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MSI Transportation Gallery

MSI Transportation Gallery Gets Assist from ILC

CHICAGO – The Transportation Gallery at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry is a world-renowned collection of exhibits showcasing the history of transportation in America. Exhibits include a scaled model of the Wright Brothers 1903 flyer, a United Airlines 727, various military aircraft, a diesel locomotive and “The Great Train Story”, a model of the train evolution between Chicago Illinois and Seattle Washington. The gallery was originally lit with incandescent track fixtures with a limited ability to tune the color temperature and a high complexity of maintenance.

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ETC’s iRFR and aRFR Apps Make a Difference to Those in Need

LAS VEGAS – At the recent LDI show, Matt Halberstadt, R&D Technical Product Manager, of ETC, presented a check for $30,339.13 to Behind the Scenes, which reflected ongoing proceeds from sales of ETC’s iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) applications for iOS and Android devices. ETC software engineers Chris Mizerak and Anders Ekvall simply could not have known when they developed the app that it would bring so much assistance to our colleagues in need.

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Ian Anderson Of Tull

Bandit Helps Bring Jethro Tull Rock Opera To Life

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – In a show unlike any other, Ian Anderson performs a complex rock opera of Jethro Tull, the revolutionary 18th century English agriculturist who also happened to inspire the name of the British progressive rock band. Bandit Lites once again provided the lighting package for the tour which uses an intricate combination of video and live music, as Anderson weaves a tale that features some of his most recognizable works, including “Aqualung” and “Songs from the Woods.”

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Ovation E-260WW LED Ellipsoidal

Ovation E-260WW LED Ellipsoidal Wins Worship Technology Award

SUNRISE, FL – The brightest LED ellipsoidal on the market had the spotlight turned on it recently when Worship Facilities, the official magazine of WFX, presented a 2016 New Product Award to the CHAUVET Professional Ovation E-260WW.  The warm white LED ellipsoidal, which has an output that exceeds that of an HPL 750W fixture, was the third product in the Ovation line to receive the Worship Facilities award since 2013.

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Neal Ellsworth

Core Brands Appoints Neal Ellsworth to Product Manager, New Initiatives

PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, Furthering its commitment to innovating products for the custom installation industry, Core Brands today announced the appointment of Neal Ellsworth to the newly created position of Product Manager, New Initiatives. Effective immediately, Ellsworth will lead efforts to create new categories of products and new products within established categories working under the direction of Mike Jordan, Core Brands’ Vice President of Product Management.

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Indiana U and Nanolumens

Indiana University’s New Media School Wows Students and Visitors with a ‘New Media’ Solution from NanoLumens!

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA — Colleges across the US are in constant competition for academic excellence and student enrollment. As Indiana University embarked on an ambitious project to launch two new schools and a brand new building, the design team responsible for the projects wanted to ensure that each school’s building captured the attention and enthusiasm of students, faculty and visitors.  In short, they wanted the buildings to deliver a ‘WOW’ factor that would immediately demonstrate that Indiana University is always ahead of the times.

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SolaSpots join the stage

‘The Joan’ is High End – Penrith’s PAC adds SolaSpots and Full Boar 4

SYDNEY – The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in the Sydney suburb of Penrith is known affectionately by the locals as ‘The Joan’. Like the grand old dame herself, The Joan has fantastic stage presence, with a 580 seat concert hall, 378 seat theatre and a 90 seat studio. Like any flexible performance space, the concert hall at The Joan hosts everything from touring acts to local community groups, which means the technical staff have to get shows, and looks, up and running quickly.

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Nocturnal-Wonderland

Nocturnal Wonderland Lights Up the Night with Claypaky Fixtures, grandMA2 Consoles

LOS ANGELES – The Nocturnal Wonderland music festival was staged for its 21st year Sept. 2-4 at the San Manuel Amphitheater and Grounds.  The festival, presented by Insomniac and Pasquale Rotella, turned to LD Steve Lieberman of Westlake Village, CA, who lit four of five stages with a variety of fixtures. Claypaky fixtures played a key role, including Mythos and Sharpy fixtures, and grandMA2 consoles, also distributed by ACT Lighting, controlled the washes and beams that lit up the night.

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COB Cannon Wash DW

ADJ Releases Powerful White-Light Illumination with Variable Color Temperature

LOS ANGELES – Ideal for illuminating stage sets, performers, speakers or architectural features, the ADJ COB Cannon Wash DW is a potent wash fixture that features a unique ‘Dynamic White’ COB – Chip On Board – LED light-source. Building on the success of the original quad color COB Cannon Wash, this new version combines Warm White and Cool White LED sources on a single LED chip to allow smooth and shadow-free blending between the two color temperatures (3000K: Warm White and 6500K: Cool White).

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Granger Community Church

Granger Community Church Gets Aid from Cineo Lighting

INDIANA – Granger Community Church, based in Northern Indiana, has two campus locations, as well as an extensive online presence for people around the world to celebrate GCC’s message. The Visual Arts team at Granger in fact captures and produces a wide range of content for its services and presentations with almost half the videos being storytelling, documentary style works. For many of their video shoots Granger’s team relies on Cineo Lighting products.

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