ANAHEIM, CA – A special block of rooms has been set aside for all those live event professionals attending the Parnelli Awards gala, to be held Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 during Winter NAMM. Suites and regular rooms at the Hyatt Regency Orange County can be accessed through the ParnelliAwards.com website via the Hotel link on the home page.
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NYC – LiteGear Inc., designers and builders of LED lighting products for professionals in the Cinema, TV, and HD Video industries, made its first Pledge-a-Product donation to Behind the Scenes on the show floor at LDI 2017. Pioneers behind the popularization of flexible LED lighting for use in Cinema and TV lighting applications, LiteGear presented a check for $7750 representing a percentage of the profits from sales of their new flagship fixtures, LiteMat+ Plus, to support the charity.
GERMANY – Eighty Anolis ArcSource 4MC LED fixtures were specified to illuminate a new heat storage tank (Wärmespeicher) installed in the Drispenstedt residential district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. The impressive 17.5 meter high, 4 meter wide structure which resembles a quirky piece of contemporary sculpture was designed by pape+pape Architekten from Kassel. It contains an internal cylindrical water feature which is illuminated by the ArcSources which are programmed to indicate how much of the energy generated from the nearby natural gas-fired combined heat and power plant (CHP) … is currently stored and available for use.
LAS VEGAS – Le Maitre continues to celebrate its 40th anniversary in style. To celebrate the occasion in the states, Rick Wilson and Karen Cornacchia, Joint Managing Directors of Le Maitre cut the cake while holding a party at the Wynn resort on Saturday, November 19th. A large group of friends, industry veterans and long time clients gathered to help celebrate this monumental occasion, which included the staff of PLSN.
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MIDDLETON, WI – Visitors to the 2017 LDI Show in Las Vegas this November found ETC’s booth awash in color, thanks to the new ColorSource® CYC luminaire. Two 18-foot-tall cyc panels bookended the booth, each lit evenly and brightly in a range of tints and hues by the new LED fixtures. Show-goers were impressed – as were LDI’s judges, who honored the ColorSource CYC with a Best Debuting Lighting Product award at a ceremony on Saturday night.
TENERIFE, Canary Islands – The dance floor at the Butterfly Disco Pub in the Playa de las Americas resort area on Tenerife, Canary Islands collapsed at about 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 26, injuring 40, according to reports. Of 22 transported to the hospital from the venue, two sustained serious injuries.
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – It was an evening of memories, music and celebration as Kenny Rogers celebrated his retirement from an incredibly illustrious career. Bandit Lites provided the lighting for Blackbird Presents, “All In for the Gambler: Kenny Rogers’ Farewell Concert Celebration,” a one-night only send-off to one of music’s most successful artists of all time.
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LONDON – Based on the 1984 cult film by Lloyd Kaufman in which an aspiring earth scientist transforms into an unlikely superhero after falling into a vat of toxic waste, The Toxic Avenger – The Musical is now earning critical praise in the UK. Driven by an intense rock score by Bon Jovi band member David Bryan and a book by Joe DiPietro, the show is running in London’s West End.
WASHINGTON, U.K. – Multinational flight case hardware and 19 inch racking manufacturer Penn Elcom announces the launch of a new distribution center in Mumbai, India. This will be based in the Vasai area and will be headed by Rodney D’Monte. Rodney will initially be working with six staff which will increase as the operation ramps up.
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ISRAEL – Iranian born Israeli singer, songwriter and superstar Rita Yahan-Farouz is back on the road after a break of five years, complete with a new album, “Transparent Miracles”, and a fabulous new lighting and visual design by Ronen Najar, featuring Robe Spiiders and BMFL Spot moving lights. Rita is one of the best known and loved contemporary singers in Israel. Her tour cycle is scheduled to last around three years and she will take her unique blend of pop, rock and dance, some of it laced with Persian influence – to her hordes of fans.
LAS VEGAS – It truly is awards season at Elation Professional as the company’s new full-featured Artiste Dali™ LED moving head won the accolade for… Read More »Artiste Dali™ Best Debuting Product Accolade at LDI Show and Chorus Line 16™ wins PLSN Gold Star Product Award
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AUSTRALIA – Since 1984, Grouse Lighting Aotearoa in Wellington, New Zealand, has been renting high-quality lighting gear locally and nationally for everything from weddings to grand opera. With services spanning design, installation, production, and operation, their lighting control platform needs to be fast, efficient, and scalable. That’s why managing director Allan McShane has made Grouse Lighting a High End Systems Hog house for coming onto eight years.