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  The LRLR Raise Funds for Behind the Scenes at USITT Raffle
The Long Reach Long Riders (LRLR) celebrated their 12th ride with a raffle and live auction to benefit Behind the Scenes during the USITT Conference & Stage Expo in Cincinnati, Ohio last week. Sales of raffle tickets, ...
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Avolites Will Launch the Live Control-Focused "Arena" Console at Prolight + Sound 2015
Avolites, providers of lighting control systems, is all set to launch the live control-focused "Arena" console at Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt, April 15 - 18. Avolites is launching its new Arena console, with "more live ...
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Mega-Lite Launches the Outshine T100
Mega-Lite releases the Outshine T100, a custom US-made, outdoor rated color-changing LED fixture. The Outshine T100 is equipped with a 100W RGB single-source point LED, creating a smooth and powerful wash. ...
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Lex Products Welcomes CD/m2 Lightworks as Canadian Sales Representative
CD/m2 Lightworks joins Lex Products as a manufacturers' representative firm with 10 years of excellence in supporting the Canadian lighting and control systems market. The company offers quality customer service delivered by ...
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Raul Resendiz Joins PreSonus as Key Accounts Manager
PreSonus welcomes long-time industry veteran Raul Resendiz to the company as key accounts manager. In his new position, Resendiz will manage strategic account objectives with Guitar Center and Musician's Friend and work with ...
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Danley Sound Labs Adds Master Distributors in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia
In order to support the growing international demand for Tom Danley's loudspeaker and subwoofer solutions to sound reinforcement challenges, Danley Sound Labs has appointed three master distributors: Danley Europe, ...
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Robe's BMFLs and CycFX 8s for Maroon 5 V Tour
US rock band Maroon 5 has begun their latest world tour in support of their chart-topping fifth studio album V, with lighting, visuals, and stage design by LeRoy Bennett.
The rig includes eight Robe BMFL Spot and 96 ...
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Bandit Brings Light to Shaping Sound Tour
Shaping Sound, the contemporary dance company founded by Emmy-nominated choreographers Travis Wall, Nick Lazzarini, Teddy Forance, and dance visionary Kyle Robinson took their art to stages around the country to tell the story of a girl ...
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Chauvet Professional Helps Elite Multimedia Create New Look for Maranatha Fellowship
Reminders of St. Albans' rich history are everywhere in this picturesque small town at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal Rivers in West Virginia. There's a monument honoring one of the area's first property owners, George Washington, ...
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"Circuitry of Life" Takes an Immersive Look at Technology with Meyer Sound
Artist Heather Shaw took to a Los Angeles rooftop to push the boundaries of imagination and AV engineering with the multimedia exhibit "Circuitry of Life: A Journey Through the Evolution of Technology." Housed inside a 40' cube and ...
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VL4000 Spots Show Their Power and Versatility at Oak Creek Assembly of God
In Oak Creek, Wisconsin, the Oak Creek Assembly of God recently produced the musical A Little Boy's Prayer. Set in a small town but with over 200 performers in the show, technical director Nate Turner needed to create a ...
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Live Event DJ Uses GefenTV to Stream Wireless HD Video with Zero Latency
Setting up AV systems on the road is often anything but easy. Camcorders, video screens, cabling, and much more must all be impeccably implemented on the fly to ensure a seamless experience for the audience. John Young, a live ...
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ADJ Launches Inno Pocket Beam Q4
The release of the new Inno Pocket Beam Q4 sees ADJ bolstering its successful Inno Pocket range of affordable, portable fixtures. Sitting alongside the Inno Pocket Spot, Wash, Twins, Fusion, Scan and Roll, the Inno Pocket Beam Q4 is ...
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Adamson Names Anew Communications Technology as Southwestern Sales Representative
Adamson Systems Engineering announces the appointment of Anew Communications Technology (Anew C.T.) as their technical representatives for the Southwest region of the United States. The announcement was made by Mick Whelan< ...
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PrimeTime Lighting Launches New and Improved 1SLED XB and MSLED XB Units
The SLED Series of broadcast LED light fixtures from PrimeTime Lighting Systems were already brighter than PrimeTime's legendary fluorescents that had inspired CEO, Glen Harn. And with PrimeTime's engineering, the company ...
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Allen & Heath Releases V1.7 ArcLight Firmware for Qu
Allen & Heath has released a major firmware upgrade for its Qu series of compact digital mixers, paired with key enhancements to the Qu-Pad and Qu-You apps.
V1.7 ArcLight firmware now allows up to two iPads running Qu-Pad to be ...
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Williams Sound Names New Distributor in the United Kingdom
Williams Sound, global designer and manufacturer of wireless communication technology, has expanded its international presence with the appointment of CUK Audio as its new distribution partner in the United Kingdom and ...
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Clay Paky Opens a Technical Service Centre in Dubai
Clay Paky has recently opened a technical service center in Dubai in order to provide all Clay Paky customers in Gulf countries with support and assistance. The office is manned by specialized professional technicians, under the ...
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Sign Language and Wireless Headphone Technology Unite Production of Mamet's American Buffalo
Together with Deaf West Theatre, California State University Los Angeles took an unusual approach to its co-production of David Mamet's American Buffalo, which wrapped in early March. A majority of the production was ...
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TiMax Audio Focus for Broadway's Honeymoon in Vegas
Broadway's latest smash hit musical Honeymoon In Vegas opened recently with two TiMax2 SoundHub-S48 audio showcontrol delay-matrix systems supplied with the new TiMax MADI-64 Ultimate MADI Interface port. Staged in New York's ...
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Second Baptist Church Gets Second Round Of DiGiCo Consoles
Christmas services this past December never sounded better at Second Baptist Church's 400,000-sq.-ft. West Campus in Houston thanks to a recent audio system upgrade to two DiGiCo SD5 consoles. Installed by local house-of-worship ...
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PR Lighting on Tour with Roger Cicero
German jazz and pop star, Roger Cicero and his band have been on tour throughout Germany and Austria promoting his latest CD, Was Immer Auch Kommt.
Lighting, sound, and stage design, were of the highest quality to complement ...
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WYSIWYG Modernizes West End Theatre Lighting Design in Miss Saigon
Award-winning lighting designer Bruno Poet used CAST's WYSIWYG software to previsualize his technically innovative stage lighting for the latest production of Cameron Mackintosh's Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward ...
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Countryman Microphones Bring Elektra to Life
Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan War, Elektra is the story of the female lead character Electra, and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus for ...
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Theatre in Review: The Heidi Chronicles (Music Box Theatre)
It has been more than a quarter of a century since we first made the acquaintance of Heidi Holland, art historian, essayist, and symbol of a generation -- and, like every other Baby Boomer, she's not getting any younger. You could say the ...
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Le Maitre USA Launches the New EcoHazer
Le Maitre has launched a brand new hazer -- the EcoHazer, following feedback from a world-first preview at LDI in November last year.
The company says Le Maitre hazers are already known for their output and low-power consumption, ...
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The San Francisco Nest, San Francisco's Largest Flexible Production Studio, Opens
With the expansion of San Francisco and Bay Area businesses over the last few years the need for studio production and demonstration spaces has increased rapidly. In response to this growing need The San Francisco Nest recently ...
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Elation SixBar LED Battens -- A Creative Color Boost for the Designer Toolbox
Elation Professional's new SixBar Series of versatile color-changing LED battens features a revolutionary six-color LED multi-chip that provides a creative color boost to the lighting designer toolbox. Useful for production ...
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Prolight + Sound Guangzhou 2015 Opens in Two Weeks with Strong Presence of Prominent Brands
China's largest pro audio and lighting show, Prolight + Sound Guangzhou, will open for trade from April 5 - 8, 2015. This year's show will be the biggest ever with 1,186 exhibitors featuring their best products and technologies ...
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DPA Microphones Launches "Trade Up to d:fine" Campaign
Artists and live sound and broadcast engineers who aspire to the sound quality and reliability of a d:fine Headset Microphone from DPA Microphones now have an excuse to make the switch thanks to the company's new worldwide "Trade Up ...
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ADJ Group Announces New European Management Structure
The ADJ Group of Companies announces that a new management team will be running its European operation with immediate effect. The new team will be responsible together for the continued growth of all European-based companies ...
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FSR Names Winners of Twitter Contest Sponsored During NSCA Business and Leadership Conference
FSR, a manufacturer of a wide variety of products for the audio/video, education, hospitality, government, and religious markets, announces the winners of the successful Twitter contest the company sponsored during the recent NSCA ...
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W-DMX Announces Music & Lights Exclusive Distributor in Italy
Wireless Solution Sweden AB announces the exclusive distribution of W-DMX with Music & Lights for the Italian market.
The Swedish company, founded in 2003 by a team of lighting professionals and wireless communication ...
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TDC Announces Partnership with NIDA - Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art
TDC - Technical Direction Company announces a pioneering partnership with the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), which will see TDC provide invaluable expertise, guidance, and support to the next generation of ...
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Nexus Keeps Pace with Rend Collective on World Tour
When lighting designer Tyler Santangelo decided that floating diamonds would look better than squares on the stage for the Irish Christian experimental group Rend Collective, he simply adjusted the Nexus panels on his rig and ...
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Vista Systems' Spyder Takes Aim at The Ultimate Hunters Market in Las Vegas
There was a Spyder in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas where Safari Club International held its 43rd annual Ultimate Hunters Market. A Vista Systems' Spyder X20 was deployed by event technology services company PSAV ...
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Symetrix SymNet Radius DSPs Deliver Flexible Audio Distribution to 1882 Virginian Hotel Complex
Co-owned by Hilton Properties, the City of Roanoke, and Virginia Tech, the Hotel Roanoke & Convention Center is a far-ranging complex that includes extensive business and entertainment facilities. Originally built in 1882 and renovated ...
