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Frank Turner Tour Rig Includes Clay Paky Clay Paky Mythos Fixtures

OTTAWA, Canada – Folk-punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner is on a world tour in support of his latest album ‘Positive Songs for Negative People’ with a punchy rock and roll lighting design by Shaun Moore using 30 Clay Paky Mythos fixtures. Moore of Nitelites, who has worked with Frank and his backing band The Sleeping Souls since 2010, is using the high advanced beam and spot hybrid for large backlight gobo looks and dynamic aerial work. Nitelites is providing the gear.

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New World Symphony's Pulse Event

New World Symphony’s Pulse Event, Featuring Orchestra and DJ, Lit with elektraLite Fixtures

MIAMI BEACH, Florida — For the Pulse event at New World Symphony (NWS) and its New World Center, which featured musicians, a DJ and dancers, Director of Lighting Luke Kritzeck used the facility’s own stock of elektraLite Dazer fixtures to transform the concert hall into a late-night lounge of sorts. Barbizon of Miami provided additional gear for the event.

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Helene Fourment in Antwerp, Belgium.

New Musical, ‘Helene Fourment,’ Staged in Belgium with Visual Assist from Painting with Light

ANTWERP, Belgium – Painting with Light’s Luc Peumans energized a creative team to deliver video content for a 3D digital set and lighting design for the  Judas TheaterProducties staging of Helene Fourment. The new musical focuses on Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens’ young muse. It was staged at the Fakkeltheater in Antwerp. Painting with Light’s Michael Al Far created the video content and Jeroen Opsteyn was associate lighting designer and also programmed the lighting with Luc. All worked very closely with set designer Arno Bremers.

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BMFLs Perform at 2016 Halberg Awards

2016 Halberg Awards in New Zealand Lit with Robe BMFLs, Pointes

AUKLAND, NZ – The 53rd Halberg Awards, which honor New Zealand’s top sporting achievements, involved a collaboration between the event’s lighting, audio and LED screens supplier, Oceania, broadcast partner OSB and broadcaster SKY TV which runs the show and manages content for the three-hour live telecast. Thirty Robe BMFL Spots and 20 Pointes were included in the lighting rig this year, among other fixtures, all of which were rigged in the Vector Arena, Auckland.

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Air Canada Centre in Toronto Using Christie Video Projection Supplied by Solotech

TORONTO – When the National Hockey League’s Toronto Maple Leafs step onto the Air Canada Centre ice for each home game, they are greeted by a celebration of their rich history with a stunning on-ice projection mapping display. Installed by Solotech, the 12 Christie  Roadster WU20K-J projectors are stacked in six sets of two around the arena and help celebrate a team with 13 Stanley Cup titles and its ‘Leaf Nation’ fan base.

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Kinesys USA Draws 50+ for U.S. Training Event in Georgia

LITHIA SPRINGS, GA. – Motion control systems manufacturer Kinesys held a training event and open-house in its USA facility that  was attended by more than 50 people connected to the world of rigging automation and its application in the live entertainment industry. The format included two days of technical and operator training on Kinesys products, presented by David Martin (Head of Training – Kinesys USA), which catered for a range of ability and experience levels. This was followed by two days of general ‘open-house’ product awareness sessions for potential clients, existing customers and associates.

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AAdynTech Punch Plus

AAdynTech Boosts Output for JAB and Punch Fixtures

AAdyn Technology (AAdynTech) noted that four models in the company’s JAB and Punch fixture lines now have increases of at least 30 percent in output while holding the line on energy consumption. The enhanced fixtures include the JAB Daylight, JAB V2 Variable, JAB Hurricane, and Punch Plus, pictured here, which is nearly 50 percent brighter than before.

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