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Corporate Magic Helps Car Launch at Mountainside Meeting

PARK CITY, UT – Land Rover North America partnered with Dallas-based production company Corporate Magic to stage a reveal of its fourth generation new flagship model, unveiled Oct. 22 to its North American retailers. The reveal event featured a video projection on the side of a mountain at the Montage Deer Valley Resort in Park City, UT. Screens were supplied by GoVision. Meetings were also held indoors at the resort, requiring a separate video projection setup.

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4Wall New York to Partially Open Nov. 1

NEW YORK – 4Wall New York will partially re-open Nov. 1. In an announcement to customers, a spokesperson for 4Wall says, “We realize that many of you may have had orders affected by our closure during Hurricane Sandy. Tomorrow our staff will begin contacting clients regarding all upcoming orders and shipments.

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Muncaster Castle

Dataton Provides Haunting Projection at Muncaster Castle

MUNCASTER, UK – Muncaster Castle has a reputation as one of the most haunted buildings in the UK. For their busiest Halloween ever, the castle has upgraded to version 5 of Dataton’s Watchout to ensure that the multimedia experience it offers is as compelling – and as scary – as it has ever been. Mirage Associates has supported  the castle, advising on content and system setup. “The projectors are in custom-made, weather-proof housings, and there is one computer for each tower of the Castle,” explains Steve Selwyn of Mirage. “Each show is on a 20-minute loop, synchronized with audio and lighting, and is shown to an audience of between 200 and 600 people each evening. It is a huge enhancement to the Castle’s visitor experience.”

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Rupp Arena

XL Video Supply Projection for Kentucky Wildcats

LEXINGTON, KY – Rupp Arena wanted a spectacular launch for the Kentucky Wildcat’s 2012-13 season, so Bob Stoops, Technical Services Manager, contacted XL Video to specify and supply equipment and crew for a projection directly on to the 94×50 ft basketball court. As the court became a screen, the rousing video was the perfect introduction, and got the 23,500-strong crowd pumped and ready for the scrimmage.

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Eli Roth's Goretorium

Alcorn McBride Enhances Fright-Filled Goretorium

LAS VEGAS – Halloween comes more than once a year at Eli Roth’s Goretorium in Las Vegas where guests are exposed to the most intense live terror experience in town.  The multi-level space features 24 individually themed rooms set within a mythical horror hotel, where guests witness gruesome sights and sounds as they encounter live actors, animatronic frights and special effects. Alcorn McBride plays a big part in the spookfest, with three compact Digital Binloops and two ProTraXX units for audio playback. A versatile, frame-accurate V4 show controller runs the show from the central equipment room.

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TAF Round Corners

TAF Round Corners

TAF’s round-shaped versions of its classic two-way 90 degree truss corners is available for 290mm and 12-inch truss (FT34-C21-R). The company is also now developing a three-way 90-degree version of the rounded truss corner (FT34-C30-R) that is expected to become available in November. After that, TAF will focus on developing rounded corners for its 9-inch box and triangle truss systems.

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Jackson Browne

GLP impression Spot Ones Tour with Jackson Browne

LOS ANGELES – Jackson Browne’s lighting director/production designer for four years, Steve Comer, is one who admits, “I had been looking for an LED hard edge light for a long time, and when the Spot One came along it was just the fixture I’d been waiting for.” GLP’s impression Spot One helps on the tour in various ways. Jackson Browne had wanted to go more green the past few years, and as his latest tour grew from a solo acoustic act to an ensemble, the stage called for a hard-edge beam to allow musicians to disappear behind Browne.

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Eric Church’s Tour Features Strictly FX Effects

WOOD DALE, IL – Strictly FX is providing colored lasers, pyrotechnics, flames and custom cryojet effects for Eric Church’s ‘Blood Sweat and Beers’ tour, which is currently touring U.S. arenas until Dec. 15. The concert production was designed by Butch Allen and Church himself. The effects are featured in seven of the 21 songs in the show.

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AFL Footy Show

MAC Viper Makes Its Show Debut in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia – Resolution X took delivery of the first Martin MAC Viper Profiles in Australia, and gave them their debut appearance on the AFL Footy Show Grand Final Edition. The sports TV show was broadcast live from Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. The Vipers were positioned on moving trusses upstage and were LD Rohan Thornton’s primary profile light and source light on the stage from behind. “Optically and from an intensity point of view they cut through all the other fixtures that I was using so they had pride of place,” Thornton said.

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Harry Gladow, Business Development Manager coolux, Nabil Bourgeili,  Managing Director TechnoPro, Helmut Protte, Dir. Global Sales & Projects coolux.

coolux Names TechnoPro Middle East Distributor

DUBAI, UAE – The coolux Pandoras Box system is extending its market presence in the Middle East via a new distribution partnership with TechnoPro llc.  As the  exclusive distributor of coolux Media System Products in the Middle East region, TechnoPro will provide sales, support and training for its regional clients.

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Robe MMXs Specified for Theme Park’s ‘Luminosity’ Show

SANDUSKY, OH – Robe’s ROBIN MMX Spots were an integral part of the new ‘Luminosity: Ignite the Night. Powered by Pepsi’ visual extravaganza at the Cedar Point Amusement Park on the Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, OH. LD Al Crawford of Arc3design specified the Robes, working alongside Lighting Director/EOS console programmer Zakaria M Al-Alami (Zak) on the project. The Luminosity show – combining lighting, sound, fireworks, lasers, DJs, singers and dancers and lots of energy – ran every night at the park through the summer months.

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