LONDON – Lighting designer Amy Barnett approached Entec to provide a lighting equipment package for the recent European tour by Chris Norman. It was the first time she’d worked with the west London based lighting rental specialists, which she chose because, “After a few initial phone conversations I had complete confidence in the company to deliver what I needed, and they were very helpful and friendly.”
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KNOXVILLE TN. – Bandit Lites continued its annual ‘Angel Tree’ tradition, which has expanded from its origins as a toy drive to provide for a broader range of needs in the Knoxville, TN area. This year, Bandit delivered contributions to the Knoxville Community Action Committee, a public agency helping Knoxville and Knox County’s low to moderate income families, the unemployed and underemployed, persons with disabilities, and other individuals with special need for services.
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BRIGHTON, MI – Lighting sales and production company E2i Design turned to Chroma-Q Color Force 12 multi-purpose LED fixtures for the seasonal ‘White Christmas’ show at Brighton High School in Michigan. The classic holiday show, based on the 1954 movie with the same title, featured a broader palette of hues than the title might suggest.
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ST ANDREWS, Scotland — For a lighting upgrade at the University of St. Andrews’s Student Union theatre and club, Audio Light Systems installed 12 Rogue R1 Spot fixtures along with other gear from Chauvet Professional.
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COSTA RICA — The touring world mourns the loss of popular stage manager/lighting tech Tom “Bis” Kelleher. He passed away at his “sunny place,” his Costa Rica home, on Dec. 14. Preliminary reports mention the cause of death as a heart attack, possibly induced by a ruptured hernia.
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MIDDLETON, WI — At ETC’s annual holiday party on Dec. 11, 2015, CEO Fred Foster announced a surprise invitation for all 800 Wisconsin-based employees to attend screenings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at a Madison, WI movie theater. The surprise gesture, which involved the rental of the entire theatre, was picked up as a national news item appearing on NBC and other outlets. ETC staffers in the U.K. and Northeast were able to take time off to catch the movie as well.
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UTRECHT, The Netherlands – For a Dutch musical version of The Bodyguard staged at Beatrix Theatre, LD Luc Peumans of Painting With Light included Clay Paky Mythos and Sharpy Wash 330 fixtures in the lighting rig. Ampco Flashlight supplied the gear.
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ELGIN, IL – The Harting Technology Group, headquartered in Espelkamp, Germany, reported that its sales in its 2014/2015 fiscal year were up by 3.7 percent to a new high point, EUR 567 million, for the company.
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SUNNYVALE, CA – For Sunnyvale Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is located less than a 15-minute drive from the world headquarters of Apple, Google, Intel, Cisco and a host of other Silicon Valley powerhouses, Legend Theatrical installed LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The new rig includes Ovation E-190WW LED ellipsoidals, Rogue R1 Spots, COLORado 2-Quad Zoom VW Tour par-style fixtures, COLORdash Par-Hex 12 RGBAW+UV pars and COLORado Batten 72 Tour washes.
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LYON, France – Four nights of utter enchantment was planned in December for Lyon’s most famous festival to date, broadcasting the heritage of the city. However, due to the recent tragic events in Paris, the Festival of Lights was cut short to a one-day tribute to the victims on Dec. 8, inviting people to stand united and light candles while the city became illuminated for that one evening at La Colline de Fourvière.
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LOS ANGELES – NBC’s production of The Wiz Live!, which drew 11.5 million viewers and critical acclaim, featured a lighting design by Allen Branton, that included Clay Paky Alpha 800 Profile and Sharpy fixtures along with grandMA2 consoles for lighting and show control. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. distributes both product lines in North America.
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BLACKPOOL, UK – Robe gets into the great tradition of English Panto this festive season with over 50 fixtures – including the latest in the DL series luminaires which are built for theatre – specified by Lighting Designer Andy Webb for a lively and colorful production of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’, produced by UK Productions at Blackpool Grand Theatre.
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