PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — LD Patrick Woodroffe used 531 Robe fixtures supplied by LPL for re-opening ceremonies at the refurbished 56,000 capacity Estádio Beira-Rio (Riverside Stadium) here recently. Woodroffe collaborated with Sao Paulo based LD Cesio Lima on the project.
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LONDON — Leicester Square was chosen as the venue for the world premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – the latest installment of the Marvel Comics franchise from Columbia Pictures. XL Video provided MC-7 LED panels for the star-studded event.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s leading rental and technical production company, Q-99, headed by TV LD Martin Kubanka, has added Robe’s new multi-functional Robin Pointes to its rental stock, bringing their full stock of Robe moving lights to nearly 500 fixtures. The new gear was quickly put into use to light two children’s charity fundraisers.
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NEW YORK — For its new flagship store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, which opened May 1, Oakley offers customers a visual feast for the eyes — 27 LCD screens arranged in rows of three that are incorporated in fragmented forms suspended across the length of the ceiling. Moment Factory provided a key visual assist.
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HOUSTON — Kevin Rigdon wears two hats, as a faculty member at the University of Houston and also as Associate Director/Design for Houston’s Alley Theatre. So when the Alley Theatre underwent a renovation, he proposed the shared use of the university’s two theatre spaces — and the university’s decision to upgrade their lighting system. Rigdon worked with Stagelight on the project, which included PL Series LED luminaires from Philips Selecon.
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BRUSSELS — Luc Peumans of Belgian creative design practice Painting With Light produced the full visual design — set, lighting and video — for Music Hall Events’ new production of Grease, which recently played shows in Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium.
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ATLANTA, GA — Spectrum Productions, Inc. named Greg Gardner president. Gardner will be responsible for sales team management, operations management and back office management as well as general management responsibilities. Prior to Spectrum Productions, Gardner had been with XL Video since 2010, serving most recently as COO, where he had been responsible for U.S. operations.
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JOHANNESBURG — The 2014 Ghoema Afrikaans Music Awards, staged at the Big Top Arena in Carnival City here April 13, was the latest in a string of high profile events in South Africa where Robe fixtures played a key role. The show, named for a barrel-shaped drum, was lit by LD Mauritz Jacobs from Dream Sets for a live audience of close to 3,000. The production was also taped for broadcast a week later on Afrikaans channel Kyknet.
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