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Evangel Church Puts Its Confidence in Hitachi Projectors
Seeking to stay up to date in a constantly changing local community and a media-driven generation, Evangel Church in Long Island City, New York, recently turned to Hitachi's CP-WX8265 and CP-X8170 projectors to bring the church into ...
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Vue Audiotechnik Delivers Crystal Clear Sound for WAMC'S Unique Facility
World Agape Mission Church (WAMC), established for Korean immigrants by the Reverend John Kim in Los Angeles in 1977, recently installed an extensive loudspeaker array from Vue Audiotechnik to address its acoustical and aesthetic ...
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Theatre in Review: Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova Theatre)
Bess Wohl certainly is one intrepid playwright: in Small Mouth Sounds, she assembles six rather woebegone spiritual seekers at a Buddhist retreat house where the teacher -- an offstage voice piped in through the sound ...
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Successful USITT 2015 Shatters Attendance Records
USITT 2015 broke all previous attendance records, attracting nearly 5,500 people to Cincinnati's Duke Energy Center last week for the backstage industry's biggest annual event.
Over 280 exhibitors staffed flashy booths with state ...
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Strictly FX Announces the Laser Vortex
Scientists claim that light can bend, although typically it can't be seen. And if viewed, it's an illusion.
At Strictly FX of Chicago, illusions have become a reality.
The Laser Vortex (patent pending), available exclusively ...
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Laura Lawrence Joins Full Compass as Marketing Manager
Full Compass Systems, a national provider of professional audio, video, lighting, A/V, and musical instrument sales, announces the addition of Laura Lawrence to the company as marketing manager. Lawrence's wealth of outside ...
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Fulcrum Acoustic Appoints SG Western
Fulcrum Acoustic, providers of innovative loudspeakers and audio technologies, has announced the appointment of SG Western as the company's new representatives for California and Nevada.
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Eighteen Sound Expands Worldwide Sales Presence
Italian loudspeaker manufacturer Eighteen Sound announces the appointment of Davwinder Sheena as director of sales, Middle East, Asia, and Pacific Rim and Jeffrey Cox as director of sales North America. ...
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LumenRadio and Bellalite Announce Partnership in Sweden
LumenRadio, manufacturer of reliable wireless lighting controls, announces the appointment of Bellalite as new exclusive distributor of the CRMX brand in Sweden.
Bellalite is a supplier of lighting and sound solutions in ...
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Q-99 Invests in Robe's BMFL Spots
Slovakia's leading lighting rental company, Bratislava-based Q-99, has expanded its already extensive stock of Robe moving lights with the purchase of 24 of the new BMFL Spot multi-functional moving lights. ...
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Quince Imaging Makes Projection Mapping the Norm for NBA and NHL Teams with the Help of Lightware Hardware
Once a special attraction during NBA and NHL games, projection mapping on an arena's basketball court or ice rink has become a permanent part of the image presentation experience for fans. Quince Imaging has been a leader in making ...
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ProSho Revs Up Rider University Party with Chauvet Professional
Ask a Rider University student how the school's football team is doing, and you're likely to get the response, "We haven't lost a game since 1951!" Of course this small liberal arts university in the shadows of New York City hasn't fielded ...
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Chroma-Q Color One 100 Delivers Premium Performance for Boston University
The Chroma-Q Color One 100 LED Par and Color Force 72 LED battens were recently used to provide outstanding color and punch for Boston University's production of The Human Comedy at the city's Virginia Wimberly Theatre. ...
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Luminex GigaCore Ethernet Switches Facilitate AV and Lighting at Desjardins Hall, Quebec
A single backbone fiber ring of Luminex GigaCore Ethernet switches unifies and simplifies all the AV and lighting functions at Desjardins Hall, a performing arts venue in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec. Located in the Jean ...
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DPA Microphones Composes a Symphonic Solution for The Nielsen Project at Lincoln Center
To commemorate the 150th Birthday of famed Danish composer Carl Nielsen, Denmark-based Dacapo Records is releasing The Nielsen Project, a collection of Nielsen's symphonies and concertos as performed by the New York Philharmonic. ...
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Alan Jackson Partners with Elite Multimedia to Keep It Country for 25th Anniversary Tour
After dominating the country music charts with 35 number ones, more than 60 career singles, and a dedicated fan base, Alan Jackson has chosen Nashville, Tennessee-based Elite Multimedia Productions (EMP) to handle all lighting, ...
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Rings in the New Year with 4Wall New York
Ensuring the lighting for every event is memorable and appropriate is longtime lighting director Zakaria Al-Alami. While he relies on a standard rep plot that is always in place for each venue (including systems of moving lights ...
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Theatre in Review: Posterity (Atlantic Theater)
Is an artist's career, no matter how celebrated, necessarily built on sand? In a life devoted to the creation of art, does the verdict of history matter? These are the questions nagging at the characters in Posterity. ...
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Behind the Scenes with Broadway Sound Designer Abe Jacob - April 7
Abe Jacob, one of Broadway's most prominent and influential designers, will take audience members behind the scenes as he discusses his illustrious career and reflects on the many Broadway, concerts and other productions he has been ...
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AVnu Alliance Sponsors First Annual Conference on TSNA
AVnu Alliance, the industry consortium driving open standards-based deterministic networking through certification, is a key sponsor hosting the Conference on Time Sensitive Networking and Applications (TSNA) taking place on ...
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ADJ to Raise the Bar in Vegas
ADJ reports the company will continue its year-long celebration of 30 years of "pure lighting excitement" with an action-packed event at the Nightclub & Bar Convention & Trade Show 2015 in Las Vegas (booth 809). The Nightclub & Bar ...
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Avid Announces Availability of Pro Tools 12, Including Flexible Licensing Options
Subscription licensing or software purchase with upgrade plan allows professionals to stay current with future software updates and innovations as soon as they are released, at no additional charge.
Avid announces that the ...
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Grundorf Announces Its New Gig Chair
Grundorf Corporation, a manufacturer of equipment for musicians and audio professionals, introduces the new model 70-001 Gig Chair. The ideal solution for reducing stress and strain when sitting for extended periods of time, the new ...
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American Music and Sound Promotes Kris McDougall to National Sales Manager for Transducer Products
American Music and Sound, the independent US distributor of pro audio, musical instruments, and music creation products, announces the promotion of Kris McDougall to the position of national sales manager, transducer products ...
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Mike Aug Joins the StageWorks Team
This Is It! StageWorks announces a new addition to the event experience, industry veteran Mike Aug joins the company as director of sales.
Prior to joining StageWorks, Aug served as VP of sales and marketing for Event Tech ...
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Community Welcomes Pro Tech Marketing as Sales Representative
Established in 1985, Pro Tech Marketing is a professional manufacturers' representative firm supporting AV integrators, system design firms, and end users in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and the Western panhandle of ...
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FDW Corp Partners with Midwest A/V Group
FDW Corp, a nationwide distributor of professional audio, video, and lighting equipment, announces their new partnership with Midwest A/V Group. Formed by industry veterans Patrick McNulty and Barbara Sjodin, ...
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Advanced Systems Group Hires Claire Virtue to Lead People Operations
Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a data, video, audio, and film integration firm, has hired Claire Virtue as head of people operations, effective January 29. Focused on ASG's managed services and on-site support personnel, she ...
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Clay Paky Sets Up a Technical Service Center in Russia for the CIS
Clay Paky opened a Clay Paky Service Center in Moscow in March 2015, with the task of providing technical support to all CIS and former CIS nations. The office is run by Andrey Miroshnichenko and can count on three highly ...
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Fashion Fest Gets an Edge with Dicolor LED Display Panels
Fashion shows are about setting trends and showcasing designers' latest lines of clothing. The 23 annual Fashion Fest in Mexico City, Mexico, did just that, introducing autumn-winter 2014 fashions from brands like Aeropostale and Etam. ...
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Canada's Markham Museum Event Supercharged with Chauvet Professional
In the comics and movies Clark Kent changes into his Superman attire in a phone booth. Now that cell phones have dispatched those booths to the dustbin of history, real life superheroes have had to come up with more inventive wardrobe ...
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Waves Plugins Used for Live FOH and Monitor Mix on Enrique Iglesias / Pitbull / J Balvin Tour
The front-of-house and monitor engineers on the Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, and J Balvin tour are some of the latest live mixing professionals using tools from Waves Audio, the world-leading developer of digital signal processing ...
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Britannia Row at the Brit Awards
Instantly memorable and clearly identifiable as emphatically live for reasons best forgotten, this year's Brit Awards proved the best yet for audio providers Britannia Row Productions Ltd (Britrow). "Every year we reflect on ...
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Telefunken Returns to SXSW Gear Expo and Concert Venues
Telefunken Elektroakustik showed its newest microphone, the M60 FET, along with the company's entire line of microphones at Gear Expo, Hall during South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.
Telefunken partnered with The ...
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Behind the Scenes Counts on Roscolux #359
At the USITT Conference and Stage Expo, Rosco Laboratories presented its seventh annual royalty check from the sales of Roscolux #359 Medium Violet to Behind the Scenes, the charity that assists entertainment ...
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Elation Professional to Feature Product Lineup at Prolight + Sound 2015
Elation Professional reports that it has never headed to a trade show with such a complete lineup of professional lighting and video products as it has for this year's Prolight + Sound show, April 15-18 in Frankfurt. The company ...
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d&b audiotechnik to Launch New Products at Prolight + Sound 2015
d&b audiotechnik will launch two new products and a significant software update at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, April 15 - 18.. The new products include the D20, the latest addition to the company's four-channel amplifier family ...
