PARIS – French entertainment lighting provider, New Advanced Technology (NAT), has invested in 375 Ayrton Wildsun 500 K7 moving heads fixtures following several tests and comparisons with other manufacturers’ models. NAT also invested in 200 of the Ayrton Arcaline 2 fixtures, a 16 x 10W RGBW LED batten.
Read More »NEW YORK – Jeffrey Miller has re-joined HLB Lighting Design’s New York studio as a Design Principal focused on business development in several new geographic areas for the firm. His career spans more than 30 years. During his tenure as President of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), he created the IALD Quality of Light Initiative, led the successful re-branding of the association and formed the IALD Office of Public Policy.
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LOS ANGELES – Esteban Caracciolo joins A.C.T Lighting’s technical support team, where he will support and train customers on the entire product line. He was previously product manager for PRG Distribution North America for the past five years. Prior to that, he was an LD/programmer for various touring acts.
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NEW YORK – Lighting Designer Ed Warren of Next Level Lights sums up the visuals for folk rock band Mumford & Sons’ Babel tour as a “vintage barn dance with an epic edge.” For the latest U.S. tour, Christie Lites supplied the lighting fixtures, which included 16 Robe Robin 600 LEDWashes.
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LAS VEGAS — Parnelli Week is here! The PLSN/FOH Parnelli Celebrity Classic Golf Tournament takes place at the Arroyo Golf Club in Las Vegas Oct. 18. Then, the 12th annual Parnelli Awards Dinner takes place at the Mirage Las Vegas Oct. 20. And the last chance to order tickets online at parnelliawards.com will be at 3 pm on Wed., Oct. 17. If any tickets are still available after that, they will be sold at the door for all events…but they will definitely be in very limited quantities. So why gamble? Be sure to get your reservations in today!
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DULUTH, GA — The second Railroad Revival Tour, featuring bands riding vintage rail cars and performing at outdoor venues set up along the train tracks, has been cancelled, according to a message posted on the tour website. The inaugural 2011 tour’s stop in Tempe, AZ is pictured here.
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MIDDLETON, WI – ETC is expanding its dimming and power control line with the introduction of the Source Four Dimmer, which can be attached to any conventional Source Four to provide per-fixture distributed dimming in 120V markets. The Source Four Dimmer uses ETC’s new ES (Electronic Silent) technology for fan-free, noiseless operation for acoustically sensitive venues. ETC also introduces the ES750 Dimmer, which has the same functionality as the Source Four Dimmer, but it can work with any type of fixture. The ES750 can be a remote dimmer for any application and comes equipped with a power input and output to a choice of connectors.
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TORONTO – Cast Software has recently released WYSIWYG R29, the new version of CAST Software’s industry standard pre-visualization suite. Among the new features are the Six Degrees of Freedom Camera and Shaded View Selection. The Six Degrees feature means users may position the camera in any way they choose, mirroring the complete freedom of movement that they would have with a physical camera in a live situation. Shaded View Selection speeds up the process of selecting fixtures and changing characteristics while in design mode.
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LOS ANGELES – Sharks were seen recently prowling the pool of the Beverly Hilton hotel, but luckily for guests, it was just a projection from a Christie YK200 dual-arm yoke, with a Christie projector mounted on it. Another six Christie projectors displayed similar shark-related images on a large wall nearby. It was all part of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 25th anniversary celebration.
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