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Solaframe 1500s Add Bite To Scranton Ballet’s Dracula

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SCRANTON, PA. -For the Ballet Theatre of Scranton’s production of Dracula, production designer Dennis Size used six High End Systems SolaFrame 1500 fixtures, adding a heightened level of drama to the lighting and atmosphere of the dance troupe’s interpretation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel. Delivered through Craig Friedman Productions, the 1500s augmented the house rig of the Theatre At North, in Scranton. Friedman’s company (CFP) provided over forty additional automated fixtures, including venerable Studio Colors and x.Spots. To assist with the project, Size brought in Lesli Tilly as his gaffer/head electrician. Clay Harding joined the fun as his programmer.

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ETC ColorSource CYC

ETC’s latest addition to the ColorSource fixture family is the ColorSource CYC. This dedicated cyclorama fixture promises to give the back wall the attention it deserves by producing a wide range of smooth, bold colors using a unique, all-LED, five color mix of red, green, blue, indigo, and lime. With a compact and lightweight design, this affordable fixture practically blends in with the background. Your budget can now go toward something other than replacing the highly saturated, colored gel that burns through after a couple of shows. Even better, there’s no more need to buy lamp after expensive lamp. Because these fixtures are fanless and all-LED, they consume a fraction of the power of other standard CYC fixtures. But less power consumption doesn’t mean less light output. In fact, you’ll be able to light a full cyclorama with a fraction of the fixtures.

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d3 Joins Lady Gaga’s ‘Joanne’ World Tour

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LOUISVILLE, KY – LeRoy Bennett’s shape-shifting production design for Lady Gaga’s current tour in support of Joanne, her fifth studio album, includes a multitude of elaborately synchronized staging and visual elements. Helping control all that complexity are five d3 4x4pro media servers with three DVI VFC cards, 3G-SDI input, timecode and Art-Net control supplied by Solotech.

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Little Caesars Arena and Elation Custom Light Ceiling in a Class by Itself

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DETROIT – Little Caesars Arena in Detroit opened in September to praise as one of the most innovative and technologically impressive sports and entertainment complexes in the world. Part of the credit can be taken by the venue’s unique dynamic ceiling, a 43,000-square-foot wire grid onto which nearly 1,700 custom LED strip lights from Elation Professional are mounted. Designed by architectural and engineering firm HOK architects, the 863 million dollar, 20,000-seat arena is part of District Detroit as the major new attraction in the city’s rapidly revitalizing greater downtown.

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It’s a Love Thing for Robe at Laver Cup Tennis

[caption id="attachment_280419" align="alignnone" width="800"]Robe Laver Cup 2017 takes place in Prague[/caption]

PRAGUE – Robe BMFL moving lights – a mix of 108 x BMFL Spots, WashBeams and Wash XFs, plus 80 x Spiider LED wash beams – proved a perfect match to light the first Laver Cup international tennis tournament. The Laver Cup is a brand new indoor hard court men’s tennis competition staged for the first time in Prague’s O2 Arena … with the action broadcast worldwide on TV. The BMFLs were the primary light sources for the main show court, which saw two exciting  teams – Europe (captained by Björn Borg) and World (captained by John McEnroe) – battle it out for the trophy!

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Parnelli Ballot Finalized, Voting Begins!

LAS VEGAS – The Parnelli Ballot for the 17th annual awards ceremony has been finalized, and voting has begun! The ballot, which includes the six North American finalists for the Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year (chosen during a separate round of voting in September) is posted online at parnelliawards.com, and it’s up to YOU, the PLSN reader, to decide who among the nominees will step up to the awards podium at the Anaheim Hilton in Anaheim, CA on the evening of Jan. 26, 2018.

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High End Systems Announces New Hires

AUSTIN – High End Systems is pleased to announce the addition of three new employees. Terry Heisler comes to High End Systems as West Coast Regional Sales Manager and Clint Wingrove has signed on as Southeastern Regional Sales Manager. In HES Engineering, Ian Clarke has joined the company as R&D Product Development Manager.

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IEBA-2017

Bandit Brings The Lighting To IEBA Annual Conference

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – The International Entertainment Buyers Association (IEBA) held its annual conference Oct. 15-17 at the Omni Nashville and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Bandit Lites worked with the team at Chris Lisle Lighting Design to provide lighting for the weekend, where keynote speakers were musician and actor Ice-T and the head of William Morris Endeavor’s music division, Marc Geiger.

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