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Vectorworks to Host Customer Appreciation Party at Philadelphia Museum of Art
The iconic "Rocky steps" will lead attendees of the Vectorworks design summit to a customer appreciation party at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on April 28 Hosted by global design software developer Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., ...
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US Lighting Companies Take On Avolites Quartz Console
Group One Ltd., the US distributor for Avolites, reports that the manufacturer's ultra-compact new Quartz lighting console is fast being adopted by numerous lighting services companies.
In the short time since its official ...
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Mountain Productions Hosts 30th Annual CM Hoist School
With an enrollment of 60 students representing over 30 production companies, theatres, and universities, Mountain Productions hosted its 30th annual CM hoist school March 9 - 13. The event featured hands-on seminars in hoist ...
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Riverview Systems Group Adds Shure Axient Wireless to Inventory
Northern California-based audio-visual rental and staging company Riverview Systems Group, Inc., a leading Northern California based audio-visual rental and staging company, s now the exclusive Bay Area provider of Shure Axient
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Allen & Heath at SXSW
Allen & Heath reports that its consoles were the foundation of the entire sound reinforcement and sound streaming systems from the British Music Embassy venue at Latitude 30, the home of British music at SXSW. ...
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WorxAudio Loudspeakers Deployed At The Citadel
Established in 1842, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina is a state-supported, comprehensive college and is one of the six senior military colleges in the United States. More than 3,400 men and women are enrolled ...
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Robe BMFLs at 2015 Metro FM Awards
The 2015 Metro FM Awards, held in Durban, South Africa featured a lighting rig with Robe BMFL Spots along with nearly 150 Robe moving lights, at the Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre. ...
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Clay Paky Lights Stromboli
Often hailed as the 'Czech Pink Floyd', progressive rock legends Stromboli have played a special one-off sold out show at Prague's O2 Arena to celebrate their 30th anniversary, with lighting and set designer Radek Havlícek ...
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FreedomHouse Church Finds Many Uses for Zen Studio from Antelope Audio
In 2008, La Habra, California-based FreedomHouse Church began with seven people. Six years later, the church's congregation has grown to just under 1,000 - mostly under 30 years old and reflecting nearly every ethnicity and ...
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4Wall New York Celebrates 10 Years of Lighting Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre
For the last ten of those years, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre has turned to 4Wall New York for the lighting equipment. Longtime Ailey lighting director Al Crawford, of Arc3Design, was initially contacted by Al Ridella< ...
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Harbinger Announces LP9800 Powered Mixer
Harbinger introduces the LP9800 14-channel powered mixer, the newest model in the company's LvL Series.
Designed for rehearsal spaces, gigs, and jam sessions, the LP9800 provides 800W of clean, high-headroom ...
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2015 ETC LDI Student Sponsorship Application Now Available
ETC is now officially accepting applications for its 2015 LDI Student Sponsorship. Sponsorship recipients will be awarded an all-expense-paid trip to the LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 23 through 25. Graduate ...
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Waves Audio Now Shipping the Butch Vig Vocals Plugin
Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing solutions, is now shipping the Butch Vig Vocals plugin, part of the Waves Signature Series. One of the defining elements of the "Butch Vig Sound" is Vig's unique vocal stamp. The ...
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Meyer Sound Expands Asian Team with John Zhang and Tim Boot
To accelerate the expansion of its Asia-Pacific presence, Meyer Sound has announced two new hires: John Zhang as sales manager, China and Korea, and Tim Boot as business development manager, Asia-Pacific. ...
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Robe Puts On Its Colors for You Me At Six
UK rockers You Me At Six celebrated the conclusion of their 2014 Cavalier Youth album campaign with a UK arena double-headliner with US pop punk band All Time Low, bringing an interesting fusion of genres and uniting ...
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Medialon Systems Control Verizon Retail Stores
Verizon Wireless is turning up the wow factor in stores and malls around the United States, from their two-story flagship store in Chicago to the Mall of America in Minneapolis, to Houston, Santa Monica, and Boston. ...
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Fulcrum Speakers Provide Controlled Audio at New Tim Hortons Field
When the Ontario region surrounding Toronto -- often called the Golden Horseshoe -- was named as host of the 2015 Pan American Games, the entire region began preparations. To host soccer games, a new facility, Tim Hortons Field, was ...
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Five New Vista Spyders Give University of Phoenix Stadium 4K Capabilities and Enhanced Functionality
In an initiative spearheaded by the Arizona Sports & Tourism Authority, University of Phoenix Stadium has greatly expanded its roster of Vista Systems Spyder image processors with the addition of five more units. The stadium, ...
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Lighting Effects and Ice: Clay Paky and MA Lighting at the Wiener Eistraum
Vienna has hosted the Wiener Eistraum (Vienna Ice Dream) every year since 1996. This huge mobile ice rink measures over 75,300 sq. ft. It is assembled in Rathausplatz, the square in front of the town hall. Nearly 250 miles of pipes ...
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ATK Audiotek and Harman's JBL Professional VerTec Line Arrays Shine at the 87th Academy Awards
The 87th Academy Awards took place on Sunday, February 22, once again being held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. While it marked the first year with Neil Patrick Harris as the host, it was yet another year of
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Mariners Church Upgrades to SSL Live
Mariners Church recently upgraded its sound system with a pair of SSL Live. L500 consoles for their 3,400-seat, 81,000-sq. ft. worship center. Nestled on a scenic hilltop next to the Newport Coast, Mariners Church features ...
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Arizona Opera Moves Forward with Chauvet Professional
When you're a lighting professional you don't go to the opera only to enjoy the soaring music and beautiful set designs, you also can't help but cast an analytical eye on the lighting rig. Peter Nolle, technical director of the ...
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Walt Disney Concert Hall At The Music Center Upgrades Audio System With DiGiCo Desks
The Music Center in downtown Los Angeles has upgraded its front of house and monitor mixing consoles at Walt Disney Concert Hall to a fiber-networked DiGiCo digital audio system as the complex celebrates its 50th ...
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Electrosonic Provides AV Design and Installation Support for New Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Winnipeg's new Canadian Museum for Human Rights explores the universal concept of human rights with a special emphasis on Canada. Electrosonic was contracted to do the audio-visual design of the museum's eleven galleries, and ...
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Eilon RSM Load Monitoring Removes Guesswork at Unproven Hungarian Venue
In December 2014, a unique theatre production took place in Budapest, Hungary, that proved special for several reasons. First, the production, Game Maker, a modern-day action tale for children and adults about fairytale characters ...
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Theatre in Review: On the Twentieth Century (Roundabout Theatre Company/American Airlines Theatre)
All aboard at the Roundabout: The Twentieth Century Limited is once again leaving the station, booked with a full complement of chiselers, con artists, monomaniacs, and other forms of show folk. Inside a gleaming art deco train racing from ...
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Avolites to Reveal the Full Feature Set of Titan V9 at Prolight + Sound
Avolites is powering up its latest consoles, dimmers, and media servers for the company's presence at Prolight + Sound Frankfurt, on stand D40, Level 0, Hall 11.
On stand, visitors can experience the capabilities of ...
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Prague Quadrennial 2015 Announces International Jury Members
The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space has a long tradition of competitive exhibition sections judged by professional international jury. PQ is honored to announce that this year's jury is composed of directors Kir ...
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Prolight + Sound Conference Program for 2015 Published
Prolight + Sound, international trade show for events, installation and production, has published full details of the conference program for 2015 on its website. With over 50 lectures within the framework of the Prolight + Sound ...
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ADJ Zipper Gives Your Party More Zip
ADJ announces its new Zipper, a four-in-one barrel mirror scanner that combines four separate barrels and four different-colored 8W LEDs. The product lets users generate beam effects that fill the room and cover the dance-floor. ...
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Audio-Technica Now Shipping System 10 PRO Rack-Mount Digital Wireless System
Audio-Technica is now shipping its new System 10 PRO rack-mount digital wireless system, the latest addition to the range of A-T System 10 wireless solutions. Like all System 10 models, the System 10 PRO rack-mount operates in the 2 ...
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Waves Announces DiGiGrid US Tour
Waves Audio will be hosting a series of events around the US featuring and demonstrating DiGiGrid, the line of advanced audio interfaces. DiGiGrid was developed by Waves together with DiGiCo. The first event will take place at Silent Sound ...
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Barco Signs Ingram Micro to Expand Distribution Network of Business Projectors and Collaboration Solutions
Barco is now offering its Present-P and Present-C Series business projectors along with ClickShare through a US distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc.. The new agreement was formed to expand Barco's reach in the United ...
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Rockustics Introduces the XT-PowerRock
SoundTube's sister company Rockustics announces the availability of the XT-PowerRock, a two-way rock speaker. Featuring a compression driver for high-frequency dispersion, 93dB sensitivity, and high power handling, the XT ...
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Mountain Productions Launches the MTN BOX
Mountain Productions' MTN BOX road case design is an alternative to standard ATA cases with a combination of durability and versatility. The proprietary nylon polymer construction of will not degrade over time, the company says. The ...
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Middle Atlantic Introduces New Looks for Lecterns
Middle Atlantic Products is expanding its L5 Series Lectern offering with new styles, wood finishes and options that reflect the latest design trends. The Lectern enhancement follows the company's recent Credenza redesign intended ...
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Roland Corporation US Announces New Personnel Appointments
Roland Corporation US announces three new personnel appointments that align with the company's current strategic business plan. The announcement was made by Jay Wanamaker, president and CEO of Roland Corporation US. ...
