SAO PAULO, Brazil – When Teatro Bradesco opened in the Bourbon Mall San Paulo, its 1,457-seat house made it one of the largest traditional theatres in Brazil. Its Italian-style proscenium stage features technologically advanced equipment including automated stage rigging designed and manufactured by J. R. Clancy.
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LAS VEGAS – After 20 years of sharing the stage together, including their much-heralded Last Rodeo tour, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn will be sharing another stage – the 2010 Parnelli Awards on Oct. 22 – to personally hand their longtime tour manager, Randy "Baja" Fletcher, his Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award.
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LOS ANGELES – Theatrical Media Services recommended Elation Professional's Design Wash LED Pro fixtures to DMB lighting designer Fenton Williams and programmer Aaron Stinebrink. Sixteen of the compact and energy-efficient fixtures are now part of the touring rig.
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LOS ANGELES – Arcade Fire had a clear vision of how their latest album, The Suburbs, should work together with the look of the accompanying tour. LD Susanne Sasic brought in 40 VLX Wash luminaires, provided by Solotech and Upstaging to create the blend of looks the band was seeking.
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ALBANY, NY – Martin Professional's M1 lighting console is making its North American touring debut on The Black Crowes' current Good Night to the Bad Guys tour. It was chosen by LD/programmer Jason Dill.
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DENVER – Mountain Light Company named Courtney Walsh as its new sales director and Carl Olson operations director, a new position.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland – More than 100 Edinburgh Fringe Festival venues used Zero 88 for lighting control and dimming, with gear provided by Zero 88 dealers including Black Light, Northern Light, Stage Electrics, Hawthorn, HSL and Stage Lighting Services.
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LONDON – Kinesys recently provided 160 of its new DigiHoist motor controllers to Production Resource Group (PRG). The new units will replace all PRG's existing motor control stock in the U.K., effectively standardizing the control platform across PRG's rigging department, which works with more than 2,000 motors.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Along with more than 20 new products, Elation Professional plans on conducting a series of EDU learning sessions at the Elation LDI Demo/Training Room N107 during LDI. The seminars will cover video walls and lighting control software.
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BIRMINGHAM and GLASGOW, U.K. – XL Events supplied LED Screens and camera systems to Pope Benedict XVI's recent state visit to England and Scotland, including video support at three of the four major sites where the Pope made formal appearances.
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PARIS – French news channel i>TELE, a subdivision of Canal+ Group, has installed 24 cold white Aledin LED profiles from Robert Juliat. They are used daily for the network's live news broadcasts and weather reports.
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BRISTOL, U.K. – GDS named Dave Harris, a 15-year industry veteran, design engineer. He has experience designing, building and installing fully autonomous searchlights which form part of the lighting at the top of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. He has also created a number of custom products for bands including Muse, Tokyo Hotel and Coldplay.
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