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ETC EchoTouch Controller

ETC’s EchoTouch Controller is designed for multi-use spaces as a standalone or integrated controller for the company’s Echo line of architectural lighting controls. EchoTouch is also a full-featured entertainment lighting console housed in a 7-inch touchscreen.

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Solotech Names Mickey Curbishley President, Rental Division (USA), and Opens New Office in Los Angeles

MONTREAL — Solotech named Mickey Curbishley president of its U.S. Rental Division, effective June 3. Curbishley, most recently with Tait, also worked at PRG after joining that company in 1998 following PRG’s acquisition of Light and Sound Design (LSD). Curbishley will oversee Solotech’s rental operations in Las Vegas, Nashville, DeKalb/Chicago and a new location in the Los Angeles area. Solotech also named Martin Chouinard president of its rental division in Canada. Curbishley and Chouinard report to Solotech president/CEO Martin Tremblay.

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Club XL Drawing Crowds with Big Acts Lit with Chauvet Professional Fixtures

HARRISBURG, PA — With its 20-by-35-foot stage, spacious dance floor and national acts like Puddle of Mudd, Club XL has been bringing a new level of nightclub entertainment to Harrisburg, PA since it opened in mid-April. A power-packed lighting design by Mike Chappell and Erik Morra of LumenCUE adds to the venue’s drawing power. The designers make use of a light rig supplied by Assorted Studios that includes Chauvet Professional Maverick and Rogue fixtures.

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Kieran Healy’s Lighting Rig for “American Idol” Includes Ayrton Ghibli LED Spots

LOS ANGELES – After 15 seasons on FOX, American Idol moved to ABC this year. The rig from the show’s longtime LD, Kieran Healy, included 50 Ayrton Ghibli LED spot luminaires. The fixtures, sourced via A.C.T Lighting, offer designers a factory-equipped framing system. Most of the fixtures (45) are used for performance lighting; five keylight and backlight the judges.

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