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Listen Technologies to Participate in Almo Professional A/V's "Fully Charged" E4 AV Events
Listen Technologies Corporation, manufacturer and supplier of assistive listening products for over 16 years, has teamed with Almo Professional A/V to give resellers, integrators, and consultants the opportunity to "charge up" ...
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L & P Service Invests in Robe Quality
L & P Service is a new technical services, production, and rental company based in Mexico City which has recently invested in Robe moving lights.
It was founded in 2013 and is headed by Mariano Alfaya who is also a lighting ...
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Adamson to Launch New S-Series Line Array Family
Adamson Systems Engineering will introduce the S-Series at Prolight + Sound from April 15 - 18 in Frankfurt, Germany. The new sub-compact line array system consists of the S10 line array enclosure, S119 subwoofer, Blueprint ...
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d3 Technologies to Demo Video Format Conversion Output Cards at Prolight + Sound 2015
d3 Technologies will unveil the first Video Format Conversion (VFC) quad DVI output card, the company says, at the Prolight + Sound exhibition 2015, April 15 - 18. d3 Technologies will exhibit at Booth C35, Hall 9 at Messe ...
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Harman's Martin Professional Announces RUSH PAR 2 CT Zoom Lighting Fixture Is Now Shipping
Harman's Martin Professional announces the new RUSH PAR 2 CT Zoom lighting fixture is now shipping. Introduced at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2015 in Amsterdam, the RUSH PAR 2 CT Zoom is a single-lens LED PAR Can with fully pre ...
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Kinetic Lighting Hosts Industry's Annual Must-Visit Open House Event
Kinetic Lighting will be hosting its annual open house on March 26 from 1pm to 8pm. This event is a technology showcase and mixer for creative and technical, and professionals in the live-event industry. ...
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44 Designs Chooses PixelFLEX FLEXLite LED Tiles as Part of Expanding Video Inventory
Concert and video production and design house 44 Designs purchased 32 6.9mm PixelFLEX FLEXLite LED video panels as an addition to their video inventory.
A long-term relationship with PixelFLEX production partner Elite ...
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Elation Set to Energize Night Venues at Nightclub & Bar 2015
Perhaps no other trade show combines business with pleasure like Nightclub & Bar. Held at the Las Vegas Convention Center March 31 - April 1, what other trade show can attract the likes of Sammy Hagar, Avicii and Tie ...
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Community Welcomes Highway Marketing as Sales Representative
Community Professional announces Highway Marketing as its new sales representative. Highway Marketing is a professional manufacturers' representative firm with a 20-year history of supporting the installed sound and video ...
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Winner of Philips Strand Lighting Competition is Revealed
The winner of the Philips Strand Lighting upcycling competition has been announced. Paul Nulty Lighting Design (PNLD) scooped the prize for team effort "Anamorphosis," which saw the colleagues turn a vintage Patt 23 theatre ...
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Listen Technologies Partners with The Bakery Consultants to Bolster Sales and Support
Listen Technologies Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of assistive listening products for over 16 years, has appointed France-based firm The Bakery Consultants to help guide sales and support initiatives in ...
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Advanced Broadcast Solutions -- Asia Welcomes Jason Sibal as Engineering Manager
Professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions -- Asia has hired Jason Sibal as engineering manager, effective March 16. He will prepare engineering proposals and designs, lead build and ...
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Hasbro and Illumination Production Services Choose 4Wall for Seventh Consecutive Year
For toy manufacturers around the world, the annual Toyfair convention in NYC is the kick-off to the year. It's the place where new toys are seen by the public for the first time, with buyers and distributors getting a first look at ...
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Glee and ETC: A High School Romance
On Stage 16 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, it feels like the last day of school. After six seasons on network TV, Glee is ending and the seniors of McKinley High School are cleaning out their lockers and moving on. They ...
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Meyer Sound Constellation Makes Big Splash at SoundBox, San Francisco Symphony's Bold New Music Venue
At SoundBox, the Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system plays a keystone element in the San Francisco Symphony's radical new strategy for attracting younger audiences to diverse live music. The brainchild of ...
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The Troubadour Sings With L-Acoustics
Belying its modest exterior, The Troubadour has featured prominently in the entertainment history of Los Angeles almost since the day it was opened in 1957 by the late Doug Weston. Showing no signs of slowing down after ...
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Firehouse Productions Employs JBL VTX Line Arrays and Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers at NBA All-Star Weekend
Madison Square Garden in New York City and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn recently hosted the NBA All-Star Weekend, a celebration of the most talented professional basketball players in the world. To match the talent on the court, < ...
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Ashly's NX-Series Amps Enhance the Ambiance of NYC's new Adoro Lei Pizzeria
The recently opened Adoro Lei is a sophisticated lounge, restaurant, and pizzeria in the SoHo neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. NYC foodies will recognize its veteran owners and chef, who have gone to great lengths to ...
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Theatre in Review: Lonesome Traveler (59E59)
Lonesome Traveler offers a bountiful examination of folk music in its years of mainstream popularity, beginning in the late 1920s, when folklorists began recording and preserving the music of Appalachian Mountain dwellers, through ...
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Gene O'Donovan to Receive Fourth Annual "Backstage Legends and Masters" Award
One of Broadway's most respected and successful theatre technicians will take center stage on Monday, April 20, 2015, at 7:00pm, as the Broadway Technical Theatre History Project at Purchase College - SUNY honors Gene O'Donovan. ...
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Morpheus Lights and Ayrton LED Luminaires Head to USITT 2015
Morpheus Lights, exclusive US distributor of Ayrton LED products, will exhibit at USITT 2015 Conference & Stage Expo at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 19 - 21 In booth 2013. ...
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Judges Announced for the 2015 Rose Brand/USITT Action Design Competition at the USITT Expo
The fourth Rose Brand/USITT Action Design Competition at the USITT Conference & Stage Expo is only a few days away. Student designers from around the country will work to create the best scenic environment possible given ...
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SGM Launches New Intelligent Rail Lights
With the introduction of the innovative R-2 LED rail light series, SGM has changed rail lights, as they are known today.
The new lighting concept gives the user full control and offers a unique and personal experience -- whether ...
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High End Systems Announces Two Year Warranty on New LED Products
To further highlight product confidence and improve customer support, Austin, Texas-based automated lighting manufacturer High End Systems announces that all new LED products shipping from the company will include a two-year factory ...
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Prolight + Sound Conference Program for 2015 Published
Prolight + Sound, the international trade fair for events, installation, and production, has published full details of the conference program for 2015 on its website. With over 50 lectures within the framework of the Prolight + ...
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Ryan Mauer Joins Full Compass as National Sales Manager
Full Compass Systems has selected Ryan Mauer as its new sales manager to head up its national sales division. Mauer brings a wide range of sales leadership and recruitment experience to the Full Compass sales team. ...
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Prolyte Launches Locator App 2.0
For the entertainment technician that just dropped that indispensable piece of trussing or staging equipment which is now damaged beyond repair, or the crew that just realized they forgot to pack that one crucial piece -- but the show is ...
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LMG Completes Yearlong Charitable Campaign, "30-in-30"
LMG, a national provider of video, audio, and lighting, recently concluded a yearlong charitable campaign called "30-in-30." To celebrate 30 years of business last March, LMG committed to support 30 causes through donations and ...
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Montreal's Super Cool Igloofest 2015 is Hot for Clay Paky Fixtures and grandMA2 Lighting Control
It's been called Montreal's Ultimate Outdoor Winter Rave. Igloofest recently returned to town for the ninth edition of the popular electronic music festival, a cool way to hear the hottest tracks on four three-day weekends from January 16 ...
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Professional Wireless Systems Provides Frequency Management at Latin Music Award Show Premio Lo Nuestro
When Univision presented its 27th annual star-studded spectacular, Premio Lo Nuestro, at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) was on-hand to deliver its expert frequency management ...
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Bose RoomMatch Loudspeaker System Installed in Seminole State College of Florida's Performing Arts Center
The Fine Arts Theater at Seminole State College of Florida's Sanford/Lake Mary campus isn't huge -- the performing arts center holds 160 on a raked seating array -- but it's the centerpiece of the school's respected theater and music ...
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Squeek Lights "Goes Rogue" with Chauvet Professional on Silverstein Tour
With over a million albums sold, Canadian post-hardcore group Silverstein has defied expectations as well as easy categorizations. Moving seamlessly from reflective emo tunes to pop punk power chords, these young artists are bent on ...
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Theatre in Review: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Paper Mill Playhouse)
Two red-hot lead performances and a roof-rattling score are the marquee items of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a thundering musical melodrama drawn from Victor Hugo's novel. Michael Arden, usually cast in more ...
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Theatre in Review: Placebo (Playwrights Horizons)
The title of Melissa James Gibson's play refers to a trial for Resurgo, a new pill designed to promote female sexual desire. It is not, we are told, a distaff version of Viagra, which is only about "penile mechanics;" Resurgo "aims ...
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The Essence of Lighting Control: dot2 Range Introduced
MA Lighting is known for its approach towards professional lighting control and enjoys a reputation for quality and reliability. Now MA presents a new compact range of lighting control solutions -- the dot2. A.C.T Lighting is ...
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Pete Borchetta Joins Altman Lighting
Altman Lighting announces that Pete Borchetta has joined the Altman team in the role of product manager. Borchetta will oversee the development of new products including new LED offerings and custom fixtures from the Altman ...
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CORE Lighting Focuses on the US
Wireless LED lighting manufacturer CORE Lighting enjoyed a busy PLASA Focus in Orlando last month and has already committed to the Kansas City exhibition in May.
This was in fact CORE's second PLASA Focus event -- their ...
