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NEW YORK – The elegantly appointed Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria is impressive. Its 44’ high ceiling, custom made 16’ diameter chandelier and ornate carved balconies provide a dramatic setting for any event. To stand out against this backdrop, a stage presentation has to be as bold and dramatic as the ballroom itself. Chris Hubbard and his team at Emergency Production provided just such a presentation recently for buildOn, a global charity, with help from 117 PVP S7 panels from CHAUVET Professional.

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IRVINE, CA — For Blink-182’s 2016 return to the road, in support of the band’s mid-2016 album release, California, the production design by Dominic Smith from Neon Black featured 40 BMFL Blades supplied by VER. Twelve of the BMFL Blades are used as key lights on the front of the band, and the rest as high-impact back lighting and effects.

BOSTON – There was no shortage of star power on stage at Boston’s House of Blues on Monday December 5, as the legendary venue, hosted Electric Bounce House. The 2,500 capacity concert hall welcomed an Electric Bounce House lineup of artists who often would be playing at an arena or amphitheater. Opening the evening was Grammy-nominated teenage sensation Daya. As the evening progressed, the music grew  electronic with the progressive house dance group Cash Cash, followed by Grammy-nominated The Chainsmokers. 

USA – My Morning Jacket (MMJ) founder and front man Jim James embarked on a solo tour this fall, opening on the West Coast and closing Dec. 18 at Iron City, Birmingham, Alabama.  Veteran MMJ Designer Marc Janowitz conceived a “forest” of 57 Solaris Mozarts as a main design feature for the tour. “The Mozarts are used as stand-alone fixtures,” explains Janowitz, “each one mounted at the end of goosenecks, LP claws, mic stand boom arms, and other lightweight audio accessories.”

OAKLAND, CA — Jonathan Bernbaum, a prominent VJ and video artist affiliated with Circuit 5 Visuals, Knife Party and V Squared Labs, was among the 36 victims trapped in the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire on Dec. 2, 2016. He was 34.

NEW ORLEANS –  Lighting Designer and touring technician Cody Stoltz passed away at his home in New Orleans last Monday evening after losing his battle with depression. Cody had spent the last couple of years working with the Toby Keith tours and working for lighting vendor Bandit Lites while not playing DJ at clubs around hs hometown. He was working his way up the ladder to his dream job of being a lighting designer for concert tours.

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