HOUSTON – SGM A/S named Randy Wade head of its U.S. operation. Wade, a lighting veteran in the entertainment field since the mid-1980s, will be in charge of sales and support for the entire line of SGM products. He is based in Houston, TX.
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HOF, Germany — Working with Soundhouse, Tait Technologies is providing staging and automation support for Helene Fisher’s current tour, which began here Sept. 18. Tait provided the main stage, a hydraulic 12.4-meter lifting arm and three lifts controlled by Tait’s Navigator automation system. Tait project manager Matthew Hales noted that the tour serves as an example of how the company can reconfigure existing staging and automation elements to create a fresh new look without breaking a tour’s budget.
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SURREY, UK – displayLED has opened The Pixel Depot, a showroom and resource featuring innovative LED products from leading manufacturers. The Pixel Depot opened this September at the company’s headquarters near Dorking, Surrey. Products on display include solid LED modules and tiles, creative and flexible displays, mesh/curtain products, video controllers, content management software and an LED dance floor. They’re also showing digiLED product applications, including the use of wearable LED and incorporation into objects such as a piano, as used by a leading US performer.
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CLARKSTON, MI – Kirk Marchwinski has joined High Resolution Systems as a sales representative. He will handle all outbound calls for High Resolution Control, which offers integrated Pro AV control hardware and software systems with its Universal Device Controller (UDC). Prior to High Resolution Systems, Marchwinski served as associate district manager at Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in Dearborn, MI.
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NELSPRUIT, South Africa – Robe moving lights were at the hub of the lighting action for a Main Stage design by Johan Ferreira from JSF Productions at the 2012 Innibos Festival in South Africa. The organizers wanted to up the ante on the look and feel of the event – and in particular the Main Stage – so Ferreira set about designing looks with a theatrical feel. This was his seventh year to design the lighting.
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CHICAGO – Daunte Kenner, creative director on the Mary J. Blige and D’Angelo tour, turned to Intelligent Lighting Creations (ILC) to help facilitate his vision for “The Liberation Tour.” The lighting rig was built at ILC’s production facility in Arlington Heights, IL, allowing the designers to pre-program before the first show. ILC is providing equipment and electricians for the tour.
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LAS VEGAS — The 2012 PLSN/FOH Parnelli Celebrity Classic, which will take place Thursday, Oct. 18, and the 2012 Parnelli Awards Dinner, set for Saturday, Oct. 20, may be a month away, but judging by the pace of registrations streaming in, both events could set new attendance records. To ensure that you don’t miss out, be sure to sign up for both of these sought-after events. Go to parnelliawards.com today!
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