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Record-Breaking USITT 2015 Show Adds New Attractions
USITT's 55th annual Conference & Stage Expo in Cincinnati next week is already its biggest ever, and the United States Institute for Theatre Technology is still announcing added attractions to USITT 2015. ...
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San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Winners Announced
The winners of The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle were announced March 9 at the Victoria Theatre. Journey's End and Water by the Spoonful took home two design category awards each (both in lighting and ...
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DPA Microphones Focuses on Knowledge at Prolight + Sound 2015
Musicians and sound engineers searching for the ultimate in sound quality are sure to find their perfect microphone on the DPA Microphones booth (Hall 8, stand B70) at Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt, April 15 - 18. ...
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Renkus-Heinz Appoints GP Marketing
Renkus-Heinz has announced the appointment of GP Marketing as the company's new representatives for the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Based in Redmond, Washington, GP Marketing was founded by industry veteran Gary ...
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Hi Tech Audio Presents d&b audiotechnik at sound:check Xpo 2015 in Mexico City
Hi Tech Audio is exhibiting at sound:check Xpo and representing d&b audiotechnik in room "Salon Tarasco" when the show returns to Mexico City April 26 - 28.
Hi Tech Audio sales director, Fernando Roch says: "W ...
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Robe Unites with Usher and Blake Shelton
Usher and Blake Shelton -- two of the world's biggest music stars -- united the genres of R&B and country respectively in front of 35,000 people for a unique double-headline concert at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas. The concert was part of ...
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Bacchanalia, Beads, and LEDs -- ENTTEC Products and ProLumin Lighting Bring the Party into the 21st Century
The Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans is known for revealing ... almost everything. For this year's festivities, something more unconventional was revealed: new technology on two of the floats, courtesy of the design talents of Ryan ...
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Boston Pops Change Seasons with 4Wall New York
For more than 130 years, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its well-known alter-ego, the Boston Pops, have entertained generations of music lovers in locations all around the world.
Inside their Boston home though, the historic Symphony ...
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GLP X4 S Adds Versatility to Top NBC Television Talk Shows
TV Lighting director, Kathleen Dobbins, has been involved with the popular NBC talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers since its launch in February 2014, working alongside lighting designer, Rick McGuinness and show ...
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New Hippotizer V4 on 87th Academy Awards
For the seventh year running, Hippotizer by Green Hippo was again the media server of choice at this year's Academy Awards, broadcast from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on February 22. This year however, marked a major step ...
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Clay Paky Drives Amazing Looks on BMW X6 Launch
Clay Paky Sharpys have lit the Serbian launch of BMW's latest model in the X-series, the X6. Taking place at the prestigious Crowne Plaza Hotel in the capital's business district, the exciting event was technically produced by award ...
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Theatre in Review: The Liquid Plain (Signature Theatre Company)
In The Liquid Plain, Naomi Wallace has constructed a tale of in which the repercussions of crimes caused by slavery are felt across several decades. The narrative includes incidents of rape, escape on the high seas, ...
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Elation Launches Multi-Color and Warm White Ellipsoidal Spots
Elation Professionalannounces two new ellipsoidal spot fixtures with the superior quality of light required for broadcast and theatre environments, the multi-color Colour 5 Profile and the warm-white WW Profile. ...
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ADJ Inno Pocket Fusion Combines LED and Laser for Mobile Friendly Effects
Making another addition to its Inno Pocket range of compact, affordable LED effects, ADJ has released the Inno Pocket Fusion -- a dual-effect, barrel-mirrored scanner that infuses LED beams with intense laser effects to create ...
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Harman's Studer Announces Major New Features for Vista Consoles
Harman's Studer announces the release of significant new features for the Vista X, Vista V, Vista 1, and Vista 5 M3 digital consoles. This new software update includes the ability to assign strip setups as CUE events; support of the ...
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Martin Audio Produces Coffee Table Book
Martin Audio has just released details of a new book, The Martin Audio Experience, which the company says is destined to grace the discerning coffee tables of the industry. A glossy hardback book featuring nearly 150 ...
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"Lights! Sound! Curtains up!" at Stage|Set|Scenery 2015
On June 9, 2015 Stage|Set|Scenery will be opening its doors. The international trade fair and the international conference for event technology gathers exhibitors and trade visitors who are important for a successful production: ...
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FSR's Digital Ribbon Cable Family Armors Up
FSR, a manufacturer of a wide variety of products for the audio/video, education, hospitality, government, and religious markets, continues to improve on its award-winning Digital Ribbon (DR) cable family by adding multiple Aramid ...
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NSCA Forms Member Advisory Council to Help Integrators Address Challenges
NSCA announces the formation of its Member Advisory Council, a group of professionals from within the systems integration industry who can share insights and best practices with NSCA members based upon their real-life experiences ...
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Charcoalblue's Inspired New Seating Is Just the Ticket as The Hard Problem Opens at the Dorfman
The National Theatre's newly transformed Dorfman Theatre opened for the first time in its seated format last month with Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem. More seats than ever before are available for the show, following the ...
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Lighthouse Continues Robe Investment
Lighthouse a prolific lighting and production design company in Dubai, is headed by Terry Miranda and his brother Steve. Lighthouse is busy continuously through the thriving events season in the UAE, and also works in ...
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Clay Paky with the Artists of Afrikaans in Groot
Within just six hours of ticket sales opening, the Pretoria leg of Afrikaans is Groot was sold out. Just goes to show how Groot Afrikaans is! The Cape Town leg followed suite with its three performances selling out by the end of ...
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4Wall LA Teams with Najafi Design Group for "Night on Broadway"
In the late 1930s the Broadway Theater District was known as the toast of Hollywood. The six block stretch, including 12 movie theaters boasting a combined seating capacity of over 15,000, was the hub of Los Angeles's entertainment scene. ...
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Theatre in Review: C.O.A.L. (Confessions of a Liar) (59E59)
Today's math problem involves fractions: C.O.A.L. is a one-person show for four actors: Explain.
It's pretty simple, even to those who, like me, are numbers-challenged: C.O.A.L. has one narrator, but the text is ...
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Vue Audiotechnik Appoints Global Market Management to Provide APAC Sales and Support
VUE Audiotechnik announces the appointment of Global Market Management as its APAC sales representative. The company's CEO Bardy Hayes will oversee new sales opportunities from Global Market's California office, while ...
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Loud Technologies Announces Two New Sales Directors
Loud Technologies announces the appointment of Sean Humphries to the position of sales director, APAC Region, and Craig Lewis to the position of sales director, US national accounts.
Lewis comes to Loud after more ...
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XL Video Announces German Perl Appointment in the US
XL Video US announces the addition of German Perl as technical director media application and projection. After 10 years with XL Video in Dusseldorf, the company says Perl joins the US operation to position the subsidiary for ...
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d3 Technologies Welcomes Lakeshore Audiovisual as Rental Partner
Lakeshore Audiovisual (LSAV) is the newest member of d3 Technologies' global network of rental partners. Headquartered in Chicago, LSAV is an audiovisual and staging company for live events. In addition to its Chicago home ...
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Audio-Technica Now Shipping ATH-M50xDG Professional Monitor Headphones Limited-Edition Dark Green Model
Audio-Technica, a manufacturer of transducer technology for over 50 years, is now shipping the ATH-M50xDG Professional Monitor Headphones, a limited-edition dark green iteration of Audio-Technica's popular ATH-M50x and part of the ...
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Sonalyst BMFLs Dance on Strictly Live Tour
Sonalyst became the latest UK technical production and rental specialist to invest in Robe's new BMFL Spots which were specified by lighting designer Richard G. Jones for the latest Strictly Live arena tour ...
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Elation LED Lighting Package Adds Dynamic Flair to HopCat Brewpub in Detroit
One of the Midwest's most popular brewpubs, HopCat, opened its sixth establishment in December, this one in the mid-town section of Detroit. Fantasee Lighting (www.fantaseelighting.com) of Belleville, Michigan, was called on to add ...
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The Sky Is the Limit for Clay Paky on "Airport"-Themed Party
Technical producer Central Presentations Limited (CPL) has collaborated with event producer Bright to throw a spectacular airport-themed, fancy dress party for the 1,200 guests of a leading technology brand. CPL lighting ...
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Daktronics and Harman Professional Provide Audio Horsepower to Troy University Football Stadium
Systems integration firm Daktronics recently upgraded the audio system at Veterans Memorial Stadium, home to the Troy University Trojans football team in Troy, Alabama. Part of an $18 million renovation, the new system features ...
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Martin Professional Contributes to Harvest America Event's Success
Among the many forms of technology Harvest's Pastor Greg Laurie uses to bring his Harvest America events to millions of people across the US is lighting provided by Harman's Martin Professional. In fact, during last year's event, ...
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Symetrix SymNet Radius DSP Boosts Reliability, Flexibility at Florida International University Stadium
As the biggest university in Southern Florida and one of the top ten largest in the US, Florida International University places a premium on maintaining technological standards at its various facilities. The 21,000-seat FIU Stadium for ...
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LEGOtastic Martin Audio -- "Everything Is Awesome"
Martin Audio has released images of their Glastonbury Festival LEGO model featuring MLA that will be on display at Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt at their stand F60 in Hall 8.0, April 15 - 18. ...
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Acclaim Lighting Increases Presence in the Middle East with Lumasense Agreement
Acclaim Lighting, a manufacturer of architectural and entertainment lighting technology, announces that it has signed an agreement with Lumasense, a master lighting distributor headquartered in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. ...
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Precision Planting Upgrades Their Mobile Planter Technology Institute with PixelFLEX FLEXTile LED Screens
Agricultural technology manufacturer and educator Precision Planting updated the user experience for their unique Planter Technology Institute, a mobile educational and promotional 53' trailer that travels to growers nationwide, with the ...
