LOS ANGELES – A.C.T Lighting, Inc. promoted Ryan Hindinger to director of sales logistics, a new position. Hindinger, a 2006 graduate of Loyola College in Maryland with a B.A. in English Literature and Theater, began his career in sales with A.C.T Lighting in 2007.
Read More »
RALEIGH, NC – CSD Group, Inc., a design/build AVL firm based in Fort Wayne, IN, turned to an all LED Elation lighting package for a new large worship space for Raleigh First Assembly Church. A major renovation of a building previously used as a manufacturing facility, the 1,600-seat worship space houses more than 100 Elation fixtures.
Read More »
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – For the 10th anniversary edition of Let’s Dance in Sweden, LD Pelle Larsson’s lighting design included 24 Robe Pointe moving lights installed in prominent positions around the dance floor and amidst the orchestra. Pelle Larsson worked on the project with others at LD Sweden including daughter Kim and son Rasmus. Another son, Robin, was overseeing lighting for an antiques quiz show, Gladiators for TV4, which was being recorded elsewhere. Also working for Pelle Larsson’s company, LD Sweden, is Daniel de Sivo.
Read More »
BUFFALO, NY – Katie Gilliland, production manager at the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, found FLEXCurtain HD from PixelFLEX to be a good fit for the needs of “Electric Tundra,” an EDM concert featuring Bingo Players, 3LAU and DNNYD. Along with brightness and resolution, she cited the rigging advantages of the lightweight panels, noting that the 20’ x 8’ video wall used for the 6,500-seat arena weighed only 250 pounds.
Read More »
FRESNO, CA – Clint Higham, president of Morris Higham Management, and David Haskell, president of Morris Light and Sound of Nashville, helped Fresno, CA-based theatre company Good Company Players upgrade their lighting looks with new gear sourced via A.C.T Lighting: the new MA dot2 lighting console and two additional Clay Paky Mythos moving lights.
COSTA MESA, CA – For the Toyota Summer Concert Series during the Orange County Fair, Ray Woodbury of RK Diversified Entertainment used Next NXT-1 panels from Chauvet Professional. The artists performing at the 8,000-capacity Pacific Amphitheatre included the Band Perry, Iration, Capital Cities, Deep Purple, America, The Steve Miller Band, Huey Lewis and the News and Jefferson Starship.
Read More »
ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands — At 82 feet wide and 33 feet high, the cyclorama for the Nederlandse Reisopera (Dutch Touring Opera)’s touring production of Orphée et Eurydice was always going to be a tall order to light, especially because the company’s limited budget meant they needed to be in and out of the venue in a day. But, with the help of 40 ETC Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr luminaires with CYC adapters, and some clever rigging choices by chief lighting technician Richard ten Hof, they succeeded where others might fail.
Read More »
BEAVERTON, OR – Biamp Systems named Rob Houston product manager for unified communications (UC) products. Based in Beaverton, Houston will report to Director of Product Management Shell Haffner and be responsible for the strategy, development, and promotion of the company’s UC solutions.
Read More »
MONTREAL — Claude Régimbald, who joined Solotech in 2012 when it acquired Specs Audio, the company he founded in 1979, has been named director of business development for the Quebec region. Prior to his new role with the company, Régimbald served as as general director of Solotech’s offices in Gatineau, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario.
Read More »
SERIATE, Italy — LD Jo Campana, who has worked with Italian singer Mario Biondi for several years, described how the tour lighting design came about for the artist’s recent theater tour.
LAKE ORION, MI – High Resolution Systems unveiled its Video Wall Controller, offering video wall control and layout building as a software upgrade for the HRS Enterprise-10ss control system. Enterprise is the facility management suite from HRS and part of the HRS Integration Platform connecting technology, people and systems.
Read More »
HAMPSHIRE, UK – This is the 5th year running that Utopium has been called upon to supply its lighting and rigging for the creatively themed BoomTown Fair, known for its imaginatively themed cityscape. Utopium provided festival lighting and rigging to ten stages, including the expanded Lion’s Den stage, The Town Centre, The Old Mines, The Jolly Dodger, Crazy Calamities Saloon and The Hidden Woods, as well as providing lighting for all the woodland areas.
Read More »