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LD Jerry Appelt Adds Impact to Scooter Visuals with 22 Robe LED Strobes

HAMBURG, Germany – LD Jerry Appelt designed the lighting and set for dance / trance trio Scooter. The lighting rig incuded 22 Robe LED strobes. The overall look and feel of the show is stark and raw to match the energy of the band. The strobes were also chosen to allow the band to see right out into the audience and to the back of the hall as they blast into the arena at punctuating moments in their high energy set.

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By Design Day is April 23, 2016

NEW YORK – By Design Day, a major fundraiser for the Behind the Scenes charity, is being held this year on Saturday, April 23. It is the day for members of the design community to make a personal donation, hold a collection at work or support the day by giving a day’s royalties.

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Jason Osterman Joins Altman Lighting

Jason Osterman Joins Altman Lighting

YONKERS, NY – Altman Lighting announced that Jason Osterman has joined the company as Global Specifications Manager. Osterman will work with large scale specification accounts to support design efforts, perform product training sessions and generate Altman Lighting based project specifications. Prior to joining Altman Lighting, Osterman served as a Senior Consultant for Theatre Projects London where he has worked for the last eight years. He has also worked as a technician with the English National Opera and as a Production Specialist with Vincent Lighting Systems.

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Jason Aldean photo by Chris and Todd Owyoung

Jason Aldean’s “Six String Circus” Tour Lit with Bandit-Supplied Rig

NASHVILLE – For Jason Aldean’s “Six String Circus” tour, Bandit Lites is providing lighting gear for LD Mike Swinford’s lighting design. The rig includes Ayrton’s MagicRing-R9, MagicBlade-R and MagicDot-R fixtures, the latter arranged in pods.These complement the other fixtures in the rig, including Martin MAC 2000 Performance fixtures, Vari*Lite VL3500 Washes, Clay Paky Mythos, Bandit 5x5s, Ayrton Intellipix Panels, PixelLine four-foot 1044s and two grandMA2 Full consoles.

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AAdynTech Featuring New LED Fixtures at NAB

LAS VEGAS, NV – AAdyn Technology (AAdynTech) is featuring its latest LED fixtures at NAB 2016. They include three models from the JAB series that promise a 30 percent increase in foot candles and an upgraded version of the Punch Plus fixture (pictured here) that is 50 percent brighter than its predecessor.  All fixtures incorporate DMX, manual in/out or digital remote control.

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Altman Lighting Gallery Series Fixtures

Altman Lighting Gallery Series Fixtures

Altman Lighting’s new Gallery series, well suited to the needs of museums, hotels, retail settings and restaurants, include fixtures in standard in white, black and silver finishes with custom color options also available. All make use of a 40w, 92+ CRI engine that offers an average of 4000 lumens across a variety of color temperatures.

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The Leicester Square premiere included Chauvet Professional's PVP X6IP LED panels and EPIX Strip Tour LED fixtures.

Batman vs Superman UK Premiere Includes Chauvet Professional Fixtures

LONDON – For the UK premiere of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice at London’s Leicester Square, Impact Production Services used Chauvet Professional’s PVP X6IP LED panels and ÉPIX Strip Tour LED fixtures. The panels displayed visual content and pictures of the various comic book figures in the film, in addition to “Batman” and “Superman” lettering.

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New A.C.T Enterprises Bolt Head Capture Tool, pictured here, applied to one bolt head.

New A.C.T Enterprises Bolt Head Capture Tool

WASHINGTON – New A.C.T Enterprises’ Bolt Head Capture Tool is a specialty tool designed specifically for the needs of those working with 12” aluminum truss.Looking at the current truss tools; the ratchet & socket and combo wrench; one is forced to ask, “Is this the best we can do for Truss Tools? After all these years?” That is the question that has been finally answered. “NO! We can do better!”

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Luke Hall / A-Team Plus (HK) Ltd designed the show looks.

Ratatat Show at Clockenflap 2015 in Hong Kong Lit with GLP LEDs

HONG KONG – GLP‘s impression LED range was out in force at the eighth Clockenflap, a three-day outdoor music and arts festival that took place in late Nov. 2015  in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District. For U.S.-based duo Ratatat, who performed on the Atum stage, AHM Engineering Co. Ltd. provided GLP fixtures including 52 X4 LED moving heads and 20 X4 Bar 10 high performance battens.

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Pictured here, from left, are Mike Garl, Co-Chair, Technical Standards Council; Steve Terry, VP of Research and Development, ETC; and Fred Foster, CEO, ETC.

ETC Steps Up to Visionary TSP Investor in Innovation

MIDDLETON, WI. – ETC has been a major donor to, supporter of, and participant in ESTA’s Technical Standards Program since its inception. Now they’ve taken that support to an even higher level by becoming a Visionary Level Investor in Innovation with a pledge of $10,000 for each of the next five years. Pictured here, from left, are Mike Garl, Co-Chair, Technical Standards Council; Steve Terry, VP of Research and Development, ETC; and Fred Foster, CEO, ETC.

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USITT Offers High Schools Free Stage Rigging Inspections

USITT Free Stage Rigging Inspections Uncover Risks, Hazards

NEW YORK – USITT’s Rigging Safety Initiative, a program devoted to increasing stage safety at schools across Americ, continues to invite high school auditorium administrators to apply for the free service. Recent inspections turned up problems ranging from “ropes seem loose” to “cable cradle has slipped” to “noisy metal grinding sound.” USITT started the program in 2011 and has since approved over 100 schools for free inspections by its partner rigging companies, which charge USITT a reduced rate. The program is sponsored by JR Clancy, ETC, Shepard Exposition Services, and H&H Specialties, as well as individual donors.

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