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Studio Gear Partners with High End Systems to Launch Hog Factor at USITT
Studio Gear, a platinum High End Systems partner based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will be exhibiting at the USITT Conference & Stage Expo in Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 18 - 21. Products on display from High End Systems ...
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Harman's Martin Professional Launches New Lighting Products at Prolight + Sound 2015
Harman's Martin Professional will be exhibiting in hall 9, stand A93 at Prolight + Sound 2015, taking place April 15 - 18 at Messe, Frankfurt. On display and available for in-person demonstrations will be a comprehensive ...
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Mackie Updates My Fader App for Pocketable Control over DL Series Digital Mixers
Mackie announces a major update to the My Fader control app, which delivers powerful, pocketable control over Mackie DL32R, DL1608, and DL806 digital mixers. Designed for iPhone and iPod touch, My Fader v3.0 is ideal for on-stage ...
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Full Compass Announces Michelle Grabel-Komar as Vice President of Sales
Full Compass Systems announces Michelle Grabel-Komar has accepted the leadership role of vice president of sales, and will be overseeing the company's vertical sales channels. Grabel-Komar will take advantage of her years of ...
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Bandit World Headquarters Grows with New Hire and Promotion
Bandit Lites' family continues to grow with the recent hire of Brad Hylton as warehouse manager and the promotion of longtime Bandit employee, Giff Swart, to general manager.
Hylton has been immersed in the world of ...
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SSL Appoints Set Square to Lead Live Console Sales in UAE
Solid State Logic announces the appointment of Set Square as its Live console partner in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The company, owned and operated by Dave Lee, who has worked in the Dubai live industry for over ...
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Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort Bets On Martin Audio
In addition to a complete selection of pit and table games, slot machines, restaurants, spa, pool, and other amenities, the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort boasts the sixth largest concert auditorium in Michigan. ...
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Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Beam Celebrates Sound Factory
From its unique fixed color wheel with 14 slots plus white to its variable speed scrolling, the Rogue R1 Beam has a variety of special features. Lighting designer Dougie Lazer needed every last one of these capabilities recently ...
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Nashville's The Sutler Saloon Installs Bose RoomMatch System
The Sutler, opened in 1976 by former country music DJ Johnny Potts, has a special place in Nashville's history, having hosted performances by such luminaries as Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Steve Earle, Don Everly, Garth Brooks, and ...
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Faith Fellowship Worships with Community
Faith Fellowship Church of Wirtz, Virginia, has celebrated worship services in its unique "stressed membrane structure" since 1999 but the facility's dated audio system had always suffered from poor audio quality and uneven coverage. ...
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Dr. John Strikes a Chord with DPA Microphones
Following suit with many other legendary jazz musicians, Dr. John now uses a stereo pair of DPA Microphones' d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones for Piano for his grand piano. Whether he's performing with the Night Trippers, ...
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Clay Paky Is "The One" for Robbie Williams
Pop legend Robbie Williams has recently completed his Swings Both Ways European tour, which saw lighting designer Mark Cunniffe create a fun and extravagant Vegas-style show, employing an array of Clay Paky Sharpy Wash ...
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Theatre in Review: Josephine and I (The Public Theater/Joe's Pub)
Cush Jumbo, we hardly knew you. The British actress made a perfectly solid Broadway debut a couple of months ago in Jez Butterworth's puzzle play The River. But clearly that studiedly enigmatic work didn't make use of even ...
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Theatre in Review: Long Story Short (Prospect Theater Company)
A short piece about a long marriage, Long Story Short offers one set, two people, and 50 years of events. As Charles, the hero, sings, "Don't you wish we could skip the in-between stuff/All the boring everyday routine ...
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Brad Schiller Joins Martin Professional as Business Development Manager of Rental and Touring in US
Harman's Martin Professional announces the appointment of Brad Schiller as business development manager of rental and touring for the United States. Schiller will be based in Austin, Texas and will report to Grif Palmer ...
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Renkus-Heinz to Participate in the LSI Loudspeaker Demo at USITT
Renkus-Heinz, a manufacturer of steerable sound, will be demonstrating the latest in digitally steered beam technology at the LSI Loudspeaker Demo, a part of the upcoming 2015 USITT Annual Conference and Stage Show, ...
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Chauvet Professional's Compact COLORdash Accent Quad Creates RGBA Washes in Tight Spaces
Chauvet Professional's COLORdash Accent Quad is a solution when big, bold color is needed in small, cramped spaces. A mini RGBA par-style wash fixture, the COLORdash Accent Quad is about as big as the palm of your hand delivering ...
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Rose Brand Introduces the GaffGun Along with Big Savings on Gaffer's Tape
Rose Brand Inc. introduces its newest product -- the GaffGun. For a limited time, Rose Brand is offering the GaffGun Package, and the company says purchasers will receive up to $93 in savings on a case of tape. ...
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Waves Tracks Live Now Shipping
Waves Audio announces the availability of Waves Tracks Live, a multitrack recording software solution created with and for live sound engineers and designed to capture live performances of any kind, from the smallest gig to the ...
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LeMaitre to Launch New Products at Prolight + Sound
Le Maitre's range of VS - "virtually smokeless" pyrotechnics is continuing to expand and the company says it is receiving "excellent feedback from the market" and following up with increasing orders. At Prolight + Sound in ...
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Blizzard Lighting Names Intellimix Exclusive Distributor in Canada
Blizzard Lighting LLC announces Intellimix/AVL Media Group as its exclusive distributor for all of Blizzard Lighting products in Canada. Intellimix covers all 13 of Canada's provinces and territories, serving all users in the ...
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JR Lighting Design Adds Director of Operations
Kevin Rosenhagen has joined JR Lighting Design, Inc. full-time as director of operations. He comes to the growing Chicago, Illinois-based lighting production, integration, and sales company with over a decade of experience in ...
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The Producers Group Announce Hiring Brian Paiva as VP Business Development
Bob Chambers and Edward Marks, co-CEOs and executive producers of The Producers Group LLC (TPG), a company specializing in destination attraction development, announced hiring Brian Paiva as vice president, ...
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Robe BMFLs for Massive Pavilion 2 Expo Hall Launch in Tel Aviv
You would expect an impressive and memorable show to accompany the launch of the newest and largest expo hall in the Middle East ... and that was exactly the brief received by lighting designer Eran Klein of Tel Aviv-based creative ...
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Anything Goes on Florida Georgia Line Tour as Clay Paky, MA Lighting, and MDG Hit the Road
Florida Georgia Line has begun their Anything Goes 2015 world tour, in support of their latest album, with a large complement of Clay Paky lighting fixtures, MA Lighting grandMA2 consoles, and MDG foggers and ...
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Theatre in Review: Fish in the Dark (Cort Theatre)
I feel the need to make a clarification. A couple of reviewers have expressed, with some disappointment, that, with Fish in the Dark, Larry David, a revered comedy pioneer thanks to Seinfeld and Curb Your ...
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Theatre in Review: The Mystery of Love and Sex (Lincoln Center Theater)
At any given moment, you may think you know the people who populate The Mystery of Love and Sex, but I assure you, you don't. The secrets in Bathsheba Doran's play drop as frequently as overripe fruit from a tree in ...
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M.L. Procise, of Clair Global is Dead at 62
Martin Luther ("ML") Procise III, legendary live engineer and executive director of touring for Clair Global, died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Dallas on March 5, 2015 at the age of 62. ...
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Olivier Awards Nominations Announced
The Olivier Awards nominations were announced March 9. The ceremony, honoring London theatre, will be held at the Royal Opera House on April 12. Memphis The Musical and Beautiful -- The Carole King Musical currently ...
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Harman's Martin Professional Kicks Off 2015 Annual Young Lighting Designer Contest
Harman's Martin Professional announces the kickoff of their annual Young Lighting Designer Contest that offers aspiring lighting designers from around the world a chance to have their work internationally recognized. The winner will ...
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Colour Chorus a New Series of High-Quality LED Battens from Elation Professional
Colour Chorus from Elation Professional is a new series of LED batten wash lights useful for floodlighting surfaces and stages in even dynamic washes of colored light. Available in 1' (0.3m), 2' (0.6m), 4' (1.2m), and 6' (1.8m) ...
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KM Productions Calls on Chauvet Professional to Deliver Punch and Power Smarts at Land Rover Event
Modernism Week is an annual Palm Springs, California event celebrating the architecture and lifestyle that characterized this SoCal enclave of the rich and famous back in the 1950s and 1960s. The sustainable mid-century architecture of ...
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Dan Hughley Joins Renkus-Heinz
Renkus-Heinz has again expanded their sales and marketing team with the appointment of Dan Hughley to the position of sales and marketing assistant.
Hughley joins Renkus-Heinz after several successful years at Manley Labs ...
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Robe for Garth Brooks Tour
Forty-eight of Robe's LEDWash 1200s are in action on the current Garth Brooks US tour, specified by the country megastar's longstanding lighting designer Dave Butzler, and purchased specially by rental house Bandit Lites
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Pete's Big TVs Provides LED Video Tiles for Nickelodeon Upfront
Video equipment rental company Pete's Big TVs recently provided the entire video production package including high resolution LED video tiles, playback, cameras, and recording for Nickelodeon's Upfront, an event produced for ...
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Elf Takes the Stage at Paper Mill with 4Wall New York
Paper Mill Playhouse recently turned to 4Wall New York for the lighting gear necessary to bring Elf -- a production based on the Will Ferrell movie of the same name -- to the stage this winter season. ...
