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Summerburst Festival. Photo: Per Ruben

Harman’s Martin LEDs Blossom at Sweden’s Summerburst Festival

STOCKHOLM — As some of the world’s most pronounced DJs took the stage at the Sweden Summerburst Festival, a team of lighting professionals designed and managed a complete Harman Martin lighting display, highlighting artists such as David Guetta, Sebastian Ingroso, Axwell, Steve Angello, Alesso, Steve Aoki and Hardwell, among others. Deployed by Westridge Audio AB, the Martin system was required to have enough power to shine brightly and effectively during both day and night performances.

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PLASA Focus: Austin 2013 Adds New Sessions

NEW YORK, NY – Six new sessions have been added to PLASA Professional Development Program taking place in Austin,TX, a two-day program of free educational seminars and workshops running alongside PLASA Focus: Austin. The event takes place Sept. 10-11 at the Palmer Events Center.

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Elation Design Wash LED Zoom

Elation Design Wash LED Zoom

Elation’s compact, DMX-controlled Design Wash LED Zoom (RGBW) and Design Wash LED Zoom CW (Cool White 7500°K) fixtures are just 3.1 by 8.7 by 17.5 inches in size (L x W x H) but produce 400 foot candles at 20’ / 3,900 total lumens and 8,300 total lumens, respectively. The 108 Osram Ostar LEDs promise 50,000 hours of use, and features include 7°-30° zoom/13°-40° field angles, variable strobe, pulse and rainbow effects, 0-100% dimming and pan (540° or 630°) and tilt (265°) movement with 16-bit resolution.

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Mark Haney Joins CT Touring

Mark Haney Joins CT Touring

NASHVILLE – CT Touring welcomes industry veteran and video director Mark Haney to the company. Haney has had leading roles in concert touring for more than 20 years and is a multiple award-winning director whose roster includes Eric Clapton, Kenny Chesney, Britney Spears and Star Wars in Concert, among others.

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Moment Factory Creates Video Content for Timberlake/ Jay-Z Tour

MONTREAL – After working on Jay Z’s two nights show at Carnegie Hall last year, Moment Factory was tasked by Roc Nation (entertainment company founded by Jay-Z) and Willo Perron to work on one of the biggest stadium tours of the summer: Justin Timberlake and Jay Z’s “Legends of the Summer.” For this fast-track project, Moment Factory had the mandate to create original video content that would enhance the artists’ performance onstage and maximize the impact of the sizeable scenography.

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TMB Makes First ProXS Donations to BTS

NEW YORK, NY — TMB joined the Behind the Scenes Pledge-a-Product program last spring by pledging 10 percent of global sales of their ProXS professional lighting fixture accessories to the charity. They have placed special displays in dealer showrooms around the world so customers know they are helping when they make a purchase of something as simple as a gel frame. As a result, TMB has now made two donations to the industry’s charity.

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Adobe Max 2013

WorldStage Gets Creative at Adobe Max 2013

LOS ANGELES – Adobe Max 2013 “The Creativity Conference,” took a creative set design and projection mapping approach to deliver visuals to an audience of some 5,000 Adobe users and software developers – and more than 100,000 who watched the gathering’s livestream. WorldStage helped Adobe Systems, Inc. meet its creative goals providing AV support for the event at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.

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Before and After looks at Immaculate Conception.

Florida Church Retrofits with Chauvet Professional

JACKSONVILLE, FL — Northern Florida’s Immaculate Conception Catholic Church recently saw an upgrade in gear — the first in three decades — with the addition of about 20 Chauvet fixtures. A selection of Chauvet Professional Ovation E-190WW ellipsoidal-style fixtures, COLORado 1 VW Tour and COLORado 1-Tri Tour PAR wash lights comprise the church’s permanent inventory, used for services and special events.

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Robe Specified for Shark Ray Bay Dive Theater

CINCINNATI – Chad Kuney of Full Spectrum specified four Robe ColorSpot 250 AT moving lights to illuminate the interactive Shark Bay Ray Dive Theater at Newport Aquarium, just outside Cincinnati, OH. The four ColorSpot 250 ATs are rigged off the ceiling grid at the back of the theatre.

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