RAMA, Ontario, Canada — At Casino Rama, situated at the Chippewas of Rama First Nation reservation, which is about a two-hour drive north from Toronto, the technical crew for the 5,000 capacity Entertainment Centre is using a BroadWeigh wireless load monitoring system from Mantracourt Electronics.
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BIRMINGHAM — White Lies toured U.K. venues in December with support from Colour Sound Experiment, which provided custom truss from James Thomas Engineering and Robe and Clay Paky gear. In addition to Robe CycFX 8 fixtures, MMX Spots, LEDWash 1200/300s and Clay Paky Sharpys, the visual design paired Colour Sound’s BT18 LED screen panels with Robe Media Spinners.
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The ETC Product Portfolio is a digital application available in a desktop format and for iOS and Android tablets designed to make it easier for customers to access technical information while on location. The app gives users access to datasheets, application sheets, brochures and other documentation for all ETC products.
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Rose Brand’s new Fabric Finder ColorApp, now featured on RoseBrand.com, is designed to give users quick and easy access to the fabric they need from an array of nearly 1,500 choices. The app lets users filter down fabric choices by color, type, width, opacity, sheen, price or flame retardancy, or use any combination of those parameters.
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LOS ANGELES — LD Oscar Dominguez and crew included fixtures from Philips Vari-Lite — VL3015LT Spot, VL3515 Spot, VLX Wash, VL3500 Wash, VL3000 Spot and VL550 Wash fixtures — in the rig for The Voice. The talent competition, now in its fifth season, garnered a 2013 Emmy for “Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for Variety Series.” Illumination Dynamics provided the gear.
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ADJ recently added three new models to its Dotz Series of wash lighting with Chip On Board (COB) LEDs: Dotz Bar 1.4, Dotz Panel 2.4 and Dotz Brick 3.3. All promise to be well suited to mobile and installed color washing applications for nightclubs, stages and churches.
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BERLIN, Germany — Robe moving lights were right at the heart of the lighting action on the main stage in front of Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate, one of the largest public New Year’s Eve celebrations worldwide. Robe Pointes were also used to illuminate elements of the ‘Fan Mile’ covering five major roads in and around the event site as part of a lighting design by Lars Murasch, and were supplied together with other lighting equipment for the event by rental company TLT Event AG.
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NEW YORK — Platt’s 14th annual Global Energy Awards, staged at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel here Dec. 12, got an assist from U.K.-based Eclipse Presentations, which designed, produced, specified and coordinated all the technical production elements – lighting, video, audio, staging and rigging, etc.
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SYDNEY — The International Fleet Review, which commemorated the arrival of the original Royal Australian Navy fleet in Sydney Harbour a century ago, involved close to 40 warships, 16 tall ships, more than 60 aircraft, 10 military bands, and 8,000 sailors from 17 nations around the world. Lighting designer Mark Hammer specified 132 Clay Paky Sharpy and 108 Sharpy Wash 330s, which he positioned around the harbor and on the ships themselves
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