BRANSON, MO – Aaron Beasley, a 20 year veteran of the Branson entertainment industry, recently joined Blue Planet Lighting as the new shop manager. He will manage all aspects of the warehouse including shipping/receiving as well as deliveries and all shop logistics.
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LOS ANGELES – For Mary J. Blige's current tour, Daunte Kenner of DK Show Production & Design incorporated LED illuminated rental draperies from Rent What? and custom-fabricated soft goods from its sister company, Sew What?, into the looks for the show.
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Hitachi America's new CP-AW250N Ultimate Short Throw projector features a throw distance of 22 inches at an 80-inch screen when displaying content in its native WXGA resolution and also features networking functionality, which makes monitoring and maintenance easier.
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NASHVILLE, TN – In early May 2010, the banks of the Cumberland River overflowed, flooding of the city of Nashville and the 3,000-room Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Members of the Daktronics Mobile and Modular Video Group (MMVG) recently took a road trip to Minneapolis, MN with the custom Daktronics Roadshow trailer and modular PST video panels in tow.
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DELHI, India – Lighting designer Jerry Appelt used 440 of Martin Professional's MAC 2000 Wash fixtures and 250 MAC 2000 Wash XBs for the opening and closing ceremonies of the XIX Commonwealth Games held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in October.
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RIGA, Latvia – The recent Latvian national lighting festival, Staro Riga 2010, transformed the capital city, Riga, into a display of light art for the third consecutive year.
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HAVERTOWN, PA – Dave Patten features Chauvet gear in his self-produced music video on Youtube.com called "Wait Jenny" – and not just the five SlimPAR 56 wash lights illuminating himself and other band members as they perform. Chauvet cardboard cases are also caught by the fast-paced camera's lens in the music video's opening shots.
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LEEDS, U.K. – STL, which used Novalight Nova-Flower 2K "flower effect" fixtures for the 2010 Fireworks Spectacular at Leeds Castle, has ordered more of the units from U.K. distributor Lightfactor, doubling its rental stock.
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FLORENCE, Italy – Irene Grandi's recent Alle Porte del Sogno (At the Gates of Dreams) tour visited a variety of Italian squares and theatres, and LD Adriano Sanson relied upon more than 30 Infinity series moving heads to put each venue in its best light.
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HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam celebrated 1,000 years with a 10-day party that culminated in a ceremony at Mỹ ÄÂình Stadium in Hanoi on October 10th. The event illustrated the history of the country with over 1,000 performers and large-scale lighting visuals that included 120 Martin Professional MAC 2000 Wash XB fixtures and 30 Martin MAC III Profiles.
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NEW YORK – Scharff Weisberg has supplied the automated light package for the first New York City revival of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Off Broadway's Signature Theatre Company is dedicating an entire season to works done by playwright Tony Kushner, starting with parts one and two of Angels in America.
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