ROCHESTER, NY — Whirlwind, a leading interface manufacturer for the live event, audio installations, and theater industries, announced that they are completing a 13,000-square-foot expansion of their New York factory to handle the rapid growth the 41-year-old company has been experiencing. When completed this month, the total size will be 60,000 square feet.
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ZHAOQING CITY, China – At the recent ZhaoQing Dinghushan Music Festival in the province of Guangdong, China, Ruisheng Lighting & Audio provided GLP X4, X4 L and X4 Bar 20 fixtures, along with other gear, to light headliner Sun Nan and other performers, including Jordan Chan (Chan Siu-Chun). Ruisheng Light & Audio also distributes GLP fixtures for the Germany-based lighting manufacturer.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX — Cowboys Dancehall is a leading venue in the Alamo city, running live music four nights a week along with a host of other country themed events. For years the venue has relied on a variety of High End Systems lighting and control products to light their entertainment, and recently High End Systems’ ShapeShifters were employed for a Steve Aoki performance.
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LAS VEGAS – For a place known as Sin City, Las Vegas has more than its fair share of churches, including Calvary Chapel Spring Valley. And the congregation is growing. With more worshippers than the facility could handle, the congregation is now using its gymnasium for worship services. To enhance those services, Calvary Chapel is using FLEXLite 3.99mm LED from PixelFLEX to add visual impact to its services.
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TOKYO – For post punk electronic rock band New Order’s current tour, in support of their 10th album, Music Complete, released last fall, LD Andy Liddle provided a lighting design that spec’ed 16 Robe BMFL Spots as the backbone of the lighting rig. The BMFLs and other moving lights are controlled via an Avolites Arena console.
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CAMBRIDGE, MA – For Harvard Yardfest 2016, held April 24, Tristan Rudat, working for Emergency Production of Cranston, RI, provided Chauvet Professional PVP S7 LED tiles to animate the event’s high-energy headliner, DJ Steve Aoki.
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CHICAGO – Throughout the month of April, ILC has made continued investment in their equipment inventory and adding new lighting and control products to their rental offerings, including Martin’s MAC Aura XB fixtures, GT Truss from Tyler Truss, TMB EZ-LAN Unity Switches and ProPlex Fiber with OpticalCON connectors, MA Lighting NPU units and more.
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NASHVILLE — Mobile production specialist TNDV recently brought two major, unrelated live worship events together from opposite coasts, unifying the weather-challenged productions to enhance both the in-venue and broadcast audience experience.The events, AzusaNow and UnitedCry, were held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and on the National Mall in Washington DC, respectively, in stormy spring conditions.
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SASKATOON, Saskatchewan —Telemiracle, the annual telethon in Saskatchewan, Canada that benefits the Kinsmen Foundation, celebrated its 40th anniversary with a 21-hour, commercial-free live broadcast on the province’s CTV affiliates. This year lighting designer Linus MacDonald stepped up the show’s look with six Clay Paky Scenius moving head spotlights.
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MIAMI— Grammy Award-winning recording artist Phil Collins hosted the second annual Little Dreams Foundation Benefit Gala in South Florida and performed at the charity event backed by a line of Elation ACL 360 Bar color-changing battens with 360-degree rotation.
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LUSAIL, Qatar — Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail, Qatar, is using the Riedel MediorNet real-time media network and RockNet real-time audio network to simplify management of numerous signals throughout the venue. Built to host matches of the 2015 World Men’s Handball Championship, the 15,300-capacity indoor sports arena leverages the Riedel fiber networks to reduce the overall volume of cabling required and to make a variety of signals available as needed to support live events.
Read More »LONDON – Maestra London expands its team again with the addition of four new people who are joining the busy Dubai and London based Maestra Group operation. Edwin Higgins joins Maestra London as technical manager, Lewis Edwards is the new warehouse manager, Juliet Irvine-Fortescue comes on-board as Operations & Logistics Coordinator and Hannah Piercy is the company’s second production designer.
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