BOSTON — Boston Strong, the benefit concert staged at TD Garden here on May 30, featuring performances by Aerosmith, Boston, James Taylor, Carole King, NKOTB, J. Geils Band, Extreme, Dropkick Murphys and Boyz II Men, among others, raised more than $2 million of the $61 million One Fund contributions donated in the wake of the April 15 bombing attack at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX – The Baby Color Q70 from Mega-Lite is a compact color-changing fixture equipped with 7 x 10-watt LEDs and with a square body smaller than 5 inches. The RGBW quad-chip LEDs produce a wide range of colors, including pastel shades.
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ATLANTA- SkyView Atlanta chose PPi as its production partner in creating the installed lighting design for Atlanta’s new Ferris wheel, which brightens the downtown sky each evening. The lighting design is controlled by a single Hog 4 PC to enable the client to manipulate the lighting in various scenarios.
Read More »LITITZ, PA — Tait announced that it has acquired Stage Technologies and Delstar Engineering. The combined company will serve the automation, staging and engineering needs of the live entertainment industry from locations in the U.S., U.K., Belgium, Macau, Hong Kong, mainland China and Australia, offering technologies including eChameleon, Navigator, F:Light, Sculptor toolkit for 3ds Max, plus a comprehensive range of winches and staging solutions for concert touring, theatre, corporate events, film and television and permanent installations.
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LONDON – Production manager Kevin Hopgood has been working with Mark Knopfler since 2006 and has developed a strong relationship with Paul Crockford, Knopfler’s manager and his team. With Hopgood’s recent move to SW19, it was a logical step for the newly formed production company to take on the logistics of Knopfler’s current tour.
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LOS ANGELES — ADJ’s new Pixel Pulse Bar is a linear strobe/wash LED fixture that produces washes and uplighting effects with 15 x 3-watt 3-in-1 RGB TRI LEDs. It also comes equipped with the added feature of 5-zone pixel chase effects. Users can highlight five different colors on the fixture and create a spectrum of energy-driven chase effects for a pixel-controlled lightshow.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil – Brazil’s new music star, Luan Santana, performed July 7 for a DVD shoot at Fazenda Maeda in Itu, near São Paulo. Spectrum Design e Iluminação provided lighting, which included 36 Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1500s, 60 Clay Paky Sharpys and other lights.
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LOS ALAMOS, NM – Los Alamos National Laboratory has selected Christie for an extensive upgrade to its Powerwall Theater (PWT), a facility that enables researchers to view the complex models and simulations they have created using some of the world’s fastest supercomputers. The new theater will feature 40 Christie Mirage WU-L WUXGA DLP 3D LED projectors in a 5 wide by 4 high node grid configuration with double-stacked projectors in each node onto a new high fidelity glass Stewart filmscreen.
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CARLSTADT, NJ – City Theatrical announces new additions and some changes to its product line of low voltage dimmers. Because of the growth with the dimming of LED tape in all areas of entertainment, the company now has a line of 10 products for lighting professionals, and has rebranded the entire group of dimmers to make choosing the appropriate product more logical.
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SUNRISE, FL – Professional lighting manufacturer Chauvet is now shipping its compact wash luminaire COLORado 1 Tri-7 Tour. The fixture is designed for installation in tight locations and smaller spaces. The compact COLORado 1 Tri-7 Tour mirrors the features found in the COLORado 1-Tri Tour wash light.
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TEMPE, AZ – Pixel Perfect LLC has launched Show Pro, an OS X native digital cue sheet application and free iPad companion app created for the live events industry. Show Pro promotes efficient communication within the production team by connecting every crew member electronically to the stage manager or director.
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BOSTON – It wouldn’t be the Fourth of July without the “Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular,” and Robert Juliat Cyrano followspots helped light up the annual event, which was televised live from the Charles River Esplanade.
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