WASHINGTON DC – Showcall, Inc., an event production company based in Maryland, was selected to produce the first Mass that Pope Francis celebrated in the U.S. when he visited Washington DC Sept. 23. The planning committee that selected Showcall included the Archdiocese of Washington, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and The Catholic University of America.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Enormous crowds gathered along the National Mall to get a glimpse of Pope Francis when he addressed a joint session of Congress on Thursday, Sept. 24. As they have for the past three Presidential Inaugurations, the team from Argyle, Texas-based GoVision has been enlisted to provide large LED screens needed to give the assembled masses the best possible view.
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SINGAPORE – Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd lit up the historic buildings and structures around the 5K city street circuit during the Sept. 20, 2015 Formula 1 Grand Prix event in Singapore with Christie Boxer projectors.
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NASHVILLE – Country music super group Little Big Town’s Pain Killer Tour, which launched in Aug. 2014, continues this year. LD Chris Shrom is using Bandit Lites-supplied gear for the looks that have evolved as the band’s shows have progressed from smaller festivals to arenas.
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LOS ANGELES – EDM artists Cash Cash + Tritonal are currently out on their Untouchable Tour, with a high-energy visual design from Aaron Kovelman (aka Ronny Redrocks) that makes use of two video walls and eight Rogue RH1 Hybrids from Chauvet Professional.
MILAN, Italy – Expo 2015, the international exhibition taking place in Milan this year from May 1 to Oct. 31, includes a dazzling array of lighting artistry. Among the lighting manufacturers represented: Coemar, which is also based in Italy.
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ANAHEIM, CA – Saddleback Church opened a 40,000-square-foot facility with 10 classrooms and a 1,000-person worship area across from Angels Stadium in June. Technical director Greg Baker worked with CCI Solutions on the lighting system, which includes energy-efficient LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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LAS VEGAS – Chauvet Professional will be featuring its new Strike 4 and Synapse 4 fixtures at LDI 2015, which returns to the Las Vegas Convention Center Oct. 23-25.
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X-Laser USA is expanding its Skywriter line with the new Skywriter HPX. X-Laser engineered the Skywriter HPX to handle aerial beams and projected graphics.
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LONDON – d3 Technologies will unveil several innovations to its product line at the PLASA Show Oct. 4-6. On hand in Booth J40 will be d3’s new r12 software, the recently released d3 2x2plus, and the forthcoming VFC cards.
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ROTHBURY MI – Elation Professional Cuepix Panel LED matrices and Elation Colour Chorus LED batten wash lights were used by lighting designer Bobby Grey to light the Tripolee Stage at the multi-genre Electric Forest Festival June 25-28 in Rothbury, Michigan.
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LOS ANGELES – CyberMotion North America (CMNA) has supported Brea, CA-based customer Visions Lighting while using XLNT’s fast and precise chain motion control system CyberHoist on the annual Korean pop (K-pop) convention in the U.S., KCON, which was staged in Los Angeles July 31-Aug. 2, 2015.