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Colorado Concerts Canceled Amid Heavy Rain, Flooding

DENVER — With communities along Colorado’s Front Range pounded by more than half their usual annual rainfall within the span of a few days in mid-September, resulting floods and rock slides created widespread damage to the region’s mountain infrastructure, knocking out power, backing up sewers and washing out many of the roadways that wind their way alongside normally-dry riverbanks. Numerous concerts had to be canceled or postponed as a result.

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Take1, ESA Offering Webinar on Safety Nov. 13

LOS ANGELES — Take1 Insurance and the Event Safety Alliance (ESA) are planning to co-host a webinar on live event safety titled “A 60-Minute Introduction to Producing Safer Live Events.” It is set for Nov. 13, 2013 at 2 p.m. EST. ESA is also planning a presentation and roundtable discussion in Las Vegas Nov. 23.

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Parnelli Awards 2013

2013 Parnelli Award, “IT” Award Nominations Continue, Tickets Now Available!

LAS VEGAS — Nominations are pouring in for both the 2013 Parnelli Awards and Indispensable Technology (“IT”) Awards. The nomination forms for both awards categories will be open through late September. If you haven’t done so already, now’s the time to choose the people, companies and products that will appear on the final 2013 Parnelli ballot. That ballot will be posted online for voting throughout the month of October. Be sure to also reserve your spot (or table) at this year’s event, set for Nov. 23, 2013. It’s expected to be a sellout like last year, but tickets are still available.

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RSN Holds Annual Leadership Symposium

HOUSTON — The Rental and Staging Network (RSN) held its third annual Leadership Symposium at the Omni Houston Westside Hotel here from July 23-26. The event drew members from 22 rental companies across the U.S. to share ideas on how they could improve their businesses.

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Scott Johnson, President and CEO, Tomcat

Tomcat Names Scott Johnson President, Will Todd COO

KNOXVILLE, TN — Milos Group’s Tomcat subsidiary named Scott Johnson president/CEO. Johnson joined Tomcat in 2011 as a project manager before being promoted to VP of Design. Prior to Tomcat, Johnson served 11 years at James Thomas Engineering. He takes over for Mike Garl. Will Todd, who had been named a project manager for the company in 2000 and has served for the last five years as product support manager, was named COO.

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LA ProPoint provided the 23-foot steel wheel that the protagonist is strapped to during much of

“Prometheus Bound” Features Giant Wheel from LA ProPoint

MALIBU, CA — The staging focal point for Prometheus Bound, which is being performed through Sept. 28, 2013 at the Getty Villa here by the CalArts Center for New Performance and Trans Arts Production, is undeniably the colossal 23-foot steel wheel that the protagonist is strapped to during much of the show. LA ProPoint provided the wheel for the production.

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Pete's Big TVs is providing all the LED visual elements. Photo: Matt Ellar

Million Second Quiz Counts on Pete’s Big TVs

NEW YORK – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs is supplying the set of NBC’s new prime time interactive TV game show, The Million Second Quiz, with a multitude of broadcast-quality video screens, flexible digital signage, monitors and a video crew. Premiering Sept. 9, the show clock runs the competition for one million seconds nonstop until Sept. 19.

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