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Apollo Design Sponsors Stage Lighting Super Saturday 2018.

NYC-  Scott Parker says, “Apollo has been a supporter of Super Saturday since the start. Every year Apollo brings a new selection of terrific Gobos for our special effects and templates session.” Since its founding in 1992 by Joel and Keersten Nichols, Apollo Design Technology, Inc. has gained a worldwide position in the production and distribution of special effects products to the entertainment lighting industry. Establishing itself early as a leading producer of custom gobos, the company has expanded into other related products used by lighting designers to create stimulating visual effects for theater, corporate events, concerts, houses of worship, and architectural applications.

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Cory FitzGerald Teams Up with Jason Baeri for Ayrton Light Show at LDI

[caption id="attachment_280999" align="alignnone" width="800"]Ayrton’s Michael Althaus (left) CEO Chris Ferrante (right) and award-winning LD Cory FitzGerald (center) [/caption]

LAS VEGAS – Top lighting designer Cory FitzGerald teamed up with programmer Jason Baeri to produce lighting looks at Ayrton’s LDI booth earlier this month. Overseen by Ayrton global sales manager, Michael Althaus, the light show put Ayrton’s latest fixtures through their paces and served as a showcase for what the new fixtures could do. The visuals also drew notice from the event’s organizers, winning an award for “Most Creative Use of Light” at the show.

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PLSN’s Inaugural Gold Star Awards Honor Product Innovations

LAS VEGAS – The inaugural PLSN Gold Star Awards honored product manufacturers with a total of 24 awards bestowed, in recognition of each product’s quality, innovation and ability to expand the technological boundaries of live event production. Product categories range from lighting fixtures to video products, software, rigging automation and more. The awards were bestowed earlier this month, during the LDI convention in Las Vegas. PLSN editor Nook Schoenfeld and publisher Terry Lowe met with the winners to present the awards on the exhibition floor.

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Chroma-Q Inspire XT Wins a 2017 PLSN Gold Star Product Award

TORONTO, ON,– Chroma-Q®, a world-renowned brand of premium performance LED lighting solutions, manufactured in North America, is excited to announce that the newly released Chroma-Q Inspire XT™ won the 2017 PLSN Gold Star Product Award for Best New Interior Architectural Light at Live Design International (LDI) in Las Vegas (November 17-19, 2017). The Chroma-Q Inspire XT is the newest and eagerly anticipated addition to the award-winning Chroma-Q Inspire™ color-mixing LED house lighting range.

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Illuminate Production Services Goes All Elation for Assemblies of God National Youth Convention and Fine Arts Festival

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ANAHEIM, CA – In August, one of America’s largest Christian groups, the Assemblies of God, summoned youth from across the United States to its National Youth Convention and Fine Arts Festival in Anaheim, California. Held August 7-11 at the Anaheim Convention Center, an important centerpiece of the event was a large stage set up used for presentations, services and evening concert celebrations, much of which was live streamed.

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Christie and Avollusion Light Up Iconic Landmarks At The Inaugural Lumieres Hong Kong Festival

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HONG KONG – Christie®, a leader in creating and delivering the world’s best visual and audio experiences, together with its valued partner Avollusion, are presenting stunning light installations and video projections at various landmark sites and buildings during the inaugural Lumieres Hong Kong festival.

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Master FX Unveils Latest Haze Generator, ‘The Mystic’

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Master FX featured its latest haze generator, The Mystic, at LDI 2017 earlier this month. The Mystic adds to the company’s line of manufactured special effects equipment, following the release of the Prodigy Series fog machines earlier this year. The Mystic offers users two fluid options for thin and thick atmospheres. It features the most powerful fan ever integrated into a hazer, eliminating the need for external equipment while offering users an improved level of control to meet the demands of every customer. In addition, Master FX is offering a competitive 10 year warranty on all parts and service giving customers peace of mind.

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Phoenix Rises On A Bed Of Video And GLP X4 Bar 20 Battens

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SAN FERNANDO CA,– Paris lighting designer Pierre Claude has created a highly original concept for evergreen band Phoenix, based around multiples of GLP’s versatile X4 Bar 20 batten. His scalable rig saw as many as 76 of the award-winning fixtures used at Paris’ flagship venue, AccorHotels Arena, during the long-serving indie pop band’s latest tour to promote their new album Ti Amo.

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Tim Farquhar Harmonizes Rogues With Victor Wooten

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NEDERLAND, CO – The bass guitar is “utterly at the mercy” of Victor Wooten, one critic proclaimed about the artist Rolling Stone magazine named one of the Top Ten bassists of all time. The maestro’s mastery was on full display when his Victor Wooten Trio performed at the Caribou Room, a new live music venue just outside Boulder, CO. Pushing his bass to its creative limits, Wooten took his audience on a musical journey that wove its way through blues, jazz, fusion, rock and other genres.  Keeping pace with him note for note was a Tim Farquhar lighting design that featured CHAUVET Professional Rogue and CHAUVET DJ Intimidator fixtures.

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LD Manuel da Costa’s rig included 44 GLP JDC1 hybrid strobes.

GLP Fixtures Light Nena TV Special Marking 40-Year Career Milestone

HAMBURG, Germany – A concert featured on Germany’s ZDF honored “99 Luftballons” singer Nena on her 40-year career milestone with a show staged at Hamburg’s Mehr! Theatre on Sept. 22. The special featured a set by Jürgen Hassler and lighting design by Manuel da Costa along with a parade of celebrity well-wishers. The rig included GLP impression X4’s and X4 Bar 20’s along with 44 of the company’s recently-launched JDC1 hybrid strobes.

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Photo by Todd Moffses

Halsey’s “Hopeless Fountain Kingdom World Tour” Rig includes 4Wall-Supplied Claypaky Scenius Fixtures

CLEVELAND, OH – Halsey recently completed the North American leg of her “Hopeless Fountain Kingdom” world tour, which ran from Sept. 29-Nov. 22, and Claypaky Scenius Profile lighting fixtures, provided by 4WallPA, lit the way. The tour, the biggest yet for the 23-year-old singer-songwriter, supported her eponymous second album and included special guests Party Next Door and Charli XCX. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Claypaky products in North America.

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