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Last Chance to Nominate Lighting Companies for 2016 Hometown Hero Award is This Thursday, June 30

Last Chance to Nominate Lighting Companies for 2016 Hometown Hero Award is This Thursday, June 30

LAS VEGAS — The deadline to nominate regional lighting companies for a 2016 Parnelli Award as Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year is only days away: June 30. Nominations have been coming in fast and furious for the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Southwest regions, but for some reason (Global warming? Brexit? Who knows?) we’ve had fewer nominations coming in from the Northwest U.S. and Canada this year.

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Daniel Willis of AV Technik with Roland's XS-83H Multi-Format AV Matrix Switcher

AV Technik Using Roland’s XS-83H Multi-Format AV Matrix Switcher

SOUTH PORTLAND, ME — After more than a decade on the road with major touring artists and as a house audio engineer at the legendary Irving Plaza/Fillmore music venue in New York City, Daniel Willis established AV Technik, a full-service AV firm in his hometown of South Portland, Maine. He’s been serving clients ranging from music artists to corporate conferences to live events that require the kind of high-end technical support he was able to consistently provide in his previous career. Willis picks his tools carefully, and that’s why he picked the Roland XS-83H 8-In x 3-Out Multi-Format AV Matrix Switcher as his main AV switcher.

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Atom Slaby joins Blizzard Lighting

Blizzard Lighting Names Atom Slaby ‘Particle Accelerator’

WAUKESHA, WI. – Blizzard Lighting expanded its staff recently with Atom Slaby, who has bragging rights to a unique job title, “Particle Accelerator.” In this new role, Slaby will aid in process improvement and data analytics. Slaby spent the last seven years working for one of the country’s largest DISH Network retailers in roles ranging from inside sales to business intelligence. This experience, and his charming good looks, make him a key asset to the team at Blizzard Lighting.

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Ayrton AlienPix-RS

Ayrton AlienPix-RS

Ayrton is extending its RS line of products with the AlienPix-RS, a multi-rotational fixture that combines a variety of effects within a single luminaire. Developed to give lighting designers more scope and inspiration to enhance their work, the AlienPix-RS provides six extraordinary beams of light and eight continuous rotational axes. AlienPix-RS is formed of five spot heads surrounding a central disk, each of which contains a tight, 3.5-degree RGBW LED emitter. Each emitter has a center-beam luminous intensity of over 180 candelas per lumen and can be controlled individually. The five surrounding spot heads can each tilt continuously as the main saucer with central emitter pans, tilts and rotates in any direction. Powerful tri-phase stepper motors allow fast, accurate and silent positioning.  In total AlienPix-RS can simultaneously perform up to eight multi-directional continuous rotations and deliver a total light output up to 6,000 lumens/1,080,000 cd. The fixture is well suited for crazy configurations of light, color and movement that redefine the mid-air space.

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Photo by Geoffrey Hubbel

Snowboxx 2016 Festival in France Lit with Fineline-Supplied Gear

AVORIAZ, France – Fineline supplied lighting for two venues, the Main Stage and Club XX, at the six-day 2016 Snowboxx Festival. Staged in the French Alps, the event now in its fourth year. A week of activities at the Avoriaz ski resort culminates in three days of music in an intimate 4,000 capacity boutique festival for lovers of snow sports, dance music and great vibes. 2016 was the first year that Fineline has been involved as a technical supplier. Stu England designed the rigs for both areas, which were based on being flexible to give all the artists as many options as possible for their sets to look individual and interesting.

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The Cure at Sasquatch

Sasquatch Festival Celebrates 15 Years

QUINCY, WA – The Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheater celebrated its 15th year with headlining sets from Disclosure, Major Lazer, The Cure (pictured here), Sufjan Stevens (pictured below), and Florence and the Machine. Stageworks Seattle provided lighting design and production on the main stage. The flown lighting rig was used by almost all of the headlining bands with minimal augmentation. The rig featured Martin MAC Viper Wash DX, Viper Profiles, Elation Platinum Beams, LED strobes, and 93,600 watts of DWE blinders. The gear was provided by Christie Lites’ Seattle office.

