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Concerts Canceled by Flooding in Colorado, Drug Fears in the East

DENVER — Mother Nature issued a wallop to Colorado’s Front Range, pounding many communities with more than half their usual annual rainfall in the span of just a few days in mid-September. With some roads blocked by rock slides or washed out completely, some late-summer outdoor events were postponed or canceled. Affected venues included Mishawaka Amphitheatre, northwest of Fort Collins, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO. In the East, a different scourge — a drug called Molly — canceled some EDM concerts.

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Studio Hamburg Awards Ceremony Lit with Clay Paky Gear

Studio Hamburg Awards Lit with Clay Paky Gear

HAMBURG, Germany — LD Andreas Rinne once again relied upon Clay Paky fixtures for Studio Hamburg’s annual awards ceremony for filmmaking students at the Thalia Theatre here. Rinne used Clay Paky Sharpys and Alpha Spot QWO 800 STs to supplement the house rig and light Julia Bau’s updated set design. Sarah Wagner was the lighting operator, Hans Thutewohl and Ralf Scholz were chief lighting technicians and Blue Noise provided the fixtures.

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Viss Lighting FX3 LED Screens

Viss Lighting FX3 LED Screen

Viss Lighting’s FX3 LED screens, with a 3.9mm pixel pitch, pack a 128×128 pixel matrix within each 500mm by 500mm panel. The panels, with a thickness of 70mm, weigh 5.9kg each and draw a maximum of 300W. Offering viewing angles of 140°/110°, the panels have a fanless design, are noise-free and can be individually replaced. Setup and tear-down is tool-free, and with a plus or minus 15° angle of rotation, the flat panels can be assembled in a curved configuration. The IP54-rated panels offer 16 bit gray scale, a 2000:1 contrast ratio and a refresh rate of 800-5000Hz. Their work voltage is AC100-240V/50-60Hz, and they can be operated in temperatures ranging from -20°/+50° C (-4°/122° F).

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IATSE Local 30, Indiana OSHA Announce Settlement

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s state deputy labor commissioner and IATSE Local 30’s business manager signed an agreement Sept. 9 that frees the union of the $11,500 penalty assessed by the state’s OSHA after the Aug. 13, 2011 stage structure collapse at the Indiana State Fair.

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Rock the Bells 2013, San Manuel Amphitheatre, San Bernardino, CA

More Rappers Return in Hologram Form for Rock the Bells Hip-Hop Series

SAN BERNARDINO, CA — AV Concepts, which helped bring Tupac Shakur back as a holographic illusion at Coachella 2012, is supporting the virtual performances of other late rappers for the 2013 Rock the Bells series of hip-hop shows this fall, including performing likenesses of Eazy-E and Ol’ Dirty Baster (ODB) for shows here (San Manuel Amphitheatre, Sept. 7-8), in San Francisco (Shoreline Amphitheatre, Sept. 14-15).

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Will Posey

William Posey Joins UsedAV.com

LAS VEGAS, NV — UsedAV.com, a division of 4Wall Entertainment and sister-site to UsedLighting.com, has added AV veteran William Posey as VP of National Sales. Posey’s focus will be the development of new business as well as working with production companies and clients to liquidate their unused audio and video equipment.

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Ravens Ring Ceremony 2013 lit by Mike Lurz and Excel Lighting Services

Ravens Ring Ceremony Includes Second-Half Blackout

OWINGS MILLS, MD — R&R Events turned to Excel Lighting Services and LD Mike Lurz for the lighting design for the June 7 ceremony at the Under Armour Performance Center here where the NFL champion Ravens received their Super Bowl rings. The event, like the game, had a “second-half blackout,” but in this case, it was a fully planned part of the show.

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Italian Game Show, Reazione A Catena’ (Chain Reaction), Lit with Robe Fixtures

Italian Game Show Lit with Robe Fixtures

NAPLES, Italy — Italian television lighting designer Salvo Perrini used nearly 200 Robe moving lights on the most recent series of ‘Reazione A Catena’ (Chain Reaction) for national TV channel RAI. The show was recorded at RAI’s Auditorium HQ here, where Perrini lit the show for the second time, before which it was recorded in Rome.

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