NEW YORK, NY – The deadline for ordering 2016 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards is just one week away. These unique cards were created especially for Behind the Scenes and are a great way to spread holiday cheer while bringing help and hope to your colleagues in need. The order deadline is September 12.
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SANTIAGO, Chile – A new world record was set for the Guinness Book of records at the La Florida stadium in Santiago, Chile, on May 22. A total of 2,357 players took part in a 120-hour soccer match and broke the previous record held by England, where a non-stop 105-hour game was played. The match, which was organized by Entel and Huaweii, was accompanied by a closing show. Local production company Real Audio Sistemas provided Clay Paky Mythos, Scenius, Sharpy Wash 330 and Alpha Spot HPE 1500 fixtures.
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SYDNEY – Vivid Sydney once again lit up the city’s streets and skyline, and Clay Paky fixtures, which had been used for past installations, returned for the 2016 event as well.
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BRISTOL, U.K. – Entertainment engineering specialist WIcreations was asked to create a new visual solution for the recent Massive Attack tour. The video design, created by United Visual Artists (UVA) – needed a full horizontal section in the middle of a flown Roe MC7 LED screen that measured 14.4 by 6 meters (WxH) to protrude from the rest of the surface by half a meter. This was to make specific text statements, facts and figures being displayed really stand out.
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NASHVILLE – American rock band Chevelle, comprised of Dean Bernardini and brothers Pete and Sam Loeffler, have been making music and touring for more than two decades, but they aren’t kicking back and looking towards slowing down. Rather than rest on their laurels, the band released their eighth studio album The North Corridor this July and have been touring the country with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland – The 2016 Festival Fringe, which ran from Aug. 5-29, featured more than 50,000 performances in more than 300 venues, with genres ranging from drama, musical, dance, physical theatre, comedy, cabaret, opera, music, spoken word and many more. Zero 88 lighting control was once again right at the hub of this vibrant experience.
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HAMBURG, Germany – Robe moving lights – including 65 DL4 series luminaires in the form of 50 x DL4F LED washes and 15 x DL4S Profiles – were again selected as flagship fixtures for the four major entertainment areas aboard Mein Schiff 5, the latest cruise ship to be launched by German based operator TUI Cruises. This follows up the very successful Robe installation on Mein Schiff 3 in 2014 and Mein Schiff 4 in 2015.
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ETC Rigging’s Prodigy P75 Self Climber Hoist shares the same technology as all Prodigy hoists, but the P75 Self Climber is repackaged in a custom-made, heavy duty Tomcat 20.5-inch truss with a Working Load Limit (WLL) of 2,000lbs (900 kg) and vertical travel of 75 feet. The Self Climber was built to accommodate venues and installations that may have domed or peaked roofs, plaster ceilings, tight spaces and corners, such as historic buildings, houses of worship, theaters, arenas and more. Like all of ETC Rigging’s Prodigy line of hoists, the P75 Self Climber comes with high-level safety features such as slack-line detection, load cell, load profiling, and dual-brake systems. Every Prodigy hoist comes fully tested and pre-reeved and the Self-Climber is no exception.
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SINGAPORE – This year’s Queen + Adam Lambert Summer Festival tour began in Europe and will wrap up in Asia at the end of September. Queen’s long history of pushing the envelope, both musically and aesthetically, continues with a design from LD Rob Sinclair and scenic designer Ric Lipson of Stufish Entertainment Architecture. The summer shows were enhanced with Firefly FloppyFlex LED Neon and Solaris SoLED strobes from TMB.
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Larson Electronics’ LEDHWW-900 is a 90 watt LED wall washer light used to replace traditional 400 watt metal halide floodlights. The compact LEDHWW-900 promises high light output, longer life and more durability than halogen and metal halide alternatives.
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LEEDS, UK – Bridge Street Community Church in Leeds, UK, has opened up a new worship building and outfitted the space with Elation Professional stage and broadcast lighting, designed, supplied and installed by Wigwam Acoustics. The new purpose-built Bridge Community Church is a multipurpose building catering for conferences and live events, as well as weekly church services. The newly completed development provides the church with a comprehensive community center that includes a 1000-capacity auditorium, café and other facilities.
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LONDON – Organizers for this year’s Knight of Illumination Awards have announced the “shortlist” for the “TV” lighting category, which follows the “Theatre” and “Concert Touring and Events” shortlists disclosed earlier. The 2016 TV judging panel is made up of Stuart Gain (Chairperson) and STLD committee members John O’Brien, Andrew Dixon and Alan Luxford.
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