GAM Blinky Stage Guide Light
GAM Blinky Stage Guide Light is a self-contained, battery operated LED safety light. It is portable and weighs less than 1 oz. The unit has a flashing red LED and runs on two AA batteries.
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Richard Pilbrow to Keynote at NATEAC 2012
NEW YORK – Leading theatre design consultant Richard Pilbrow will give the keynote address at the North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) July 22 in New York City. NATEAC will feature more than 60 panelists speaking at 24 sessions, on topics ranging from the impact of current ADA standards to restoring pre-Depression era theatres.
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Herrick Goldman Scores with 50-Yard Line Event
DALLAS – LD Herrick Goldman recently scored big at Dallas Cowboys Stadium helping transform the football field into the site of an event which straddled the 50 yard line for the launch of Emirates Airline’s Dubai to Dallas route. With support from GDS LiteWare fixtures and grandMA lighting control, he gave a “larger than life” look to the celebratory dinner and presentation for 950 guests with entertainment by musical group Splash and a performance by cast members of “Dancing With The Stars.”
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TV’s American Ninja Warrior Lit with Chauvet Fixtures
LOS ANGELES – For the southwest series finals for NBC’s American Ninja Warrior, held on the boardwalk at Venice Beach, LD Adam Biggs and lighting director Ed Motts chose 225 Chauvet SlimPAR Pro Tri wash lights. Felix Lighting supplied the gear.
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Stage Electrics Appoints Dan Aldridge as MD
BRISTOL, UK – Dan Aldridge has taken on the post of Managing Director at Stage Electrics. Aldridge has been involved in the company for more than six years, both as Operations Director and most recently as a Non-Executive Director. Founder and majority shareholder of Stage Electrics, David Whitehead, will continue in the role of Chairman.
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Wholehog Consoles Control A Variant Spectrum
HELSINKI, Finland – During the darkest days of winter, Helsinki brightens the nights in an event called Lux Helsinki. High End Systems lighting consoles commanded one of Helsinki’s most visible landmarks – the Olympic Stadium Tower – which was transformed into a light installation called the Variant Spectrum. LD Jukka Huitila designed the architectural project.
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Prolyte Group Supplies LiteConsoles for War Child Event
WAKEFIELD, UK – British electronic music group Leftfield, with the help of Red Bull Studios London, recently performed a special show at London’s Brixton O2 Academy in aid of War Child. For the event, Prolyte Group supplied two branded versions of LiteConsole, which were internally lit for maximum visual impact.
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Christie MicroTiles Installed at Toronto’s Munk School
KITCHENER, Ontario – Thirty-six Christie MicroTiles were installed at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. Positioned in the front wall of the Vivian and David Campbell conference facility, the 6 units wide by 6 units high Christie MicroTiles array displays Blu-ray videos, still images and PowerPoint presentations for foreign and domestic officials who present their research findings at the facility.
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Stageco Arena Lift
Stageco has developed Arena Lift, a hydraulic lifting system that raises larger ground supports with grids into venues to increase rigging capacities. Arena Lift is based around four hydraulic lifting units that form the anchors at the corners of the ground support towers. It’s designed for touring, and is compact for efficient packing to give cost-effective transport and make loading in through small venue entrances possible.
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RSN Lists Top Live Event Staging Trends
PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ –—Members of the Rental and Staging Network (RSN), a network of 22 geographically-diverse live event and staging companies, have offered their expertise on future trends in the industry. Among the trends are: digital signage for meetings, the migration to digital signal flow, and 4K resolution video becoming standard.
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PHILADELPHIA – The national touring company of the Broadway play War Horse selected Bill Sapsis, president of Sapsis Rigging, Inc., to provide fall arrest equipment and training to the company’s crew. Most recently, Sapsis worked with the crews of the Broadway productions of Bonnie and Clyde and Evita, and with the national touring production of Dirty Dancing.
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Women in AV to Stage Donation Drive at InfoComm for Local Charity
LAS VEGAS – Women in the AV industry (WAVE) will be collection donations for a local non-profit organization during InfoComm 2012, Southern Nevada Children First. They will be raising money for the group at the NSCA Women in AV Reception and at the InfoComm WAVE luncheon.
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