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14 March 2016

Essential says this is "great news for Essential's customers, adding a wealth of expertise and skills to the Essential offering and ensuring that the newest and most advanced fixtures and technology are available to lighting designers and production companies in the UK and Europe.

Essential's 24-hour support and technical assistance will also benefit from close links with people who provide technical services for over 50,000 events a year, from a small conference to challenges as epic as the Sydney Olympic Games. Through a network of group businesses it will now be easier both t

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Over 65 Chauvet LED fixtures were utilised for stage, dance floor, and ambient lighting. Colorado 1 units provided stage and dance floor lighting, with additional Colorado 3 and LEDrain 56 fixtures providing ambient and spot lighting. The result was a wash of saturated hues that could be varied to reflect the different moods of the event.

The result was a success, generating financial contributions that will allow the Walters Art Museum to continue offering free admission for the coming year to an impressive fine art collection that spans the eras betwe

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14 March 2016

"Apollo introduced the ColourScenic glass gobo, in November 1999, winning ESTA's coveted Dealer's Choice Award for New Product of the Year," states Apollo dealer manager Keith Kankovsky. "Stunning full colour photographic resolution from moving and static projectors became the industry standard, which Apollo continues to lead today."

With frequent requests for Apollo standards in digital format from Apollo and Blue Pony customers, Joel Nichols, president and founder of both companies, decided Apollo and Blue Pony should join together to release the award winning gobos in a digital file. N

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The large, complex, open-space hall boasts unsurpassed and elaborate acoustic accommodations. The lighting system on the other hand was essentially "cobbled together" over the last 15 years. Meyerson had welcomed a succession of lighting consoles and other technology until Vari*Lite installed a large system. They kept "building on top of what was there," reflects Peter Maurelli of Barbizon Light of the Rockies, who delivered a grandMA full-size to Meyerson. "Our goal," he says, "was to not only to put the grandMA in, but to improve the network infrastructure and build a backbone they could rely o

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Lighting designer Vance Riffel of Flix Productions commented: "To be honest I was hesitant to try a new lighting control console. However, the maxim, with PaTPad, has been an enormous improvement from the controller I was originally using. My lighting gigs look great and are so much easier to program and operate."

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

The event which celebrates the Hindu Festival of Lights is organised by the Mayor of London and the Diwali in London Committee and sees Trafalgar Square lit up with colour to celebrate the occasion.

Contracted by Greenwich + Docklands Festivals to supply technical elements for the event, Stage Electrics supplied lighting across the site, PA system, power distribution and generation requirements.

A broad spectrum of products was utilised for the lighting duties including Martin MAC2000 and MAC700 washes, Studio Due City Colors, Pulsar Chroma Floods and HTI150W architectural wash luminaires. Control was by way of an Avolites Pearl with Avolites Radio EDMX system providing data transfer duties across the square to minimise cable runs.

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"Talking about Light": A Conversation with Rick Fisher presents an opportunity for a small group of like-minded individuals to meet Rick, see a successful West End production followed by a post show discussion on stage, says Selecon. The next day Rick will lead a workshop based on his approach to lighting design including demonstrations of particular stage lighting techniques in a theatre environment wrapping up with lunch.

Full details and the cost for participating in this two-day experience (5 and 6 December) plus who you should contact can be found at: www.seleconlight.com.

(Jim Evans)

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In addition to the services, a host of other events are staged at the Knox venue, including weddings, funerals, youth events and local school theatre productions. The main auditorium is utilised every day for a wide variety of performances that can feature anything from a single preacher to full choirs, orchestras and electric or acoustic bands.

The Church's lighting director James Fielding specified the four Robe ColorSpot 575 ATs along with four ColorWash 575 ATs which are hung above the stage, and with a Robe Haze 400 FT hazer.

The

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Touring on behalf of XL is DL2 tech, Adam Finer. President of XL Touring, John Wiseman says: "This is our second tour with Kelly and we are excited to be included on another Kelly Clarkson sold out tour."

(Jim Evans)

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Wybron is offering three Luxera fixtures: a washlight, 19-26° profile and 25-40° profile in 575W or 750W tungsten models.

"The Luxera is ideal for houses of worship that need to arrange strong white spotlights with the same zoom angles," said Terry Taylor, Wybron's houses of worship specialist. "Like our Nexera line of fixtures, Luxera is a complete solution and is convection cooled for virtually silent operation."

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

Most of the investment in the 933-capacity venue has taken place this summer, with an extended stage and acoustic insulation to the floors and walls (provided by Pan Acoustics from Limassol), to prevent sound leakage.

The venue, which can also be configured cabaret style, with table seating for 400, approached A.L.A Equipment Co for a sound system that would satisfy the wide demands of quality rock and traditional music from Cyprus and the Greece mainland, and lead them into the digital era.

