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Martin Exterior’s Artificial Sunlight at 78 Degrees North

AARHUS, Denmark – At 78 degrees north latitude, Longyearbyen lacks sunlight for almost four months of the year. Tor-Gunnar “Gusche” Stokke of Stokken Lys created a lighting scheme that would release a Norwegian cultural landmark from its winter obscurity. He chose the Martin Professional Exterior 400 RGBW LED wash light to simulate natural sunlight onto the building, complete with the color temperature changes that would normally occur from dawn to dusk.

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Smashing Pumpkins

Upton Has Smashing Time with GLP’s Volkslicht Zooms

LOS ANGELES – Smashing Pumpkins’ LD Lawrence Upton for the first time used GLP’s Volkslicht Zoom LED heads in his design for the band’s recent tour. In this context they were used to replace the traditional discharge wash light on a scalable set — designed to enable sections to be removed, depending on venue size, without sacrificing the dynamic.

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Sam's Town

Look Solutions’ Foggers Add to Sam’s Town Atrium Show

WILLIAMSPORT, MD – Look Solutions’ Viper NT foggers add atmosphere to the 10-story atrium show at Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas. The foggers were chosen because they generate atmospheric haze for the 15-minute programs and, with the help of a fan system, dissipate quickly – which was a necessary requirement for the installation.

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Dr. Oz

MB Productions Helps Health Summit with Dr. Oz

NEW YORK – MB Productions, in association with USANA Health Services,  provided the lighting, video and audio package for the Health and Happiness Summit with Dr. Oz on Feb. 25 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Working in collaboration with LD Brendan Grey, the plot featured moving lights including 21 VARI-LITE 3500 Wash and seven VARI-LITE 3500 Spots, controlled with a pair of Wholehog consoles.

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Daktronics handheld maintenance pendant

Daktronics Control Pendant

Daktronics’ new maintenance and limit-testing pendant, which works with the company’s Pro Series control system, responds to user requests for a convenient way to prove during commissioning that hoists stop in the correct position. The handheld pendant verifies that there are fewer than six inches between the normal hard struck limit switch and the hard ultimate overtravel limit switch, according to rigging operations manager Dave Rossi, who calls this “a huge advantage during commissioning.” The pendant will be featured at Daktronics’ USITT booth #770.

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Elektralite LED Pancake fixtures

Dorsett Uses Elektralite LEDs for Indoor/Outdoor Corporate Event

Farmingdale, NY — Dorsett Productions handled the holiday event for a Mississippi vessel builder at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center. Dorsett used a number of Elektralite fixtures to light the interior party area as well as the exterior – including the shipyard doors of its corporate headquarters across the Mississippi River from the convention center.

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TL-A300

VMB TL-A150, TL-A300 Line Array Lifts

The VMB TL-A150 lifts 150kg (331 lbs.)  to a height of 5.3m (17.4 ft.) while the TL-A300 lifts 300kg (662 lbs.) to a height of 5.8m (19 ft.). Both lifts maintain compact features and the ALS (Auto Lock Security) system, a safety feature which automatically locks the lift masts as they rise. The two new lifts also have the new built-in feature, the SRS (Sequence Retainer System), which means that the sections of the lift rise and descend in sequence, one after the other.

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Giant

VARI-LITE Fixtures Take the ‘Giant’ Stage

DALLAS – The musical production of GIANT was posed to relocate to New York City after the initial production run. But it was in Dallas that the new musical would get its start under the direction of Michael Greif with LD Ken Posner. Philips Vari-Lite contributed luminaires to the show, happy to support a story about Texas, having Texas roots itself.

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BET's Rip the Runway

Pete’s Big TVs Quietly Rips the Runway

NEW CASTLE, DE – Pete’s Big TVs for the third consecutive year provided the visual elements of BET’s Rip the Runway. But this year, Pete’s Big TVs ripped it quietly using their new MC7 high resolution LED panels. Pete’s Big TVs says the MC7 LED panels are in high demand, especially for events such as TV, for their high resolution picture quality and also because they emit no radio frequency noise.

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James Sharp

Electrosonic Names James Sharp Account Manager for Corporate Solutions

LONDON – Electrosonic promoted James Sharp to account manager for corporate solutions. Sharp joined Electrosonic’s Edinburgh office in 2005 taking on the position of Internal Sales Support. During his six years with the company, Sharp has worked within the Corporate, Entertainment and Operations teams in both a sales and technical capacity. He was previously promoted from sales engineer to account manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

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