BEIJING — A wooden stage estimated to be about 10 feet above the floor below gave way during a Nov. 28 choral performance with dozens of singers at Beihang University’s school of aeronautical engineering. Most of those on stage at the time fell; 25 were hospitalized. An LED screen also toppled over and fell to the lower level from one side of the stage.
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FARMINGDALE, NY – Group One Ltd., the U.S. distributor for elektraLite fixtures, added Streetwise Sales & Marketing to its independent sales representative network. The announcement comes from Tyler Wise, Group One’s national sales manager for the brand. Pictured here is Streetwise Sales & Marketing’s Amos Damon.
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OMAHA, Nebraska — Multimedia artist Tupac Martir, who has lit concerts for Elton John, Sting and Beyoncé, major festivals like Coachella, and London Fashion Week shows for designers Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood and the late Alexander McQueen, uses Avolites consoles for his work, which also includes a recent artwork of his own, titled Unique.
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DARLING, South Africa – Lighting designers Willie Botha and Matthew Meyer have employed an array of Philips Showline SL NITRO 510 LED strobes to give extra eye candy and punch to the tenth edition of Rocking The Daisies festival. Kilowatt AV supplied the dozen LED strobs for the ‘Electronic Dome’ EDM stage.
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Robe’s Slovenian distributor, MK Light Sound, provided four LEDWash 600s and nine LEDWash 800s for Ljubljana City Theatre in the country’s capital.
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NEW YORK – CS Lighting, a global production and design firm, worked with 4Wall New York which supplied the gear needed to light events for brands such as Michael Kors, Estee Lauder, Nicole Miller, Lauren Conrad and Gabriella Cadena (pictured here) during New York Fashion Week.
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NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites was proud to once again sponsor and donate lighting and services for the fifth annual NEXT Awards, a celebration of companies and individuals whose hard work and entrepreneurial spirit are making a difference in Nashville’s economy. The lighting company provided VL 2500 Spots and VL 3000 Spots in the main room at the Renaissance Hotel. Lighting technicians Carter Harris and Sarah Euker used Bandit GRN LED Pars and Lekos during the following reception.
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GLP’s new impression X4 Atom is compact, bright and IP65 rated. The fixture measures less than 7 inches long and weighs under 3 lbs. Its 15 Watt RGBW LED source that emits a bright beam with even color distribution across a full spectrum. The fixture also has a motorized 9:1 ratio zoom, running from 3.5 to 34 degrees in beam angle. Control for the Atom heads is via an Atom PSU controller, starting with a 12-way, but with a 6-way and other models to follow. The PSU supplies power and data down a single 4 pin XLR cable to each Atom head.
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SECAUCUS, NJ – Rose Brand is now offering custom track bending services. A long-time distributor of curtain track, the company now creates custom curves in-house. Track can be bent to any radius, giving customers more freedom to experiment with curves in tights spaces.
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LAS VEGAS – For a show featuring mother-daughter duo Naomi and Wynona Judd at the Venetian in Las Vegas, Craig Rutherford of Blue Shift Design worked with a rig that included an array of Martin Professional lighting fixtures. Rutherford’s design included 34 Martin MAC Viper Profiles, 18 Martin MAC III AirFXs, 30 Martin MAC Auras and four Martin Atomic 3000 Strobe fixtures.
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NEW YORK – Kevin Mignone, owner of KM Productions, lit Kaskade’s show during the annual Pier of Fear on Manhattan’s West Side with fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The setup included 24 Legend 330SR Spots used for audience lighting.
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TORONTO — For Canadian television network Bell Media/CTV’s upfront event staged earlier this year, APG Displays designed and constructed a 108-paneled NEC 55” modular LCD videowall. The panels feature a narrow bezel gap of just 5.7mm, allowing for a seamless video look.
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