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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.

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.

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.

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.

PARIS – French wholesaler LA BS, who has been supplying professionals and end users for 25 years, has signed an exclusive distribution partnership with GLP for its lighting fixture solutions in France. With more than 45 employees, LA BS will now distribute the complete impression series range for GLP. Pictured here is Bruno Souchaud, lighting product manager for LA BS, which has a showroom in Paris and a warehouse in the suburbs just south of the French capital.