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2016 Hog Factor Competition Deadline is June 30

2016 Hog Factor Competition Deadline is June 30

AUSTIN, TX. – High End Systems notes that its Hog Factor 2016 competition is still open for enrollment to all qualifying college and university students, but that Phase One of the contest will close on June 30, 2016. Following Phase 1 of the competition, three teams will be whisked away to the Live Finals, set for Friday Oct. 21 at 5pm on the High End Systems booth at LDI in Las Vegas. The finalists will compete to win a $20,000 scholarship and Hog 4 for their University as well as each a HedgeHog 4X for themselves.

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Bryan Azar and designers Adam Crankshaw and Alex Soto of ILIOS Lighting Design used 300 Epix Strip 2.0 units with domes.

For Samsung Fest, Ilios Uses Epix Fixtures from Chauvet Professional

AUSTIN, TX — Although it has rarely been praised before for its aesthetic appeal, the abandoned Austin Downtown Post Office generated more than a few double-takes after Bryan Azar and designers Adam Crankshaw and Alex Soto of ILIOS Lighting Design used 300 ÉPIX Strip 2.0 units with domes to add visual interest for the Samsung Galaxy Life Fest, which took place during SXSW 2016. Most of the 1-meter strips were mounted on the ceiling to form a chevron pattern over the dance floor. The remaining strips were used to created lines and borders around the on-stage truss lines.

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The control setup included Avolites' Sapphire Touch, Tiger Touch II and Fader Wing, Quartz, Ai Infinity media server and ART2000 48" Dimmer racks.

Avolites Controls Fast-Paced Rave Lighting for Cream Tours at T13 Warehouse

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — More than 3,500 revelers partied ’til the small hours at for the legendary dance event Cream Tours at Belfast’s T13 warehouse on Saturday, April 30. Event promoter Notorious Parties welcomed the return of the iconic night with its cast of DJing elite including; dance music giant John O’Callaghan, Bryan Kearney, Will Atkinson, Standerwick, Agnelli and Nelson and Anthony Probyn. Event lighting designer John McGuinness of Just Lite Productions looked after the lighting for the event. The control setup included Avolites’ Sapphire Touch, Tiger Touch II and Fader Wing, Quartz, Ai Infinity media server and ART2000 48″ Dimmer racks.

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Jaguars Select Nanolumens For New Video Installation

JACKSONVILLE, FL – The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars recently announced that NanoLumens, a manufacturer of LED displays, has been selected to outfit the newly renovated US Assure Clubs inside EverBank Field with new video gear. NanoLumens will be installing six 2.5mm NanoSlim Engage displays across both the East and West US Assure Clubs, including a screen in each lower club area measuring 19 feet by 11 feet.

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The 13th Download Festival featured headline performances from Rammstein, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden

Download Festival Gets Serious Stages

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LEICESTERSHIRE, U.K. – More than 100 bands performed on Serious Stages in front of 80,000 rock fans, as Serious supplied staging and ancillary structures to Download Festival, which was held in Leicestershire from June 10-12. The 13th Download Festival featured headline performances from Rammstein, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, with Serious providing the stages for rock royalty and structures to house their production equipment.

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The 2016 Duftstars Awards were held May 12 at Kraftwerk Berlin. Photo by Jonas Janczyk

Perfume Industry’s Awards Show in Berlin Lit with Elation Platinum FLX Fixtures

BERLIN – Full service production company satis&fy provided the entertainment technology and decorative atmosphere for the 2016 Duftstars Awards in Berlin, the German perfume industry’s premier accolade, and used their new stock of Elation Professional Platinum FLX™ hybrid moving heads on the event. The Fragrance Foundation of Germany announced the winners of the awards at a presentation ceremony held on May 12th at Kraftwerk Berlin.

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