LOS ANGELES — Divas returned to VH1 after a five-year hiatus, with Paula Abdul hosting the live show telecast from the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House. LD Tom Kenny used a lighting rig that included Coemar Infinity Wash XLS and Infinity ACL S moving heads supplied by Atomic Lighting.
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LAS VEGAS — Avon has been calling on Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD) for the last 15 years to light many of its corporate events. Most recently, UVLD’s Greg Norgeot and Paul Sharwell, Avon’s lighting designer and programmer, teamed up for the company’s annual Leadership National Conference at the Paris Las Vegas hotel and casino.
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LONDON — LD Jeff Atkisson used a Martin Maxxyz lighting console for the 10th Anniversary celebration of “Sing Live,” a concert consisting of more than 600 singers performing in Royal Albert Hall.
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RALEIGH, NC —Christian contemporary artist Jeremy Camp has contracted with LMG Touring to provide lighting support for his 30-city Speaking Louder Than Before tour.
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SHANGHAI, China — Barco, Creative Technology and Color Lighting helped create a new look for the opening ceremony for the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China, also known as the All China Games, including the bowl-shaped projection screen in the center of the stadium.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA — When Los Angeles’ mega-club Playhouse held its soft opening, the crowd converged on Hollywood Blvd. was large enough to warrant intervention from the LA Police Department — one measure of the buzz surrounding the new $6 million venue.
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BELFAST — Production Services Ireland (PSI) supplied all lighting and crew to the White Sapphire Ball, a gala charity fundraiser for the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice. The event was staged at the Europa Hotel in Belfast.
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PHILADELPHIA — With its four services, Calvary Chapel attracts close to 10,000 people each week, bringing together a diverse group of people. “We have little old ladies raising their hands next to bikers,” said Matt Friedman, audio/video director, “and ex-druggies worshiping next to businessmen in suits. Sometimes it reminds me of the cantina scene from the first Star Wars movie.”
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LONDON — During the recent London Fashion Week (LFW), LD Nick Gray’s lighting rig for the British Fashion Council (BFC) tent at Somerset House needed to put on and discard a variety of looks for up to eight shows a day. Gray’s design company, Renegade, was asked to light several venues for LFW. At the BFC tent Renegade worked with the production company, Bacchus.
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CAIRNS, Australia — The Pier Bar & Grill, which overlooks the Coral Sea and incoming yachts and powerboats, recently invested in a lighting upgrade for mood, ambience and energy efficiency.
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LONDON — White Light announced its appointment as a distributor for Philips Entertainment Lamps and named David Manister business development manager to help support its work in that area.
White Light said the appointment as distributor gives it access to the full range of Philips’ lamp technologies, including the FastFit system for easy lamp replacement and adjustment and P3 technology for heat tolerance and increased lamp life.
Read More »NEW YORK — The Empire State Building was to be lit Oct. 19 in a tie-dyed color scheme, bringing attention to a fundraiser and exhibition at the New York Historical Society focusing on the Grateful Dead and its influences on popular culture.
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