LIMA, Peru – The new Clay Paky Scenius Spot has landed in South America for the first time and is dubbed ‘fixture of choice’ by prolific lighting designer Mario Raez in the Peruvian staging of jukebox classic Mamma Mia at the Teatro Peruano Japones in Lima. Raez is the first lighting designer in South America to put the Scenius Spot through its paces, employing six of the units in his show.
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LOUISVILLE, KY— Held annually at the Galt House Hotel’s Grand Ballroom on on the eve of the Kentucky Derby, Unbridled Eve is a black tie-optional event which offers live performances along with a VIP cocktail reception and dinner. The 2016 event featured performances by Robin Thicke, John Elefante, Dennis DeYoung, JD Shelburne and Wynonna Judd.
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LAS VEGAS – Along with a 10,000-square-foot tent devoted to the sale of fireworks, the Moapa Paiute Travel Plaza offers 4th of July pyro enthusiasts an open space in the desert where they can ignite their purchases and light up the night sky. This year, the two-day Moapa Madness Festival offered a stage with live music as well. LD Steven Brody used 16 Q-Wash 419Z RGBW LED washes from Chauvet Professional LED fixtures. Kilroy’s Lighting & Production supplied the gear.
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CHICAGO – NanoLumens worked with DIRTT Environmental Solutions on its Green Learning Center (GLC) in Chicago, which now features the first NanoSlim Engage 1.8mm ‘digital wallpaper’ display embedded into a DIRTT-designed wall.
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SOUTHHAMPTON, U.K. – Ovation of the Seas took its maiden voyage in April as the third Quantum class luxury cruise liner from Royal Caribbean International to feature an onboard Elation Professional lighting and video system. It follows the successful launch of Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas, both of which sail with a full complement of energy-efficient Elation Professional products.
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Since the joining the Laserworld Group in the beginning of 2016, a lot of development has happened at tarm: Not only have several new laser systems been developed and published, but their processes have been streamlined and optimized. With the launch of their new website, tarm clearly focuses their core products and services. The products section provides technical details on the new show laser systems and the laser show section provides details on the laser show services tarm and partners within the Laserworld Group can offer.
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WROCLAW, Poland – Wroclaw, Poland continues to celebrate its role as one of the European Capitals of Culture for 2016 with Spanish Night with Carmen – Zarzuela Show at the Wroclaw Stadium. The spectacle featured fragments of Bizet’s iconic opera, Carmen, presented in the tradition of the Spanish popular opera. Carmen was performed by about 500 artists, including an orchestra, ballet, choir and Wroclaw Opera soloists plus vocal and dance groups from other parts of Poland.
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LAS VEGAS – Belgium based automations, engineering and scenic construction specialist WIcreations was asked by staging experts StageCo, working for Insomniac the production company, to produce key scenic elements of the circuitGROUNDS stage at the 2016 Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) dance extravaganza. The event was staged at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and attracting around 450,000 people over three days with a stellar line-up of the best DJs embracing multiple musical genres.
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COLUMBUS, OH – The 2016 annual high school graduation ceremony for the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT), an online public community school, was staged at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, OH, where close to 12,000 people watched more than 1,300 students graduate. Zachary Durban lit the event with 80 Robe BMFL WashBeams and 28 Pointes supplied by Loud and Clear, a lighting and audio rental company based in the Cincinnati area.
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LAS VEGAS — When one door closes, another opens. But for the first week in August, PLSN and FOH readers will have one last opportunity to vote for their favorite Hometown Hero lighting companies AND nominate other companies, individuals and products for a 2016 Parnelli Award. That’s right, even though the voting for the Hometown Hero Awards won’t slam shut until Aug. 8, the door for Parnelli Awards nominations is now wide open, until Aug. 24. And if you haven’t done so, you can also nominate a product for an Indispensable Technologies “IT” Award this month as well.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – For this year’s Miss Florida USA pageant, which selects the young lady who will represent the state in the next Miss USA competition, Abbas Ritscher of The Design Oasis and lighting designer Charles Brennan lit those competing for the coveted crown within 1,167-seat Parker Playhouse with a rig that included ten Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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