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Florence & The Machine

Avolites Tours with Florence & The Machine

LONDON  – LD Chris Bushell took the Avolites Sapphire Touch lighting console out with Florence & the Machine on this summer’s festival shows. The Sapphire Touch is a new step for Bushell, who until the festival season was working with his own Tiger Touch. Features on the Sapphire Touch helped him handle the frantic pace of festival shows. “I program and operate visually not mathematically,” explains Bushell. “I’m not interested in punching numbers into a desk. The Avolites consoles enable me to quickly and simply achieve what I want, whatever the nature of the job.”

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Vaddio's new facility

Vaddio Expands Operations to New Facility

MINNETONKA, MN – Vaddio is moving all operations Monday, Nov. 19, to a new 67,000 sq. ft. facility, nearly doubling the size of its current space. The new building will accommodate growing product research and development, and significantly expand manufacturing facilities in Minnetonka, MN.

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4Wall-donated lighting equipment helped light this production of Legally Blonde at PCPA Theaterfest.

4Wall Donates Equipment to PCPA Theaterfest

SANTA MARIA, CA – 4Wall Entertainment and its CEO, Michael Cannon, have donated a variety of gear to support PCPA Theaterfest at Allan Hancock College (Cannon’s alma mater). The donated gear includes Vari*Lite moving lights, Color Kinetics ColorBlaze and ColorBlast LEDs, Wybron scrollers, a High End Whole Hog 2 console, more than 100 ETC Source Four Ellipsoidals, dimming racks, hazers, snow machines and a 24-foot box truck.

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Blackmotion event

South Africa’s Blackmotion Invests in Robe

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Lighting design, rental and production company Blackmotion has invested in the latest Robe moving light technology. Owner and founder Kagiso Tiro Daystar Moima (“KG”) says Robe’s commitment to producing smaller, lighter, brighter and more energy efficient fixtures factored in on their purchase decision.

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Oslo Concert Hall

ETC Selador LEDs and Paradigm Control for Oslo Concert Hall

OSLO – Elektrik Solutions of Norway has supplied lighting and power control for a refurbishment of the Oslo Konserthus (Concert Hall). Some 100 ETC Selador Desire D40 Lustr+ LED fixtures have been installed in the auditorium ceiling for house lighting, along with another 14 in the choir area. The Selador Desire fixtures were chosen for their power savings along with their ability to accurately render or even enhance colors and skin tones. The ETC Unison Paradigm system was chosen for control.

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USB ghostlights

Philips Ghostlights Shine for Behind the Scenes

DALLAS – Working to support Behind the Scenes, Philips Strand Lighting and Philips Selecon have donated USB LED ghostlights which are now being sold by The ESTA foundation to raise funds for the financial support of entertainment technology industry professionals who are ill or injured.  To date, Philips Strand Lighting and Philips Selecon have donated 250 USB LED ghostlights which have raised $10,000.

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Barco Appoints TechnoPro as Middle East Distributor

KORTRIJK, Belgium – Barco has signed a distribution agreement with AV expert TechnoPro LLC for the availability, delivery and support for Barco’s projection and image processing products in the Middle East region. “The projector and image processing business in the Middle East is a growing yet competitive business, requesting short delivery cycles, local technical support, local availability of spare parts, etc.,” says Barco’s Eric Brouwers, Regional Director Middle East and Africa. “Our distributor partnership with TechnoPro will help us cope better with these challenges and provide the best possible services to our rapidly-growing customer base.”

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KKL Lucerne

Robert Juliat Installed in Swiss Venues

LUCERNE, Switzerland – Robert Juliat’s Swiss distributor, Lumiere Spectacle LSB SA, has been spreading the word about Robert Juliat profiles, spotlights and dimmers with three Swiss venues adding to their lighting inventories this summer: Cultural center KKL Lucerne, Lausanne’s Theatre de Beaulieu and Berne’s Haute Ecole des Arts.

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The Rolling Stones' Carnaby Street display

Rolling Stones Switch on Satisfying Display on Carnaby Street

LONDON – The Rolling Stones satisfied the shoppers on London’s Carnaby Street by switching on the annual Carnaby Street lighting display with a rock n’ roll twist. LD Patrick Woodroffe collaborated with James Glancy Design to transform London’s historical shopping and music district for the season. White Light supplied the lighting solutions for temporary installation, which runs through the end of the year.

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ETCP Exams Offered at USITT 2013

NEW YORK – The ETCP (Entertainment Technician Certification Program) Examinations will be given at USITT 2013 in Milwaukee. All three ETCP examinations will be given in one session the morning of March 22, 2013. Candidates who wish to take more than one exam should contact ETCP. Members and employees of members of USITT receive a $100 discount on examination fees. Interested applicants must submit their application, along with supporting materials and fee, to the ETCP office no later than March 1, 2013.

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