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W-DMX and Griven Give the Sheraton Doha Hotel a New Look
W-DMX by Wireless Solution and lighting fixtures by Griven are now on display on one of Qatar's premier five-star hotels -- the Sheraton Doha Hotel & Resort. This hotel structure has been a landmark in Doha for more than 30 ...
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Theatre in Review: The Audience (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre)
It's fascinating to contemplate how many great actresses have enjoyed career highlights playing the queens of England. Helen Hayes made a signature role out of Victoria. Bette Davis, Glenda Jackson, and Cate Blanchett offered distinctly ...
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Theatre in Review: The Man of the Hour (Metropolitan Playhouse)
The people at the Metropolitan Playhouse -- a group that really knows how to dig them up -- has disinterred a 1906 work by the writer-producer George H. Broadhurst. A forgotten figure today, his name nevertheless adorns the ...
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ETC is Ready to Soar at USITT 2015
The latest ETC products will be on display at this year's USITT trade show, at booths 2112 and 2113, from March 19 - 21, at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Those interested in attending can get free admission ...
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USITT 2015 Elite Training May 28 - 30 in Las Vegas
USITT is accepting applications for its Elite Training weekend May 28 - 30 at the Cirque du Soleil Training Center in Las Vegas.
The program is open to a total of 40 participants -- eight each in the disciplines of sound, ...
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ADJ Introduces the 12P Hex with Enhanced Color Wash Effects
Building on the flexibility and power offered by the popular 5P Hex, ADJ has released the new 12P Hex -- an LED par fixture that is capable of similar spellbinding color washes and sleek up-lighting thanks to utilizing the same ...
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XL Video Invests in New d3 Pro Range
XL Video UK announces a large investment in d3 Technologies' pro range of media servers, adding 12 new units to its inventory.
With the addition of the new units to its existing fleet, the company says XL Video is now the ...
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Geoffrey Joyce Honored for ABTT Technical Theatre Training
ABTT training coordinator Geoffrey Joyce, who through his creation of the ABTT Bronze Award has been instrumental in forging the career paths of so many of today's working theatre technicians, was honored this week at the ...
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EarthLCD Introduces the Pi-Raq, an Open-Source Raspberry Pi-Based 1U Rack Mount Internet Appliance
EarthLCD.com, the provider of smart, touch LCDs, announced last year the introduction of the worlds' first 10" by 1" TFT LCD targeted at 1U rack mount internet appliances such as network analyzers, audio gear, video, audio ...
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Robe Lights Legendary Karel Gott
Karel Gott is the best known and most successful ever Czech singer. His incredible career spans over 50 years and has been highly innovative, spawning numerous international hits, selling millions of records, earning multiple awards plus ...
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Media Matrix Chooses Alcorn McBride for Exhibits at Choctaw Nation Museum and New River ACEC Nature Center
Media Matrix has completed two new museum installations with the support of audio and video equipment from Alcorn McBride. The company tapped Alcorn McBride's DVM8500 digital video machine for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma ...
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Masque Sound Helps Audiences Explore The Mystery of Love & Sex
When the curtain rose on The Mystery of Love & Sex at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, was on-hand to provide Daniel ...
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Chauvet Professional's Pixel Mapped Nexus 4 x 4 Panels Add Flash to Calibash
Ten of Latin music's most glittering stars were shining on the Staples Center Stage for Calibash recently, and a dozen Nexus 4 x 4 panels from Chauvet Professional were there to support them step by glittering step. Production ...
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Palm Beach Dramaworks Elevates Their Theatrical Performances with K-array
Palm Beach Dramaworks has been delivering high-quality theatrical content to an eager local audience since 2000. In 2011, as their productions grew in both scope and audience attendance, they decided to leave their original home for a ...
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Sight & Sound Theatres Adds Harman's Studer Vista X Digital Console
Sight & Sound Theatres, one of the world's most unique and successful Biblically-based theater companies, is dedicated to "Bringing the Bible to Life" with an ongoing series of immersive stage productions depicting Christian stories that ...
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Syncrolite Kicks off Grammy Awards with a Bang
It is only natural that when the world's biggest musical talents gather to honor their craft and creativity one of the world's brightest lights would be invited to the party. Syncrolite says it was proud to be part of the 57th ...
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Avolites Supplies Perfect Prescription for The Old Crow Medicine Show
It's been just over a year since Pulse Lighting of Raleigh, North Carolina invested in a Sapphire Touch, Avolite's flagship lighting control console, at the request of Mikey Cummings, a 20-year veteran of the lighting ...
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Leo Van Broeck and Adrian McGregor to Keynote Vectorworks Design Summit in Philadelphia
Designers who dream of transforming the world are invited to join a community of visionaries at the 2015 Vectorworks Design Summit on April 27 - 29 at the Sofitel Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event features breakout ...
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Alcons Expands Its USITT Presence on Multiple Stages
Alcons Audio is expanding its presence at the annual USITT Conference and Stage Expo in Cincinnati, Ohio. As well as presenting its latest products, Alcons will be providing audio systems for a number of the show's events. ...
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Airstar Launches Dune, a Revolutionary Modular Inflatable Structure for the Event Industry
Airstar, a provider of lighting balloon technology and manufacturer of professional inflatable structures, announces that it had completed its range of temporary hospitality facilities with the launch of Dune by Airstar, an ...
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BroadWeigh Benefits from In-House Calibration Technology for Wireless Load Monitoring System
Mantracourt, the manufacturer of the BroadWeigh load monitoring system, has announced that it has developed and manufactured a dedicated in-house test and calibration machine to further ensure the accuracy and reliability of ...
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Registration Now Open for 138th Audio Engineering Society International Convention in Warsaw, Poland
Registration is open for the AES 138th International Convention, being held in Warsaw, Poland, May 7 - 10, 2015, at the Sofitel Victoria Hotel. Hosted by AES 138th Convention co-chairs Bozena Kostek and Umberto Zanghieri
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ARRI Enlarges Its LED L-Series with New L10 Fresnel
ARRI announces the L10, the newest edition to its L-Series family of LED Fresnels, which also includes the portable L5 and mid-range L7. The introduction of the L10 fulfills ARRI's mission to provide a full line of high-performance ...
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Roland Corporation US Appoints Clyne Media to Augment Public Relations and Editorial Efforts
Roland Corporation US announces the appointment of Nashville- and New York-based firm Clyne Media Inc. as agency of record to spearhead public relations and editorial initiatives, effective immediately. The announcement was ...
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American Music and Sound Announces New Hire Kristyn Fryrear as Social Media and Promotions Manager
American Music and Sound (AM&S), the independent US distributor of pro audio, musical instruments, and music creation products, announces the new hire of Kristyn Fryrear as the social media and promotions manager, effective ...
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Robe BMFLs on Call at CCI Awards
Gearhouse South Africa (GHSA)'s Ryan Dunbar became the latest South African lighting designer to be impressed with Robe's new BMFL fixtures after using the Bright Multi-Functional Luminaire at the 2015 CCI Call Centre ...
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The Miracle of Bern Picks its Winning Clay Paky Team
In the film The Miracle of Bern, director Sönke Wortmann tells the story of the unexpected German victory in the 1954 World Cup in Bern and, at the same time, focuses on the difficulties of a prisoner of war who returns home and ...
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Meyer Sound LEO and LYON Specified for Marc Anthony's North American Shows
At the request of front-of-house engineer Jose Rivera, a Meyer Sound LEO and LYON linear sound reinforcement system was deployed for Marc Anthony's recent mini tour. The shows -- which included 360-degree productions in New ...
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Creative Backstage Helps Design Birds Nest with Pixel Mapped Chauvet Professional EPIX 2.0 Fixtures
Scottsdale is some 260 miles from Las Vegas, but for four nights in early February, visitors to this Phoenix, Arizona suburb could have thought they were on the Vegas Strip; at least if they were among the 8,000 fans who turned out for The ...
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Radiant Church Beaming Over New L-Acoustics System
From its start in 1996 as a small independent plant by Grandville, Michigan's Resurrection Life Church, Radiant Church in the Richland suburb of Kalamazoo has steadily grown its membership to 3,500 members. Recently expanding its service ...
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Robe Announces New Expansion Plans for 2015
Robe Lighting announces 2014 as the best year in the company's history, together with comprehensive expansion plans for its headquarters and production operation in the Czech Republic, which is ramping up again in response to demand ...
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Mega-Lite Introduces the Drama Strip P840
Mega-Lite introduces the the Drama Strip P840, a multi-directional strip fixture with pixel control. The unit's innovative design and low profile makes it an effective footlight for illuminating performers. It features a removable ...
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2015 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards Announced
Tony Award-winning costume designer, Jess Goldstein (currently represented on Broadway with Jersey Boys and On the Town), and scenic designer Douglas W. Schmidt are among the 2015 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards ...
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Serapid to Participate in USITT 2015 Annual Conference and Stage Expo
Serapid, Inc., a supplier of stage motion technology, will be participating in the annual USITT Conference and Stage Expo to be held at Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 19 - 21, 2015. ...
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Event Manager for Lightware's UMX-TPS Family Makes its Debut
Lightware Visual Engineering has introduced Event Manager, a completely new feature of Lightware's UMX-TPS transmitter family, which helps integrate lighting, audio, and other systems without an additional control system. Event ...
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Adamson Goes Behind the Curtain with Front-of-House Engineers
Adamson Systems Engineering has debuted "Behind The Curtain" a series of video interviews with front-of-house engineers and production teams discussing the deployment and use of Adamson touring systems. ...
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Middle Atlantic Unveils Value-Priced, Feature-Rich UPS Series
In an effort to provide integrators with backup power protection for a broader range of project requirements, Middle Atlantic announces the Select Series UPS. This new collection of what the company calls value-priced UPS products ...
