LOS ANGELES — LD Jonathan Smeeton will lead a seminar titled “Lighting Design and its Application for the Stage” on May 13 at Elation Professional’s Los Angeles headquarters. Elation is sponsoring the event. The company has also sponsored last year’s “Concert Lighting” seminar at Sound Check in Mexico City, also led by Smeeton, pictured here.
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LAKE ORION, MI — When a large, high-tech client posed a challenge for staging its annual meeting, Alford Media Services, Inc. found an effective custom solution in HRS Control’s Universal Device Controller (UDC).
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LUCERNE, Switzerland — Auviso provided SGM’s P-5 wash lights as part of a refurbishment for the Swiss Museum of Transport Planetarium here. The gear was sourced through local SGM distributor ASL. The Planetarium dome is now solely lit by P-5 fixtures. Auviso’s project manager, Patrik Peier, credited the gear for being both brighter and more energy efficient than the fixtures they replaced.
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GATESHEAD, U.K. — For Goldfrapp’s recent U.K. and European shows in support of the electronic music duo’s latest album, Tales of Us, LD Rob Sinclair picks up on the album’s film noire imagery. He credited Philips Showline SL Nitro 510 strobe luminaires for delivering some of the looks he was after. Lighting director Louisa Smurthwaite also credited the gear, which was provided by Neg Earth.
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NASHVILLE — For a mid-March conference attended by more than 3,400 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices agents and brokers (including former Prudential realtors) and coordinated by Corporate Magic, the AV setup included five rolling GV10mm carbon fiber LED panels (each 6’7” x 9’10”) from GoVision LP, L-R stationary projection screens (6’ x 9’) and LED triangles forming the shape of a house.
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The Q-Wash 419Z LED is a high-output RGBW wash moving head with a zoom range of 7-25 degrees. The fixture features 19 – 15watt LEDs broken down into 3 separate zones of LED control. The Q-Wash 419Z LED offers five different DMX profile options: 8, 10, 21 (two) or 24 DMX-channel modes. It features multi-voltage operation and up to 5 units can be linked at 120V, or up to 9 units at 230V. The unit also includes both 3- and 5-pin XLR connectors.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA– Legendary comedian Henny Youngman once quipped that instead of coming up with new jokes, he preferred to find new audiences. That may work for comics, but not for comedy clubs, which have to keep things fresh for regular patrons. Management at the world-famous Hollywood Improv knows this, which is why they recently did a lighting rehab at the iconic club using a collection of fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.
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PROVIDENCE, RI — LD Cody James of JDI Productions lit Yellowcard’s concert at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel concert hall here earlier this year using Legend 230SR Beam and Legend 412 moving heads from Chauvet Professional. The concert marked the 10th anniversary of the release of Yellowcard’s Ocean Avenue album.
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MIAMI — From the Mega Arch to the Mega Structure, products sourced via Inner Circle Distribution were put to use at the 2014 Ultra Music Festival, held here the weekend of March 28-30. The products were provided by Paradigm Lighting, Beachsound & Lighting and AG Light & Sound. The gear included Eurolite STP-10, Eurolite 2x100W COB Blinder, PMC-16 4×4 RGB Matrix, MADRIX Ultimate and Professional and hazebase hazers and foggers.
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