DUBAI – Maestra Group – Dubai and London based event design and technical production specialist – has won a coveted 2016 Middle East Event Award (MEEA) for ‘Supplier of the Year’ which was awarded Wednesday night, May 26, at a high profile ceremony at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai. Pictured here is the Dubai team, taken after receiving the award.
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LAS VEGAS – For VCA Technology’s booth at the ISC West trade show, which took place at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas April 6-8, Altitude Exhibits used PixelFLEX 3.9mm FLEXLite NXG LED video display panels. Altitude Exhibits President Jeremy Luther conceptualized a layout with two FLEXLite NXG LED screens that would showcase the VCA Technology software. He then went through a few revisions that led him to finalize on one large 80” tall by 240” wide FLEXLite NXG LED wall for maximum visual impact.
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MIAMI – Beyonce’s Formation tour has been wowing the crowds with a monolithic video structure that measures 22 by 16 by 9 meters in size and is embedded in a 62 by 35 meter stage. The monolith is the centerpiece of Es Devlin’s production design. Working with other production companies, staging supplier Stageco helped make it all happen for the tour, which finishes its first North American leg June 14, heads to Europe June 28, and returns for more U.S. shows from Sept. 7-Oct. 2.
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LOS ANGELES – LD Jeff Ravitz, longtime LD for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, included MAC Viper Profiles and MAC Aura fixtures for their 2016 River tour (first 2016 U.S. leg), which ran from Jan. 16 (Pittsburgh, PA) to April 25 (Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, NY). The tour supports the recent release of an archival box set, The Ties That Bind: The River Collection, from the hit 1980s’ album The River, and each show featured an in-sequence, complete performance of the album’s 20 songs. The band heads to Europe this summer and returns for more U.S. shows in August and September.
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A new shoulder mount solution for Sony PXW-FS5 cameras is available from Chrosziel GmbH, according to Schneider Optics. Chrosziel is a maker of professional cine and digital accessories. Chrosziel’s new purpose-built Light Weight Support (LWS) 401-FS5 provides optimum balance of the camera when handheld.
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LONDON and MANCHESTER, U.K. – Electronic music innovators Above and Beyond played two high profile UK shows on their much anticipated ‘Acoustic’ world tour at two beautiful and historically significant Albert Halls – the prestigious ‘Royal’ Albert Hall in central London and the charismatic Albert Hall Manchester, a more intimate but equally beautiful space formally a Methodist church. Lighting and visuals for the tour are designed by Neil Marsh, while equipment and crew for these and a warm up in Utrecht, were delivered by Colour Sound Experiment.
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FRESNO, CA – Not long after Fresno-based Live Light, Inc. taken delivery of 50 new Clay Paky Mythos fixtures, the event production company sent them out the door to the 2016 California State Future Farmers of America (FFA) Leadership Conference. Mythos played a key role in the entertainment component of the annual conference. They enhanced the look of the recorded music sessions that preceded every general session for the 6,000+ high school agriculture students attending the event. Live Light’s Mythos also lit the Monday night concert headlined by country music duo Thompson Square. The sessions and concert were held in the Fresno Convention Center’s Selland Arena.
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DENVER – USITT announced that the first annual Jay O. Glerum Rigging Masterclasses are full. They will offer two days of hands-on stage rigging instruction to a total of 64 students June 13-14 in Denve. USITT has 30 students signed up for its Advanced Rigging Masterclass and 34 in the Entry Level Rigging Class. Seven who are secondary school teachers also received funding for travel expenses donated by the family of Jay Glerum, for whom the masterclasses are named.
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HAMBURG, Germany – AIDAprima is the new flagship of AIDA Cruises, built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding to carry up to 3,300 passengers. Björn Hermann designed the lighting for the launch ceremony in early May on behalf of East End Communications GmbH, working with show production company phase7 and performing arts/technical service company Ambion on the project. He used 50 GT-1 hybrid fixtures and 342 impression X4 Bar 20 LED battens to fulfill phase7 artistic director’s Sven Sören Beyer vision of illuminating the ship with a giant matrix of light.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – Morpheus Lights, the exclusive U.S distributor of Ayrton LED luminaires, announced the appointment of Rich Dale as Eastern Regional Sales Manager. In his new role, Dale, a 23-year industry veteran, will be responsible sales and promotion of the Ayrton product line in the Eastern U.S.
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WEST BABYLON, NY – Bestek Lighting and Staging noted that Abott Finkel (pictured here), who had been serving as Bestek’s executive vice president after Bestek and Abott Audio merged in 2015, has been running the company as president & CEO since earlier this year, when Bestek founder Van Allen Rice retired. The company, founded by Van Allen Rice in 1974, provides a full range of project management and technical services relating to lighting and staging for events held in the New York City area.
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NASHVILLE – The American Cancer Society recently held RelayLIVE, a musical festival which advocates “fighting cancer at every stage.” Bandit Lites donated a lighting package for the inaugural concert. With the concert taking place in a park with little to no lighting, it was crucial for lighting designer Carter Fulghum to build a look that would both translate from day to night seamlessly and be visible to those in attendance across the park. With truss towers filling the stage, he used Bandit’s exclusive LED GRNLite Battens, GRNLite Moving Washes, GLP X4S and Martin MAC Auras for flashy effects.
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