Said George Ioannou: "We already had a relationship with Andrea

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"Although the show has come from Broadway," explains lighting designer Alistair Kilbee, "we wanted a design which was defined by Broadway but not copying it. Source Fours are the standard luminaire for theatrical work, and they let me achieve the look I want in this case, a stark, minimalist feel. They're the best profiles on the market, and you know what you're getting when you use one."

Kilbee added ETC SmartPack dimming to complem

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Alpha One of Germany will be showing their complete range of Falcon fixtures, including the new Falcon 6,000 Xenon unveiled recently at the PLASA Show.

FinnLight will introduce the Space Bag Accessory for the Toplight. This device ceates a "Space" type pattern overhead light. The Toplight and Space Bag Accessory are designed by Emmy Award-winning Director of Photography, Bruce Finn.

GDS' Blues System has been widely adopted as a solution for architectural lighting problems of all kinds. Blues' low-voltage, solid-state LED fittings are compact, low profile, durable and IP rated. They offer many mounting options,

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Aljunied, who was also the programmer and operator for the show, reported: "To make the show interesting, I used the grandMA video media server to control 46 units of Barco Mipix-20. The grandMA light controlled all the lighting fixtures as well as the media server. Last year I used a grandMA for the first time and since then it has been my choice of console. The flexibility, reliability and robustness are the best I've ever seen."

(Jim Evans)

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Mike Zinman worked on content with LD John Morgan. Says Zinman, "This was the first time that I've seen the Showguns in action and we were all impressed by not only the output, but by the flexibility of the fixture to perform as a wash light and a spotlight. The gobos projected were amazing and I've never seen anything like it before for such a high output/large format fixture." Matt Firestone programmed the entire show.

Pete Radice is the automated lighting programmer. Says Radice: "They [the Showguns] read v

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The lighting rig was designed by Keane's LD Rob Sinclair, with whom HSL have worked on many past projects, and the event was co-ordinated for HSL by Mike Oates.

Keane wanted a completely different looking lightshow from their touring one, and the rig had to be diverse enough to deal with a variety of artists including The Pet Shop Boys, Lily Allen, The Magic Numbers, The Guillemots and more. It also had to be expediently budgeted as the whole idea was to raise money and awareness for War Child - which is dedicated to helping children living in war torn countries.

This gig marked the launch of War Child's Iraq Appeal, a new initiative to raise £1.5 million to give immediate help to

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Entry to the hotel is through an archway of glass lit by IP65 rated LEDs that bathe the portal in slow colour changes throughout the evening, making for an eye-catching exterior for passersby and an impressionable entrance for customers.

Inside, the lobby bar offers drinks in another ever-changing environmen

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Hudgins has been involved with lighting design projects since 1978. He joined Wybron in 2005 as a regional manager, covering the Southeast and Western United States.

"Dusty has demonstrated his leadership over the past two years in the organisation," said Larry Turner, CEO of Wybron. "His experience and intimate knowledge of Wybron's customer base have been instrumental in the rapid growth of Wybron during the past two years. Wybron is positioned to grow its top line more than 15% in 2007 from 2006, and Dusty has helped us achieve that growth."

(Jim Evans)

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Wellens will assist with technical queries from clients, as well as designing and firing shows, generating risk assessments and method statements, advising clients on the effects to be used for their projects, undergoing site visits and preparing proposals for shows.

(Lee Baldock)

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(Jim Evans)

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The Texas based comedy-influenced punk-pop band are enjoying the success of their Get Happy 2 tour and latest When I Diesingle, along with their largest production tour to date. Thomas has worked with them since 2003, and was left to come up with a lighting plot that would match the fast-paced energy and action happening onstage.

He wanted to get a wide dispersion of lightsources all over the stage area at different levels, so the rear truss consists of five box trusses bolted together, measuring a total of 12m long by 2.5m deep, with the top edge raked forward.

Six Robe ColorSpot 575E ATs are rigged onto this, with another four mounted on top of four vertical truss sections stood on t

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"We had only two days for installation and rehearsals with the band," Pajak continued: "It was therefore very helpful to use two consoles, a grandMA full-size and a grandMA light, at the same time for the programming. It saved us a lot of time. During the show the consoles were

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This scanner effect houses "the highest quality optical system for maximum light output and true high-definition image quality". It combines with a long life 150W discharge lamp (6000 hours, included) to kick out a powerful array of graphics and colour.

Included are eight interchangeable, indexable rotating gobos in a multitude of colours for a barrage of effects.

(Jim Evans)

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This was lighting director Jimmy Hatten's second major tour with Osmond, and the first in the UK. The set, designed by Michael Cotton, featured four large truss-framed video screens giving a shrinking perspective look to the stage. The lighting design on which this tour is based was created by Mike Frogge - Osmond's long-term LD - for a DVD shoot in Wales earlier this year. Hatten and Frogge have collaborated on many sh