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Epson Extends Projector Market Leadership with Largest Industry Share Growth in North America
Epson America, Inc., announces that it continues to hold its leadership in the projector market, cementing its number one position in North America for 2014. According to PMA Research, the worldwide information experts on ...
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Videssence Launches their Newest LED Soft Light -- The Vidfill VF100
Videssence's new Vidfill is a 100W LED soft light that performs like quartz. The company says it has amazing color at 96+ CRI and is offered in 3,200K or 5,600K. The Vidfill delivers a large, smooth wash of soft, even, shadow-less ...
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Stardraw.com Receives More Accolades for Stardraw Design 7 at ISE 2015
ISE 2015, the largest ever European pro-AV show, has been universally hailed as a great success for both visitors and exhibitors alike. Design and documentation software providers, Stardraw.com were no exception, logging a ...
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Void Incubus Loudspeaker System Installed at The Church, Denver
Void Acoustics' US distributor, Audio Integration Services, has completed a substantial overhaul of the sound system at The Church, Denver, transforming the venue into an outstanding showcase for the UK-based professional ...
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Sergio Mendes and will.i.am have a (Governors) Ball with DPA Microphones
After the Academy Awards were collected and the lights dimmed on stage at the Dolby Theatre, the stars hit the streets of Los Angeles to find their favorite after parties. Among these, the legendary Governors Ball, held at the Ray Dolby ...
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Philips Entertainment Helps Renovate Centennial Covenant Church
First established in the 1980's, Centennial Covenant Church has continued to grow in the South suburbs of Denver and in 1997 they found their permanent home in Littleton, Colorado. Now 18 years later, the congregation found themselves in ...
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Theatre in Review: The World of Extreme Happiness (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage I)
Few plays this season begin in such blunt, slam-bang fashion as The World of Extreme Happiness. The lights come up on a tiny farmhouse in rural China where a woman is giving birth; she stands, clutching a window sill, crying ...
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Theatre in Review: The Nomad (Flea Theater)
Isabelle Eberhardt is the kind of character no fiction writer would dream up. The Swiss-born daughter of a Russian aristocrat and an Armenian anarchist, she began dressing as a boy at an early age; she also conceived a fascination ...
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USITT Accepting Applications for Board Mentorships
Young professionals and students interested in non-profit arts administration can gain valuable experience through USITT's Board Mentorship program.
USITT is accepting applications through April 28 for the third round of the ...
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Harman's Martin Professional Announces Availability of RUSH Gobo Projector 1
Harman's Martin Professional announces the availability of the RUSH Gobo Projector 1. The new member of the install-oriented RUSH family is now shipping.
The RUSH Gobo Projector 1 is ideal for permanent installation in club, bar, ...
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Epsilon Introduces the Galaxy
Epsilon announces the Galaxy LED luminaire. Using 18 high-powered LEDs through its six-angled lens design, the Galaxy by Epsilon projects bright and bold multicolored beams.
Built for professionals, yet great for small to medium ...
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Bandit Awarded Lighting Company of the Year
Industry leaders from around the world descended into Music City February 21 for the 26th annual Pollstar Awards, where Bandit Lites received its 22nd Lighting Company of the Year Award.
Hosted by comedian Ralphie May, the ...
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Artistic Licence Launches DALI-Over-Ethernet Protocol
Artistic Licence announces the launch of Art-Osc, an open-domain, free-of-charge protocol that enables the transport of DALI lighting control data over an Ethernet network.
The DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) ...
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D.A.S. Audio Appoints Robinson Business Development Manager - Installed Sound
D.A.S. Audio, a manufacturer of loudspeaker systems and related components for professional sound reinforcement, announces the appointment of Arthur "Loren" Robinson to the newly created position of business development ...
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WorldStage Lends AV Expertise to Top-Rated Intel Booth at CES 2015
Always a newsmaker at CES, Intel garnered extra attention this year when Time magazine named its booth one of The 20 Most Eye Catching at CES 2015 and engadget called Intel's presentation "insanely futuristic." Once ...
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Apantac's Modular Universal Matrix Wins "Best-in-Show" Award for Installation
Apantac, provider of cost-effective multiviewers, video walls, matrices, extenders, and signal processing solutions, announces that its new modular Universal Matrix won the Installation Best in Show Award at ISE 2015. ...
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d&b audiotechnik's V-Series Tours with Sara Bareilles
Such is the abundant talent of Sara Bareilles that 2015 will see her score a new theatre musical, record her next album, and no doubt add one or two performances for the nations' First Family for whom she has performed numerous times. All ...
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Red Bull Crashed Ice Event Supported by EDGE ShowTek with NEXO and Yamaha
As the sport continues to grow in popularity with US fans, ice cross downhill continued its residency again this year in the "state of hockey" with a fourth visit to the capital of Minnesota. For the past three winters, Saint Paul has ...
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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Takes Flight with Chauvet Professional Rogues
Back in the 1950s, noted psychologist BF Skinner grabbed headlines by using controversial behavioral modification techniques to teach pigeons to play ping pong. Today, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is making waves again, not with psychology, ...
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GLP X4 impressions Strut Their Stuff with Lenny Kravitz
The well-proven design team of Steven Cohen and his associate Bryan Barancik, have again pooled their creative energies to conceive a unique and ever changing scenography for the Lenny Kravitz Strut tour. ...
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Theatre in Review: Big Love (Signature Theatre)
It is a great pity that Tennessee Williams sewed up the title Slapstick Tragedy 50 years ago, because it would be absolutely perfect for the conniption fit currently unfolding at the Signature. Playwright Charles Mee has ...
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Set Designer Kenneth Foy is Dead
Set designer Kenneth Foy died on February 25. A graduate of New York's Cooper Union Foy's career spanned the years 1965-2014.
He designed the Houston Grand Opera's acclaimed multi-media productions of Carmen, Madama Butterfly, ...
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Upstaging Launches New Saber LED Video Strip
Upstaging, Inc. introduces the new Saber LED series. The Saber 1000, 500, and 250 -- 10-mil double-row IP65 Video LED strip provides creative effects for any indoor or outdoor environment. The Saber is built by About Show. ...
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PR Lighting Adds XRLED 700 Spot to Growing LED Portfolio
PR Lighting is set to make a new addition to its expanding XRLED series, with the announcement of the XRLED 700 Spot. This is due for shipment in March 2015.
The luminaire boasts a number of attributes, the company says embracing ...
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Latest Theatre-Optimized Lighting from Elation to Show at USITT 2015
Theatre professionals will soon be gathering for the 2015 USITT show, one of North America's most important conference and expo for performing arts technology, where Elation Professional will be showing the latest in its line ...
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Ayrton MagicBlade-R Added to DPL Lighting's Inventory
DPL Lighting recently took delivery of a substantial number of MagicBlade-R fixtures from Ayrton. Darren Parker, managing director of DPL Lighting shares: "Like all investments in new stock, there was an element of ...
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Renkus-Heinz Helps Conquer Audio Challenges in Canadian Museum for Human Rights
With a portfolio that includes high-profile museums, performing arts centers, corporate settings, and high-end residential theaters, Milford, Connecticut-based SH Acoustics has gained a well-earned reputation in the rarefied world ...
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LumenRadio and Tupac Martir Make Cables Disappear at Bacardi Triangle
LumenRadio announces the cooperation with lighting magician Tupac Martir. In the heart of the Bermuda Triangle, lies Palomino, a desert island off the coast of Puerto Rico, and home to the legendary party -- Bacardi Triangle.< ...
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SGM LED Screens Provide Perfect Definition for Foo Fighters
American rock legends, Foo Fighters, recently visited Colombia on the South American leg of their Sonic Highways world tour. At the Estadio Nemesio Camacho, commonly known as 'El Campín', in Bogotá, they were greeted by a crowd of ...
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Sennheiser Brings Transcendent Audio to Public Television for Speakeasy
The last couple of decades have presented an enormous challenge for some of the world's most accomplished artists and musicians, as their "canvases" and distribution mechanisms have experienced unprecedented change and upheaval. As ...
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Avalon Hollywood Unveils World's Largest Subwoofer Club Installation with Technology from Powersoft
Some may say bigger is better when it comes to speakers, but in this case Avalon Hollywood's owner and audio expert John Lyons says, "Its a matter of being louder, cleaner, and clearer." The new system, which was unveiled during ...
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Penn State Auditorium "Future-Proofed" with Meyer Sound MINA Line Arrays
Seeking to provide exceptional audio quality for its diverse speech and music programs, the Penn State Great Valley graduate school has recently installed a Meyer Sound MINA line array loudspeaker system in its 300-seat Warren V. ...
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Ashly Saves the Day at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy
Founded in 2005, the Rocky Mountain Classical Academy (RMCA) is a successful K-8 charter school in Colorado's second-largest city, Colorado Springs. However, RMCA was split between two locations until the recent completion of a $17 million ...
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Explosion at Ultratec Factory Kills Two
An explosion occurred on February 6 at the Ultratec pyro effects factory near Huntsville, Alabama, leaving two workers dead and four injured.
According to the website AL.com, the explosion "occurred during a mixing process during ...
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Theatre in Review: Fashions for Men (Mint Theater Company)
Fashions for Men is set in a Budapest haberdashery where the principal product is comic irony, impeccably silken, and available by the yard. Ferenc Molnár's comedy pits an almost absurdly virtuous protagonist against ...
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Theatre in Review: Abundance (The Actors Company Theatre/Theatre Row)
Beth Henley wastes no time in disillusioning the two heroines of Abundance, her feel-bad epic about pioneer women. Bess and Macon are introduced sitting at a stagecoach stop somewhere in the Wyoming Territory in the ...
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