HOLLYWOOD PARK, CA — The 22nd annual Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) Academy Awards Viewing Party, which raised $5.1 million for the fight against AIDS, was lit with gear provided in part by 4Wall Los Angeles. The Viewing Party featured a 5-course dinner prepared by Chef Gordon Ramsay as well as a stage performance by singer / songwriter Ed Sheeran. The gear from 4Wall LA that was used to light the stage performance included ETC Source Four Lekos and Jarag Par 30 fixtures.
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FORT WORTH, TX — The Long Reach Long Riders celebrated their 11th ride with a raffle and live auction to benefit Behind the Scenes during the USITT Conference here in late March. Sales of raffle tickets, some key donations, and BTS and LRLR-branded swag raised just over $12,000 for the charity.
Read More »RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA — Megan Duckett, president of Sew What? Inc., notes that while the company’s websites have highlighted the use of the company’s products by big-name artists — including, for 2013, Rod Stewart, Sheryl Crow, Kelly Clarkson, John Mayer, Katy Perry, Gwen Stefani, James Taylor, and Alice in Chains — the company plans to feature talented but lesser-known artists in its 2014 marketing efforts, starting with guitarist Rich Cole and his latest recording, “The 13th Hour.”
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Kneehigh Theatre production of Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter is making a lasting acquaintance with ETC gear — including the Source Four Revolutions and profiles driven by an Eos Ti console for a late 2013 run of shows down under and the more recent adoption of Source Four LED Lustr+ units for a bicoastal string of U.S. shows this year. (The production was staged at the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills from Feb. 15-March 23 and the Shakespeare Theater’s Lansburgh Theatre in Washington, D.C. from March 29-April 13.)
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MIAMI — Design Oasis supported a concert featuring Julio Iglesias on Feb. 22 at the American Airlines Arena here, providing 190 PVP S5 panels from Chauvet Professional. The panels, which formed a 31 by 16.4 foot wall, were programmed by Scott Chmielewski of DMD s7udios and reinforced the connection between the artist and his audience.
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SEATTLE — For Pearl Jam’s 2013 Lightning Bolt tour, which wrapped up here in December before heading to Australia for a series of shows in January and February, LD Kille Knobel got her first chance to use SGM’s X-5 white LED strobes in the rig.
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DUBLIN — OneRepublic’s headlining “Native Tour,” which completed its shows in the U.K. and Ireland on March 24 after spending last year circling the globe, was the first tour to utilize Clay Paky’s A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights. A complement of Clay Paky Sharpys was also on hand. Neg Earth supplied the gear for the Colorado Springs, CO-based band.
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