Power Plus Productions Expands With Two New Account Execs
VISTA, CA – Power Plus Productions (P3) named industry veterans Roger Lee and Zachary Brush account executives. They report to P3 president Lane Rickard.
Elation Professional Strengthens European Team with Three New Hires
KERKRADE, The Netherlands – Elation Professional B.V. announced that Dennis Scipio joined Elation Europe on Oct. 1 as a new Key Account Manager. Also joining Elation on October 1st and working as the European office’s new office assistant is Nancy de Lang. Joining Elation in August as an assistant in the company’s marketing and graphics department is Carola Ludermann.
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PLASA Announces New Seminars for 2015 Trade Event
LONDON – PLASA Show 2015 is just a few days away, but the organizers are working right up to the wire to bring in the best speakers for the PLASA Professional Development Program. Four new sessions have just been announced, respectively addressing lighting, sound and video.
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Aaron Hubbard Joins A.C.T Lighting Sales Team
LOS ANGELES – A.C.T Lighting, Inc. named Aaron Hubbard as the company’s new sales person for the Western Region. Hubbard was most recently Director of Business Development for Clearwing Productions, based in their Milwaukee office.
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GLP Gears Up for Key Fall Shows
SUN VALLEY, CA – October will mark one of GLP’s busiest periods ever — on both sides of the Atlantic — as the German company and its U.S. subsidiary sets out for trade shows in London and Las Vegas.
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LD Ed Warren Lighting Mumford & Sons with Custom LED PAR Can Frames from LI
LONDON – Lighting designer Ed Warren is using a large number of newly developed LED PAR can frames from LED design and manufacture house Light Initiative (LI) to add an extra punch to his design for Mumford & Sons’ world tour and headline festival dates.
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In Memoriam: Kevin McCloy, 53
CUSTER, WA — Kevin “Kev McFalcon” McCloy, 53, died June 19, 2015 after a battle with bladder cancer. He served as an ETCP-certified touring rigger for Sarah McLachlan, Lilith Fair, Barenaked Ladies and the Tragically Hip, among others, and served as lead rigger for the opening ceremonies at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
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Bandit Lights Music City Food and Wine Festival in Nashville
NASHVILLE – More than 2,500 people attended Nashville’s third annual Music City Food + Wine Festival. Bandit Lites provided the lighting package for the festival, which took place Sept. 19 and 20. Following a survey of the site, Bandit Vice President Mike Golden and Project Manager Shawn Lear recommended a circle truss as an architectural focal point, using lights to create the appearance of festoons. Clay Paky Sharpys lit the tops of the tents around the grounds, while GRNLite Pars and VL 3500 Washes provided general color wash of the audience.
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LD Jon Trincas Lights Steve Angello at Creamfields with Robe PATT 2013s
UK – For Steve Angello’s show at the Size Matters arena at Creamfields 2015, lighting designer Jon Trincas worked with an upstage wall of light coming from 48 Robe PATT 2013 luminaires.
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LONDON — On Sept. 30, PLASA announced that its European and American branches are splitting, and will again function as independent organizations.
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Eric Prydz at Creamfields in U.K. Makes Impact with Avolites Ai S6 Server
UK – For Eric Prydz’s EDM set at his own ‘Pryda’ stage at Creamfields this year, Avolites Ai servers and an Arena console powered more than 100 light fixtures, including Clay Paky Sharpys, Robin LEDWash 600s, and various strobes, wash and blinders all supplied by Colour Sound Experiment.
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Chauvet Fixtures Create Light Art at “Der Liebe Gott” Exhibition
HAMBURG, Germany – The Frappant, an underground art gallery and artists residence in Hamburg’s Altona borough, was the site of a noted avant-garde exhibition “Der liebe Gott” (The Dear God). Among the pieces attracting the most attention during the 10-day event was light artist Boris Frentzel-Beyme’s “Deus luminogaster.” It makes use of carefully placed Freedom Pars from Chauvet DJ to make its powerful impression.
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