LAS VEGAS — By early August, more than 30 sponsoring companies announced their support for the 15th Annual Parnelli Awards, set for Oct. 24 at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The event will bestow Lifetime Achievement, Visionary and Audio Innovator honors to Chris Lamb, David Cunningham and Pat Quilter.
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LONDON – d3 Technologies outfits the Tree of Life at the Universal Exposition 2015 in Milan with d3 software suite and 4x2pro media server to enable the interactive exhibit.
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LOS ANGELES – LD Oscar Dominguez selected Solaris LED Mozart pixel-mapping RGBW fixtures for the lighting and visual array outfitted on the set of TV’s The Voice.
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LAS VEGAS — JAZZed Magazine, sister publication to PLSN, recently launched JazzFestivalsWorldwide.com, a comprehensive online database for jazz festivals around the world. Every festival has its own page on the site and event organizers are allowed to update data and add information about their festivals free of charge. They can list performance schedules, post pictures of the festival, include their logos and display videos associated with their festivals.
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GLENORCHY, New Zealand – Guilford Young College recently completed its new performing arts center with Jands’ new Benchmark hoists. The Catholic secondary school is an affiliate with the main Guilford Young College campus in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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GERMANY – LDs Lukas Goldberg and Michael Holstein selected PR Lighting to supply a portion of lighting gear for Glasperlenspiel’s German tour.
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BALTIMORE – DNJ Pro, which distributes a variety of professional entertainment products in North America, has become a Pledge-a-Product Partner with the industry’s Behind the Scenes charity. DNJ Pro has pledged to donate a percentage of the profits from sales of the Novalight Nova-Scope fixture.
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GLASTONBURY, U.K. – Colour Sound Experiment was commissioned to supply lighting and visual equipment for the 2015 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts.
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FORT WAYNE, IN — Apollo Design Technology, Inc. named Shane Delagrange, pictured here, shipping specialist. The company also named Emily Contreras production technician.
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HOUSTON, TX – TOURtech wireless network engineers are testing out solar-powered wifi networks at special events and festivals. The technicians added a solar panel into the mix at the fabulous Free Press Summer Festival in Houston, June 5 – 6, 2015.
Read More »NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — About half of the 1,000 revelers attending an water park concert June 27 were injured when the colored powder being thrown on them in fun by event organizers Color Play Asia ignited in an explosive flash of flame. The powder ignited at about 8:30 p.m.
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