NEW YORK – LD Eric Cathcart lit LCD Soundsystem's touring shows this year with 25-foot wire ladders full of 80 GRNLite 3-54 Battens and 40 Thomas Linear 4 Lites, combining a barrage of light with energy efficiency and minimal heat onstage.
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NEW YORK – It was a season for change for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Spring 2010, which moved to a new, larger venue at Lincoln Center, and for IMCD Lighting which migrated to a grandMA console for the fashion shows it lit at Damrosch Park.
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NEW YORK – The BET Network has recently designated Pete's Big TVs/Performance Video of New Castle, Delaware, as their "go to" company for a host of shows. But even a "go to" company sometimes needs to know how to "go to" get help when the unthinkable happens: their equipment does not arrive.
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SHANGHAI, China – Clay Paky has joined its Chinese partner, ACE, in organizing a Open Day for over 100 lighting and sound professionals at the Shanghai World Expo.
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LONDON – For the current Doctor Who Live U.K. arena tour, The Monsters are Coming, XL Video provided crew and video gear including projection, cameras, PPU, media server and an LED TARDIS (the doctor's police-box shaped spacecraft and time machine) for the producers, BBC Worldwide.
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NEW YORK – When the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly kicked off a round of international events and meetings at the headquarters of the world body, Scharff Weisberg supported three key events: the South Sudan Multilateral Meeting (SSMM) produced by The White House and the back-to-back Every Woman, Every Child event (EWEC) and the African Leaders Malaria Alliance meeting (ALMA), both produced by J. Marshall Events Inc.
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SHANGHAI, China – Over 100 Robe moving lights and 500 Anolis LED fixtures were supplied by Moscow-based Light Sound Contractor (LSC) for the "Colorful Neighborhoods for a Better City" area of the Russian Federation Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo.
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LAS VEGAS – Scenic designer Alex Doss transformed the Fuego nightclub in the Rio Casino with eight coolux Pandoras Box Server PROs, one coolux Pandoras Box Manager STD, 60 beaMovers from Publitec, two Sanyo XF 47 projectors, 104 LED panels, VersaTubes, Atomic Strobes, fog machines and Gerriets retractable screens.
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CHARLOTTE, NC – The NASCAR Hall of Fame is using Electrosonic-provided AV gear for the Belk High Octane Theater and more than 100 exhibits, along with video displays and sound systems inside and outside the building.
Read More »NEW YORK – ANSI E1.15-2006, Entertainment Technology – Recommended Practices and Guidelines for the Assembly and Use of Theatrical Boom & Base Assemblies, is being considered for reaffirmation, with the ESTA Foundation offering public review forms for public comment on its website through Jan. 3, 2011.
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NASHVILLE – Country artists Martina McBride and Trace Adkins toured together and apart throughout 2010, with Bandit Lites supplying illumination needs for both. LDs Abigail Rosen Holmes and Jeff Lavallee designed the shows, respectively, for McBride and Adkins, sharing some of the gear, but not necessarily the looks, on their joint shows.
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SAALBURG, Germany – For the Main Circus area at this year's SonneMondSterne (SMS) Festival electronic dance music event, designer Uwe Heinrich used a Solaris+ LED system from G-LEC as a visual centerpiece.
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