs to be utilized in near and far settings and can create a sharp beam or smooth wash when needed. It is well suited for use in large theaters, arenas or smaller venues such as clubs. Whether used for production or installation, the XRLED 1500-W Spot can illuminate various applications.

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CHAUVET Professional Broadens Fresnel Palette With New Ovation Fixtures

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SUNRISE, FL – CHAUVET Professional is now offering designers a wider array of color mixing options in Fresnel lighting.  The company has introduced the Ovation F-915FC, a full color-mixing Fresnel that features a RGBA-Lime LED system. Joining this fixture in the company’s Fresnel line is the new Ovation F-915VW, a variable white Fresnel utilizing a proprietary 6-color LED system.

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Production of “Ghost the Musical” Lit with Elation Satura Profile, Platinum Seven Fixtures

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WHITE PLAINS, NY – When Ghost (the movie) premiered in 1990, it was a big hit, so it wasn’t surprising that the romantic drama film was adapted for the stage, playing in the West End, on Broadway and a long running First National Tour. Lighting designer Matt Guminski lit a reworked version of the show recently at the White Plains Performing Arts Center in White Plains, NY, using a rig that included Elation Professional Satura Profile and Platinum Seven LED moving heads. 

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Robe LED is Perfect Fit for Cinderella

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BLACKPOOL, UK – Just like the fairy-tale glass slipper that glided effortlessly onto Cinderella’s foot uniting her and Prince Charming, lighting designer Andy Webb has designed a beautifully colorful and fitting lighting scheme for “Cinderella”, this season’s pantomime at Blackpool UK’s famous  Grand Theatre … utilizing entirely Robe LED products. It’s the third year that Andy has been asked to light this popular panto for UK Productions. Returning to the same venue has some definite advantages he explains, both in terms of knowing the space and what you can and can’t achieve in it, and also having an ongoing relationship with the local crew and technicians.

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Mega Systems Unveils the RGBlink Venus X7

HELOTES, Texas- RGBlink introduces the Venus X7, an HDCP compliant, extendable routing and video wall processor that is configurable to support a variety of inputs, outputs and windowing capabilities. The Venus X7 features RGBlink’s 3rd generation high performance video scaling technology for excellent image reproduction. With a modular design the SmartSlot system allows installation of up to 32 inputs and outputs. With an output capacity of a massive 64 mega pixels, the Venus X7 supports SDI, HDMI and DVI, as well as DisplayPort, VGA, and USB direct input.

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Sean Denny Accents Chicago Skyline With CHAUVET DJ Festoon

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CHICAGO – In a city known for serving up great sights, few settings offer vistas quiet as memorable as the SkyDeck at Lacuna Lofts. Although it sits only five stories above the ground atop a 120-year-old former macaroni factory in the hip Pilsen Art District, the deck towers over its South Side surroundings, thus providing visitors with a unique vantage point from which to enjoy a clear, unobstructed view of the city’s famed skyline across the Chicago River.

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Matt Mills joins Touch Light & Media, Inc.’s Design and Management Team

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ORLANDO, FLORIDA, – Touch Light & Media is happy to announce the addition of lighting designer Matt Mills as Design Partner. Through the new partnership, Mills will become a member of the design and management team at Touch Light & Media, Inc. In addition, Mills will serve as entertainment/touring development specialist. He’ll be focusing on turnkey solutions for the music industry.

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Livella Brand Group To Represent ADJ Lighting In The Midwest Region

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LOS ANGELES – ADJ Lighting is pleased to announce that from today – December 20, 2017 – the Livella Brand Group will be providing sales support for the ADJ product range (ADJ Lighting, American Audio & Accu-Cable brands) to new and existing customers throughout the Midwestern region of the United States. This appointment will strengthen ADJ’s market presence in the area while further enhancing the already stellar service and support offered to ADJ customers.

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