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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LONDON – Word leaked out during the recent PLASA trade show in London that the SGM R&D team had been developing radically different LED Spot, Wash and Beam fixtures. SGM’s Head of R&D Peter Johansen came clean about it, saying that the G-Wash and G-Beam will, of course, be joined by the G-Spot. The range is set for an April 2013 release at the Prolight + Sound Show in Frankfurt.
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LONDON — The fifth annual Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI), organized by Clay Paky, the Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) and the Society of Television & Lighting Design (STLD), honored the U.K. LDs who created the most distinctive looks for live events and TV.
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LONDON – London’s Royal National Theatre has three theatres under its control. It recently invested in two new 8-channel Kinesys DigiHoist controllers to upgrade its existing system at its Cottesloe Theatre venue. The sale follows on from the purchase of a 21-channel Kinesys Elevation 1+ motor system, which is used regularly across its two other venues, the Olivier and Lyttelton Theatres. The National Theatre’s Rigging Resources Supervisor, Matthew Wheeler, specified the purchase.
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FRESNOY-EN-THELLE, France – Robert Juliat named Claus Spreyer as its new sales director. Spreyer most recently spent two years at German Sky Tracers manufacturer A&O as executive VP. Prior to that, he was responsible for partner relations at Lightpower/MA Lighting in Germany.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — The 2012 Stand Up to Cancer Telethon (SU2C), which aired with minimal commercial interruption on 21 TV networks Sept. 7 including ABC, CBS, NBC, TBS, HBO and Fox, included projection support from Chaos Visual Productions. Donations raised by the telethon exceeded $81 million.
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GREENWOOD, SC – When First Presbyterian Church decided to introduce video production into their 55-year-old facility, the visual impact was a strong concern. So Hames Pro, an AV and lighting systems provider, installed three Vaddio WallVIEW 70 PTZ standard definition cameras and a Vaddio ProductionView FX console to both control and switch between the cameras. Remotely controlled, these small cameras are easily mounted to walls or other surfaces, enabling nearly invisible placement in locations impossible to be serviced by a tripod-mounted camera system.
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