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Projection Studio Delivers Winter in Venice Show at Venetian

LAS VEGAS – London’s The Projection Studio, led by Ross Ashton, has delivered a new video projection show to help celebrate the ‘Winter In Venice’ Festival at the Venetian resort in Las Vegas. The video work centers around Amadora, a character with roots deep in Italian folk lore, created by the Venetian as a key symbol for their 2012 Festival. Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” violin concertos take the onlookers along with the character as she morphs through the passage of time and changes of seasons.

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From left: Peter Johansen with Michael Herweg

SGM Sets Up New Operation in Germany

KOLN, Germany – SGM Lighting has formed SGM Germany. Spearheading operations for the Danish lighting company are Michael Herweg and Thorsten Sattler, who were previously managing director and sales manager respectively of SGM’s German distribution company, dB Technologies Germany. The formation of SGM Germany is a joint venture between the two partners and the parent company.

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Stephen Dahlem

Corporate Magic, GoVision Set Stage for Cowboys Halftime Show

ARLINGTON, TX  – For the 16th consecutive year, the Dallas Cowboys have turned to Dallas-based Corporate Magic to help conceptualize, design, stage and produce their annual halftime extravaganza. This year, Corporate Magic worked with country superstar Kenny Chesney to enhance his special Thanksgiving Day halftime performance by adding a special LED stage floor from GoVision.

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WorldStage supported DC area events promoting science including a gala at the Eisenhower Theater at Kennedy Center.

WorldStage Provides AV Support for DC Area Events Promoting Science

WASHINGTON, DC — WorldStage provided gear and crew from both its East and West Coast offices — a total of 180 people working on 11 installations within seven DC-area venues — in support the “Celebration of Science” initiative sponsored by FasterCures and the Milken Institute. The AV company also supported a related gala event staged at Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater.

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Arcofab CEO, Bernard Theriault and Marc Andre Blouin, project manager, with truss shipment for Christie Lites

Christie Lites Names Arcofab Truss Supplier

ORLANDO, FL and QUEBEC, Canada — Christie Lites named Arcofab its preferred manufacturer of 16-inch spigoted trusses. Prior to the announcement, Christie Lite had commissioned Arcofab to produce Christie Lite’s B Type truss. The initial order of 1,000 sections of truss was followed within weeks by another order for 500 more truss sections.

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Christie Lites Nashville Opens with Holiday Celebration

NASHVILLE – Christie Lites Nashville is open for business at its 12th fully stocked location: a new 50,000 sq. ft. warehouse at 6050 Dana Way in Antioch, TN, just outside of Nashville. Its sales/rental office opens in January of 2013 at the Soundcheck complex at 750 Cowan St. in Nashville. To celebrate, Christie Lites will participate in the Soundcheck Holiday Party Wednesday, Dec. 12, 5-10 pm. All are invited; please RSVP to Alanna Norris ([email protected])

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Billy Williams

Sapsis Rigging Opens MW Region Office, Led by Billy Williams

BOWLER, WI — Sapsis Rigging, Inc. (SRI) has opened a satellite office here, led Billy Williams, an experienced hoist technician. Williams will schedule and perform safety inspections, rigging installations, and hoist inspections and re-certifications for SRI customers, including schools, theatres, performing arts centers, arenas and special events venues.

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PixelFlex Flexible LED Systems

PixelFlex Flexible LED Systems

PixelFlex LED curtains promise to combine the ease of use of a fabric curtain and the output of an LED wall.  There are currently 10 different models ranging in resolution and pixel pitch (18.25, 20, 25, 40, 37.5, 50, 75 and 100mm) along with pixel counts (100-3,000 PSM) and brightness (155-3,680 nits). Most of the panel dimensions are sized at about 4 by 8 feet, with one low-res model closer to 10 by 10 feet in size, and panel weight varies from 4.5 to 19.9 lbs.

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Chromlech Elidy

Chromlech Elidy

Chromlech, the France-based manufacturer of Jarag, Gleamer and Svoboda 2 fixtures, designed the Elidy, a matrix of 5 x 5 very high power LEDs, to serve as first LED wall capable of projecting light. The product incorporates high-output, warm white LEDs with specific optics to generate extremely narrow beams that promise to easily exceed the intensity of conventional LED screens.

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Chauvet MVP Ta8 Curve LED Video Panels

Chauvet MVP Ta8 Curve LED Video Panels

Chauvet Professional MVP Ta8 Curve is a modular video panel featuring tri-color SMD LEDs configured within a relatively tight 8.33mm pixel pitch. By taking advantage of the hardware incorporated into the panels, users can create flat, convex or concave LED screen surfaces with angles up to plus or minus (+/-)18 degrees without losing pixel pitch.

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Barretos Cowboy Festival

W-DMX at Brazilian Barretos Cowboy Festival

UDDEVALLA, Sweden – Wireless Solution Sweden AB held center stage at the 58th Barretos Cowboy Festival, a 10-day rodeo and music event in Brazil, held at the Super Bull arena in Barretos. LD Francisco “Pincel” Gabriel designed an enormous cube of lighting suspended over the main arena floor and used W-DMX BlackBox F-1 as transmitter and receiver to deliver a DMX signal to the moving lights.

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Daktronics to Renovate Rigging Systems at Portugal’s Cultural Center

BROOKINGS, SD – The Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon, Portugal, has partnered with Daktronics of Brookings, SD, to renovate its performing arts facility. Daktronics is manufacturing the customized control console cabinets and motor gearbox assemblies to integrate with the 35 existing hoists. The cues during the performances on the CCB stage will be managed by a Pro Series control console and three alternate controllers offering complete system redundancy. The project is on schedule for Siemens Portugal to install the project after the new year.

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