ATLANTA — Bandit Lites continued its tradition of kicking off the New Year with legendary jam band Widespread Panic. The American rock group closed out their three night run at the Fox Theater on New Year’s Eve and featured both their original songs and covers of Bob Dylan, David Bowie and Leonard Cohen with guest performances by the Megablaster Horns.
Read More »LITITZ, PA – Atomic Lighting, which had partnered for seven years with the Atomic design firm based in Lititz, PA, is changing its name to Beame. Under its new moniker, Lititz-based Beame will continue to provide lighting, rigging, and production services to the live event industry.
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SEATTLE – Harrison Mills (CatacombKid) and Clayton Knight (BeachesBeaches), a.k.a. Odesza, backed their latest hit album with a tour that included sold out shows in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, and Toronto. LMG Touring provided audio, lighting and LED video for the tour.
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RICHARDS BAY, South Africa – Lighting designer Shaniel Laloo of Sounds Ideal used Chauvet Professional Strike 4s and Legend 230SR Beam moving fixtures for a warm-weather NYE celebration in this seaside town located about two hours by car from Durban.
Read More »FAIRFIELD, NJ— Middle Atlantic Products named Scott Lowdersenior product manager, power. In this position, Lowder is responsible for the category’s long-term sales strategy, optimization of profitability, and growth. Prior to joining Middle Atlantic, Lowder served as a product manager at ASSA ABLOY and has held senior positions in operations, engineering, and project management at ASSA ABLOY, Sargent Manufacturing, Ingersoll Rand, and Crown Holdings.
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SNAPE, UK – Snape Maltings Concert Hall, a 350 seat venue that often plays host to full orchestral rehearsals, small-scale opera performances, piano concerts and literary festivals, called upon White Light to repace their dimmer system. White Light provided the LSC GenVI Advanced Dimming System.
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Pro Plus is a the leading media company that works closely with the two TV channels with the greatest audience shares in Slovenia (POP TV and Kanal A), as well as through its topical TV channels – BRIO, KINO and OTO. Pro Plus recently invested in 12 Robe LEDWash 800s and eight MMX Spots for its main facility in Ljubljana.
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LOS ANGELES – Matt Ford of Magic Lantern Creations used Clay Paky Mythos fixtures to light the eight-episode “Best Time Ever” live variety series on NBC, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. The production design resembled an awards show set with a main area at center stage and performance areas at stage left and stage right.
Read More »LONDON – S+H Technical supplied 360 meters of their ShowLED animation cloth, 20 meters of 1 and 2 meter Pea-light strings and 2000 x 4-channel DMX controlled Pea-lights – used to decorate three Christmas trees – for ‘The Abba Christmas Party’, a TV special produced by Thames, part of Freemantle Media UK at the London Studios on the South Bank. The show was broadcast on Christmas Eve’s ITV 1 prime time.
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NASHVILLE – PixelFLEX named Alexander Williams director of project management. Williams, a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, comes to PixelFLEX with experience as a video engineer, video director, sales engineer, and project management.
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CHICAGO – Chi-Town Rising, the Windy City’s first countdown NYE celebration, featured a performance by Chicago, the band, lit by Christopher Wren, LD at ONE618. Wren used Nexus 4×4 COB LED panels from Chauvet Professional to engage the 20,000 people who attended the live event. Some 595,000 households also tuned in to watch on television.
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SALT LAKE CITY – USITT announced winners of its annual archictectural competition for best performance space design. Top honors will go to the Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago (pictured here), the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, UK, and the Salle de Spectacles de Mont-Laurier in Quebec, Canada. Designers and consultants for the winning venues will receive their awards at USITT 2016 in Salt Lake City March 16-19.
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