WORCESTER, MA — Epica, a heavy-metal band from the Netherlands that takes inspiration from classical symphonic music, toured North America in November and December with a floor package from JDI Productions that included 12 Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures.
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MIDDLETON, WI – ETC, Inc. has established the David North Memorial Scholarship for Lighting Technology at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. ETC’s intention in making this gift is to provide financial need-based support for the study of lighting technology in memory of our longtime employee and friend, David A. North, a North Carolina gentleman and supporter of The School of Design and Production.
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NEW PROVIDENCE, The Bahamas — Paul Francis Aranha, owner of Spectrum Light and Sound, used a variety of fixtures from Chauvet Professional for special events linked with Tiger Wood’s Hero World Challenge, a fundraiser for the Tiger Woods Foundation that took place at the Albany resort in the Bahamas in early December.
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BRISTOL, U.K. — Hundreds of aspiring young engineers and roboticists took part in a science and technology challenge at the University of the West of England in Bristol. The finals of the First Lego League Challenge: Animal Allies were held in the university’s Exhibition and Conference Centre on Feb. 26. Evans Audio Visual Staging teamed up with Utopium to supply sound and lighting to the event, which was part of a global Lego-based robotics contest, and featured tens of thousands of young people.
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LAGOS, Nigeria — For the 11th year, thousands gathered in the Nigerian capital for a gospel and praise event. The most recent of these, “The Experience 11: Revealing Jesus,” drew up to 500,000 to Tafawa Balewa Square for gospel music performances that stretched late into the night. Producers House on the Rock once again turned to Stephen Davies of UK-based Subfrantic Production Services for an assist with the lighting setup, which included Sapphire Touch and Tiger Touch II consoles from Avolites.
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Elation Professional’s WW Profile HP is a high-power version of the company’s warm-white ellipsoidal spot WW Profile fixture. It promises a superior quality of light to meet a wide variety of white light illumination needs required in broadcast, worship or theatre environments.
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KNOXVILLE, TN — L’Amour du Vin, a charity wine auction fundraiser for the Knoxville Museum of Art, elicited donations with a combination of food, wine and attractive lighting for the special event tent set up outside the museum. For the latter, Bandit once again stepped up by donating lighting gear including a Vari-Lite VL2500s and a combination of Color Dash Blocks and MinE 10WW Lekos from Chauvet.
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SOUTH AFRICA — Designers Christopher Bolton, Joshua Cutts and Bradley Hilton have teamed up to form a new South Africa-based design practices, Collective Works.
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RUST, Germany – Swiss artist DJ BoBo is celebrating his 25th anniversary on stage by touring the grand new show, Mystorial. From April 2017 it will visit Switzerland, Austria and other parts of Europe, including 24 arenas in Germany, before heading down to South America. But it has already received its world premiere during a two-week opener at the vast Europa-Park amusement park in the town of Rust in southwest Germany, where a new arena has been built specially to host the production.
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ST. LOUIS, MO – USITT and ESTA announced Innova, a platform to provide online learning to professionals in entertainment technology and design. Innova, launching in April, will offer on-demand training in a wide variety of disciplines and levels and will include renewal credit courses for the Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) and American Institute of Architects (AIA). Both non-profits have been seeking to offer constituents educational opportunities that allow them to learn at their convenience.
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LOS ANGELES – For one night late last month, the stretch of Broadway between Third Street and Olympic Boulevard in downtown LA, glittered just as brightly as its New York City counterpart, as the City of Angels celebrated the third annual Night on Broadway Festival. The dazzling lighting display that covered the seven-block area was created by Sohail e. Najafi of Najafi Design Group, supported by a team of nine lighting directors, using an impressive rig supplied by 4Wall Entertainment Lighting of Orange County, CA, for interior venues, and Aspect Lighting of Santa Fe Springs, CA, for exterior stages.
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ST. LOUIS, MO – Group One Limited, supplier of professional audio and lighting is pleased to announce they will be participating in the 2017 USITT convention this week in St. Louis. Group One represents the brands Avolites, DTS Lighting and elektraLite. They will be on hand to talk with everyone and show off their latest products from each of these manufacturers at Booth 2213
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