Rich Dale Joins Altman Lighting
YONKERS, NY – Rich Dale recently joined Altman Lighting Inc. as technical sales manager. Dale has 20 years of experience in the lighting industry, previously… Read More »Rich Dale Joins Altman Lighting
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In Memoriam: Barry Fey, 73
DENVER — Music promoter Barry Fey, a top-tier music promoter credited with bringing U2, the Rolling Stones, the Doors and other top bands to Colorado over a span of more than 30 years, died at his home near Denver April 28. Fey, who had been recovering from hip replacement surgery, was 73.
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dbn has it Covered at Carden Park Event
MANCHESTER, UK – dbn Lighting delivered a complete lighting, staging and rigging solution for an event staged at the elegant Carden Park Golf Resort & Spa near Chester. During the day, the event took on a standard conference and business meeting format, with an adjoining exhibit area in the venue. The meeting space then morphed into a gala dinner/awards ceremony and cabaret for the evening, hosted by Tony Hawkes.
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One Direction for XL Video
LONDON – XL Video is supplying nearly 400 square meters (4,305 sq. ft) of LED screen, plus 72 VersaTUBE LED battens and crew to Blink TV for the UK and European legs of One Direction’s ‘Take Me Home’ world tour. The stage area is 84 ft wide and so production designer Paul Normandale needed a large surface at the back to emphasize the show’s epic proportions.
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Krypton’s KR-25 Returns to Ultra Music Fest
MIAMI – Returning for the third straight year to Ultra, Elements Krypton 25s were more prominently featured at the festival than ever before. They were designed into use with the Main Stage, the UMF Radio Stage, the Live Stage and in the AG Mega Arch by various designers working on the festival.
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Visions Lighting Launches New Website
BREA, CA – Visions Lighting has launch its new website featuring new photos, complete inventory lists and more. Sign up for the company blog to… Read More »Visions Lighting Launches New Website
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Sharpy Wash Debuts on Logie Awards
MELBOURNE – Clay Paky Sharpy Wash fixtures debuted at the 55th Annual TV Week Logie Awards. The event was held April 7 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne and broadcast live on the Nine Network. LD Rohan Thornton positioned the Sharpy Washes above the host set from where they could wash the stage. During the musical acts they, along with Clay Paky Alpha Beam 700s, were the essence of the moving light rig.
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Tait/FTSI Sends Psy Flying Above 80,000 Fans
SEOUL – During a midnight concert April 11 at Seoul’s World Cup Stadium, pop sensation Psy soared across the venue at 8.2m (27 feet) per second, amidst the glow of light sticks being waved by 80,000 fans below. Tait/FTSI was at the helm of the feat, which was achieved with three days of programming and one day of rehearsals, leading up to opening night.
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City Theatrical Launches New Website
CARLSTADT, NJ – City Theatrical has redesigned its website to make it more user-friendly and accessible with news, videos and product information for its theatrical,… Read More »City Theatrical Launches New Website
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Alcorn McBride Aids Perot Museum’s ‘Shale Voyager’ Experience
DALLAS – In the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, the Tom Hunt Energy Hall’s 4D Theater experience, “Shale Voyager,” is controlled by Alcorn McBride’s V4 Pro show controller and 8-channel Digital Binloop HD player. Video and motion chairs give visitors the sense of what it would be like to shrink to the size of a grape, travel vertically down a 6,500-foot borehole, come out horizontally through the black rock of North Texas’s Barnett Shale and whoosh back to the surface when the gas is released.
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Schnick Schnack Adds Accent to ‘The Voice’
LOS ANGELES – Schnick Schnack Systems LED accent lighting literally spins with the hot seats on NBC’s ‘The Voice.’ Chosen by designer Oscar Dominguez of Darkfire Lighting Design, Schnick Schnack Systems’ camera-friendly, calibrated colors light the triangular podium on the front of each judge’s chair. Whenever a critical red decision button is pushed, the LEDs behind the Plexiglas podium change colors and the chair spins around.
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Projection Studio Creates ‘Illuminata’ Video Install at Welsh Castle
WALES – Ross Ashton and The Projection Studio have designed and coordinated a permanent 270 degree video projection installation featuring an adaptation of their successful work ‘Illuminata’ at Caerphilly Castle in Wales for CADW, the official guardian of the built heritage of Wales. The installed looped show with accompanying soundtrack is 10 minutes long.
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