MONTREAL — After a career spanning four decades that led Solotech’s Ron Morissette to be in involved in virtually every aspect of the entertainment industry, he recently announced that he has chosen to “hang up his skates.” Pictured here, Solotech’s Jean Louis Blanchard congratulates Morissette on his retirement.
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BRISTOL UK – Bristol based technical solutions company Fineline provided lighting for four main music performance areas at the 2015 Somersault festival, a five day extravaganza of music, fun, food, discussion, debate and outdoor adventure located in the heart of South West England, in the picturesque environs of Castle Hill country estate near the north Devon coastline.
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LOS ANGELES – “While I’m Here | The Legacy Project,” a self-funded series of profiles of unique and selfless individuals, is the brainchild of Brent Foster, director and cinematographer for Foster Visuals in Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada. The videos, posted to whileimheretheproject.com, are lit with Zylight F8-100 LED Fresnels.
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ADJ’s Warlock is designed to serve as a powerful yet competitively priced fixture well suited for use by mobile entertainers, nightclubs and entertainment centers. The Warlock is a compact barrel-mirrored scanner, equipped with an ultra-bright 132W Philips Platinum MSD 2R lamp (co-engineered with ADJ) and an internal rotating reflector mirror for generating intense multi-beam effects.
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DURBAN, South Africa – Wired Media is a Durban, South Africa based AV rental and production company focused on bringing the very best production values to a range of corporate events and presentations. The company, founded 10 years ago by Clint Stevenson, pictured here, recently invested in Robe’s Pointes, mini Pointes and Mini Me fixtures – all supplied by SA distributor DWR.
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DELMAR, CA – LD Nook Schoenfeld was the first lighting designer to use Elation Professional’s much anticipated Platinum FLX hybrid moving head, as well as the company’s new ACL 360 Matrix narrow-beam LED effect light, and came away wholly satisfied. Both lights had their show premieres on a special VIP Stage performance by Sheryl Crow at the inaugural KAABOO Festival in Del Mar, California.
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NEWCASTLE, UK – Projected Image launched a new e-commerce website that focuses on gobo and projection solutions.
Elation Professional’s Platinum FLX multi-functional moving head luminaire is now shipping. Unlike any other hybrid lighting fixture on the market, the Platinum FLX houses a patent-pending dual optical system that promises a variety of advantages over traditional “hybrid” systems.
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan – Working for Italian production company Balich WS, Belgian based WIcreations was asked to engineer and fabricate the large, elegant and stylish ‘Cup of Hospitality’ for Kazakhstan’s recent 550th anniversary celebration show in the capital Astana.
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Mega-Lite’s Axis Beam 2R, a new pencil sharp moving head beam fixture, has a 2R lamp and motorized focus for projecting tight, vibrant beams. It is equipped with a 13-color wheel and 14-gobo wheel, both with bi-directional rotation. More features of this versatile unit include a 16-facet prism with bi-directional rotation at various speeds, a dual blade dimmer and shutter strobe.
Read More »NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman’s Professional Solutions Division recently named Scott Robbins and Brian Divine to new positions within the company, which has been making some changes to better meet the needs of its customers.
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