NASHVILLE, TN — For the five-hour Impact New Year’s Eve concert, which took place at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena and featured a lineup of well-known faith-based artists, LD Mark Carver included 8 Legend 230SR Beams from Chauvet Professional in the rig. The event was also featured at churches and youth centers as a streaming broadcast.
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LAS VEGAS — Fleetwood Mac and Maroon 5 were among the standout acts on hand in Las Vegas to help ring in the New Year. VER provided Robe fixtures for both gigs, at the MGM Grand Casino and Mandalay Bay Resort Events Center, respectively, including Robin Pointes, LEDWash 1200s and LEDWash 600s. Fleetwood Mac performed its regular touring show Dec. 30 and a 70-minute set for a special New Year’s Eve VIP Party that MGM Grand staged for high-rolling guests Dec. 31.
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ADJ’s new, higher-powered Monster Beam 25W LED Moonflower fixture promises thicker beams in red, green, blue, white and now amber. In all, there are 25 LEDs: 5 red, 5 green 5 blue, 5 white and now 5 amber. Each LED uses a powerful 1-Watt source. All LEDs are rated for 50,000 hours of use.
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NEW YORK — Working with production manager Hadden Hippsley, scenic designer David Gallo once again collaborated on the end-of-year gags for the jam band, Phish. LDs Chris Kuroda and Mike Baldassari handled the show visuals for the four shows that culminated in a countdown, huge balloon and confetti drop, and New Year’s celebration.
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FAIRVIEW, NJ — iWeiss, based here, named Jennifer Tankleff, pictured here, president of the company. Tankleff has also acquired an equal stock partnership with David Rosenberg, iWeiss CEO. The company also named Richard Parks vice president.
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The Rayzor Beam 2R from Elation Professional is a low wattage yet high-output moving head luminaire powered by Platinum lamp technology. This small, fast and precise moving head features the Platinum MSD 2R 132W lamp yet is powerful enough to work alongside larger fixtures. It houses static colors and gobos as well as a rotating prism and shutter/dimmer. With an average lamp life of 6,000 hours in an energy efficient package, it is well-suited for both installations and productions.
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MIAMI — The multi-city Life In Color tour, billed as “the world’s largest paint party,” has featured EDM standouts including Calvin Harris, R3hab and Steve Aoki, along with such attractions as zip lines, carnival rides, dancing robots and an intensely bright light show. The tour also features video imagery on MVP 18 LED panels from Chauvet Professional.
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Christie’s Q Series 1-Chip DLP promises up to 10,000 lumens of output along with eClarity image processing technology for greater control over image sharpness, gloss and shading. Brightness and resolution options range from 8500 to 10,000 lumens and XGA, WXGA and WUXGA resolutions, respectively.
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MYRTLE BEACH, SC — JR Lighting Design installed a large LED video screen made up of Elation Professional’s EZ6 LED video panels for the 2,200-seat Calvin Gilmore Theater here. The screen was an integral part of the visuals for the recent Carolina Opry Theater holiday production, The Christmas Show of the South. Carolina Opry Theater completed that production’s 26-show run on Jan. 4, 2014.
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