ASHEVILLE, NC – Bandit Lites and PULSE Lighting recently wrapped another successful venture with Warren Haynes’ Christmas Jam. Held on Dec. 12, the rock and blues guitarist’s annual charity benefit show celebrated its 27th year and donated the proceeds to Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, which has built 33 houses with donations from the Jam over the years.
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LOS ANGELES — Roland Corporation U.S. is pleased to announce the promotion of Chris Halon to Vice President, Marketing. Most recently, Halon served as Director of Marketing Communications for Roland U.S. In his new role, he will continue to head all marketing efforts in the U.S. for both the Roland and BOSS brands, as well as lead a team of Global Content creators throughout the worldwide network of Roland offices to support the expanding reach of the Roland brand.
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CORNWALL, U.K. — The Cambridge University Gilbert & Sullivan Society opted to light the seaside Minack open-air theatre with SGM G-Spot LED fixtures for the first time earlier this year for a performance of The Sorcerer.
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AMSTERDAM — The Royal Concertgebouw Concert Hall in Amsterdam has become the latest concert hall to update its lighting system to LED, with help from ETC and their Dutch dealer Ampco Flashlight Sales.
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FORT WORTH, TX – Electrosonic recently provided audio-visual equipment and integration services for the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame when it remodeled its first-floor gallery and added an interactive mobile in the Grand Rotunda. The additions are part of a two-phase renovation of the museum’s galleries and public spaces.
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PAINSWICK, U.K. — Core Lighting’s battery powered LED ColourPoint uplighters and PinPoint pin-spots were the lighting fixtures of choice to illuminate two venues at the 2015 Art Couture Painswick (ACP) event.
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LOS ANGELES — Christie worked with Disney for the Dec. 14 red carpet premiere for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Christie Global Professional Services provided 388 Christie MicroTiles, 18 Christie LCD panels and coolux Pandoras Box media servers to support the event.
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NEW YORK — Will uplighting fixtures work as downlighting fixtures as well? LD Blaine Hentz figured they would. For the the Want My Look and Bellami Hair Fashion Show events during New York Fashion Week, he flipped 48 of Chauvet Professional’s WELL FLEX units, positioning them on 12-foot-high silver truss structures to light the runway.
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LAS VEGAS — For some of Killers frontman Brandon Flowers’ recent performances, LD Steven Douglas has been using a unique lighting solution for a “close-up wash” — Ayrton’s MADesign.
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LONDON – For Christmas at Kew, the annual holiday lighting event at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Culture Creative once again approached White Light to provide the lighting equipment. White Light provided an extensive range of lighting technology including SGM G-Spots and P-5 LED Washlights.
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Roland noted that its compact and portable V-1HD Video Switcher, which can accommodate up to four HDMI audio/video sources with resolutions up to 1080p and features a host of professional compositing effects and creative video switching capabilities, is now shipping. The Roland V-1HD provides switching for up to four HDMI A/V sources including cameras, computers, tablets, smartphones and Blu-ray players, thanks to its HDCP copy protection support. Its high-definition output can be switched between 720p (from 720p inputs), 1080i or 1080p. In either 1080i or 1080p output mode, the V-1HD can accept both 1080p and 1080i input signals simultaneously, allowing use with a range of sources. It has a 12-channel audio mixer for mixing stereo audio from HDMI and external stereo audio sources and its dedicated microphone input. The V-1HD includes two HDMI program and preview outputs and a stereo audio output.
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AUSTRALIA – October saw the United Nations’ 70th anniversary celebrated on landmarks around the world, including the iconic rock Uluru (aka Ayers Rock), the only icon to have the UN logo projected onto it. It was the first time an image had been projected onto the rock face. Darwin-based Dreamedia performed the projection with a single Martin MAC Viper fixture.
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