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Clay Paky B-EYE K10s Light Up Morro Bay Stacks Art Light Installation Project

LOS ANGELES – Morro Bay is a town of 10,000 people on a picture-perfect slice of the California coastline near San Luis Obispo. It boasts a rock one-third the size of The Rock of Gibraltar and a two-mile waterfront, which includes a shuttered power plant that’s been a challenge to tear down or repurpose.Three giant smokestacks at a decommissioned power plant in Morro Bay, California came alive with vivid colored lights and patterns in a pair of “guerrilla-style” art projects featuring Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K10 fixtures.

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FLDA helps light the US Open

US Open Sports Coverage Lit by TV Lighting Design Firm FLDA

NEW YORK —From the first serve to the final championship match, tennis fans were able to enjoy coverage worldwide from the 2016 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, NY.  While the commentators and analysts, as well as interview subjects, were discussing every volley and ace they were lit by the television lighting design firm Ferri Lighting Design & Associates (FLDA), led by Sr. Designer and Founder, Bruce Ferri.

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The 2016 Parnelli Awards will take place Oct. 22 at the Rio in Las Vegas

Last Chance to Vote for 2016 Parnelli Awards, Deadline is Sept. 30 at Noon!

LAS VEGAS — This is it — the last chance to vote for the 2016 Parnelli Awards. Voting from readers of PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines will continue until Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 at 12 noon (PST). After that, the votes will be tallied and envelopes and awards prepared for the 2016 gala, to take place on Oct. 22 at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The event, which begins at 8 p.m. after a cocktail reception kicks things off at 7 p.m. is hosted by Adrian Belew and honors Richard Fernandez, Danny O’Bryen and Greg Mackie with this year’s Lifetime Achievement, Visionary and Audio Innovator awards.

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ElektraLite Dazer Downlight

ElektraLite’s new Dazer Downlight is available in Warm White (3400K) and RGBA versions, in a variety of custom or standard (black, white, silver) colors. The fixtures uses 36 5W LEDs for bright, flicker-free output and a lensing system with 15, 25, 40 and 60-degree beam spreads. The fixture offers a terminal strip for data and screw terminals for power. An integrated yoke allows for sloped-ceiling mounting. Attachment to the yoke is made via a 3/4-inch fan downrod, where cables can also be run to allow for installation with no visible wires. Additionally, a safety cable ring holds the fixture as a second point of safety for secure mounting. The MSRP is $799.

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Event Safety Alliance Announces Core Safety Training

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Event Safety Alliance announces two upcoming training classes for live event professionals. One is in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 20, one day before the LDI 2016 tradeshow opens, while the other is on Monday, Nov. 28, one day prior to the Event Safety Summit in Lititz, PA.

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ESTA Announces Volunteer of the Year Awards

NEW YORK – The ESTA Board of Directors has honored two groups of volunteers with the Volunteer of the Year Award: the Technical Standards Program’s Stage Lifts Working Group and the ETCP Subject Matter Experts for the Portable Power Distribution Technician Certificate.

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Winners of the 2016 KOI Awards

Knight of Illumination Award Winners Announced

UK – Lighting and video content design ceremony Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI) announced the winners of the 9th edition during a prestigious ceremony at London’s iconic Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith on Sunday 18th September. The well-attended ceremony saw almost 500 professionals come together to celebrate the achievements of lighting and video designers working on shows across the UK.

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Image Production Services Uses Chauvet Video Panels for Vessel Reveal Event

NEW YORK – Talk about an enthusiastic reception. “This Monument Could Be Manhattan’s Answer to the Eiffel Tower,” screamed a headline in the online edition of Fortune Magazine on September 14, when the design of a towering abstract structure called “Vessel” was reveled at a ceremony in New York’s Hudson Yards.  Providing the gathered crowd with a better view of the proceedings and adding visual impact to special exhibitions at the reveal event were two large LED video walls created by Image Production Services, using CHAUVET Professional PVP and MVP tiles.

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Stampede 2016 AV Tour & Conference Series Heads to Washington DC on Sept. 22

AMHERST, NY — Continuing its roll across the United States, Stampede, North America’s leading value-added distributor of ProAV Solutions, announced today that its 2016 Big Book of AV Tour & Conference Series will make its next stop in Washington, D.C. on September 22 at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel. The one-day reseller, end-user conference and tech showcase will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Attendee registration is now open at link below.

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