AUSTIN, TX – Renaat De Wilde has joined entertainment lighting and control manufacturer High End Systems as vice president of worldwide sales. Based at High End’s Austin, TX headquarters, De Wilde will manage and continuing developing the company’s sales effort, with focus on our markets outside of North America. De Wilde previously worked at Barco for six years.
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JOHANNESBURG – South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has made its first ever moving light purchase, investing in Robe Robin 300 and 600 LEDWashes plus 300E and 600E Spots. They already had a good idea of the lighting they were looking for, having seen Robe at shows and events around the country.
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ST. LOUIS, MO — April is Global Autism Awareness Month, and on April 2, 2013, Autism Speaks will once again be promoting its Light It Up Blue (LIUB) campaign to wash famous facades and more modest structures in blue illumination. Past efforts include blue washes on facades including the Empire State Building and the Sydney Opera House.
Read More »GLENDALE, CA — Riedel Communications named Emily Tang Carter and Tyrone Carter as system and support engineers, and Jing Pu Carter as service and support engineer. These new Riedel team members, based at the company’s offices here, will provide direct email and phone assistance as well as on-site support.
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AUSTIN, TX – Fons de Vreede has rejoined High End Systems as business development manager for the digital lighting division. He will focus on sales in Europe, the Middle East, Russia, India and Africa, with improving visibility and increasing market penetration as further goals. Fons’ previous stint at High End Systems ran from 2003 to 2010 as European sales director.
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NEW LONDON, CT — The U.S. Coast Guard Band announced that it would be forced to cancel its tour of the Southeast from March 6-15 due to budget reductions stipulated by the federal budget sequestration that went into effect March 1. The band had shows scheduled in Clearwater, Tampa and Bradenton, FL; Valdosta, GA; Mobile, and Tuscaloosa, AL; Germantown, TN and Oxford, MS.
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YONKERS, NY – Neil A. Mazzella, co-founder and president of Hudson Scenic Studio, Inc. based in Yonkers, NY, has partnered with Neil O’Connor and Corky Boyd in the ownership of Hudson Scenic. Mazzella will take on the duties of chairman, O’Connor will be the new CEO, and Boyd will be senior vice president overseeing project management and sales.
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PALO ALTO, CA — For 842-seat Bing Concert Hall, a $111.9 million projected completed in January, Stanford University turned to Fisher Dachs Associates (FDA), J. R. Clancy and Western Theatrical for a rigging solution to the challenge posed by the new venue’s large, sail-like acoustical wall and ceiling panels specified by acoustic designer Yasuhisa Toyota of Nagata Acoustics.
Read More »DENVER – Richter Scale Productions Inc. recently added a modular outdoor 8mm LED video wall to its inventory of video, audio and lighting equipment available for indoor and outdoor events. The new GLIC video wall is new to the U.S. and Richter Scale has 120 panels available.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Mandylights LDs Richard Neville and Alex Grierson spent a month in Dubai as lighting designers for Dubai’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. The 25-minute show took place around the center of Dubai in front of the Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest building. Using some 350 intelligent fixtures, the pair illuminated the Burj, lake and surrounding precinct which played host to 15 individual performer stages and a massive 210-meter (689 ft) long seamless projection screen.
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LOS ANGELES – Clay Paky Alpha Beam 700 luminaires and a grandMA2 console are racking up frequent flier miles accompanying American alternative metal band Stone Sour and rockers Papa Roach on their world tour. They’re currently playing in the US, with Christie Lites supplying the gear.
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