USA - Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to lighting beauty pageants, getting things right means adhering to an exacting set of standards. So say Darren and Tyler Lussier, who speak from experience. Aside from lighting concerts and major league sporting events in New York and New England, their company, Image Production Services, has become a beauty pageant maven, illuminating no fewer than six state segments of Miss USA in 2014.

This year, the father-son team added a new twist to their pageant lighting when they replaced the fabric curtains they had been using on stage risers with MVP Ta8 Curve 8.33 mm pitch LED video panels from Chauvet Professional. "The panels have taken us to a whole new world when lighting pageants," said Tyler Lussier. "They give us much greater flexibility to change colours and scenes to match what's happening on t

Singapore - In a prominent intersection on the outskirts of Singapore City in Paya Lebar lies the Trinity Christian Centre, Trinity@Paya Lebar. Designed to imitate the vast canyons of the Israeli deserts, the building's beige-coloured facade mimics the folds of the desert landscape and now boasts Martin Professional lighting.

The original lighting scheme did not live up to Trinity Christian Centre's aspirations to become a neighbourhood night time landmark. In fact, even the next-door gas station outshone it and made more of an impact on the surroundings with lights. In consequence, ONG&ONG (Lighting Design) were commissioned to design and implement a new lighting concept for this house of worship.

ONG&ONG (Lighting Design) installed 14 Exterior 400 Image Projectors, 28 Exterior 410 fixtures, all controlled by Martin's M-PC controller. Inspired by the original visions, ONG&ONG

UK - TV presenters Ant and Dec have recently turned their popular TV show Saturday Night Takeaway into a touring arena show, which saw a over a hundred Clay Paky fixtures delivering brightness and portability to the complex production.

Lighting designer Adam Bassett of Woodroffe Bassett Design specified 57 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1500s, 32 Alpha Profile 1500s, 4 Alpha Spot QWO 800s, 20 Sharpys and 12 Sharpy Wash 330s, supplied by Neg Earth, to add ultimate versatility to the design. The design house also relied once more on their associated collaborator Roland Greil of Einstein and Sons as lighting director and operator during the run of the tour.

"The basic idea was to create a versatile lighting design to generate looks that would suit the very different parts of the show," says Bassett. "It was important to create a classic TV show look as well as a stron

UAE - Leading Dubai-based equipment distributor Procom ME has been named as the exclusive Philips supplier for UAE in a move to further expand its offering to the high profile Middle Eastern market.

UAE is an ever-evolving landscape of innovation and construction, with many new projects under development from universities to theatres and hotels, all of which generate strong demand for professional lighting.

"We are confident Philips will have a significant share of the new-build market, for several reasons," says Procom's business development manager Rami Harfouch. "It is a highly recognized brand name, and its catalogue of high quality products is extensive, with a strong LED offering which meets the increasing requirement for energy-saving solutions. Philips also has strong local support in terms of design, commissioning and servicing of the equipment and Proc

Brazil - The Main and VuuV stages at the 2014 TribalTech Reborn Festival in Brazil buzzed with energy and over 200 Robe moving lights which were integrated into two very different but equally eye-catching lighting designs, by UK based LD Alex 'Junior' Cerio of Smash Productions.

The vibrant 20,000 capacity multicultural dance / trance extravaganza staged at the Fazenda Heimari showground in Parana, Brazil, was completely sold out, offering 13 enigmatic live music stages delivering the very best of techno, house, electronica, trance and psytrance action over 20 hours of non-stop intense dance music and entertainment.

The lighting equipment for the two main stages - and for most of the rest of the site - was supplied by Sao Paolo-based Apple Produções, one of Brazil's leading rental companies, which has a substantial amount of Robe fixtures in its hire stock.

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USA - Glen Harn and his wife, Cynthia Harn acquired PrimeTime Lighting Systems in 2013 and learned that the company had changed the brand name from KW/2 to PrimeTime five years ago without marketing the new brand name.

"The same Texas team continues to design, engineer and manufacture the broadcast studio lighting products resulting in the KW/2 and PrimeTime legacy of high performance, superior quality and lasting durability," according to Glen Harn, PrimeTime CEO. Throughout 2014 the PrimeTime team has been focussed on developing innovative LED lighting instruments.

"Chief engineers at television stations across the country tell us that KW/2 lights are the most durable and lasting luminaires in their studios," said Harn. "Some engineers and lighting designers were not aware of the brand name change and have been thrilled to know that they get the same

USA - Warren Haynes and friends took the stage for his 26th Christmas Jam, an event filled with amazing music for a great cause. Proceeds for this "one-of-a-kind, semi-structured marathon of music" benefit the Habitat for Humanity, and this year's lineup included Gov't Mule, Jason Isbell, The Hard Working Americans, The Revivalists and Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead's new band, Billy and the Kids.

This year marked the fifth year of Pulse Lighting's involvement with the event, with lighting designer Preston Hoffman working each year to create an even more sophisticated design, a feat enabled with Bandit Lites.

"The Xmas Jam is a very special show for me each year," said Hoffman. "The Christmas spirit is always in the air, and it is a time for me to help give back to families less fortunate than I am. Bandit Lites lends a hand each year by providin

Finland - Finnish rapper Cheek recently made part of pop music history with a sold out show at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki. To ensure the show packed a huge punch, Eero Helle and Mikko Linnavuori from visual design company Visual45 chose an array of Clay Paky fixtures to add power and reliability to their bold design.

Cheek enlisted Visual45 to create the entire show design, including staging, video content and lighting, after the company designed two of the rapper's sold-out shows back in 2013 at the nearly 8000-capacity Ice Hall in Helsinki.

"After the Ice Hall shows, the artist was really impressed with our work so got us on board for the fantastic Olympic Stadium concert," says Helle. "Our brief was to create something completely exciting and never-seen-before for the artist, so working closely with him we specified the Sharpy, Alpha Beam 1500 and Alpha

USA - How do you add extra bam to one of the hottest A-List after parties during the ultra-hip internationally acclaimed Art Basel art show? At Mansion Nightclub, the answer was obvious, sometimes blindingly so, as 38 Nexus 4x4 Panels from Chauvet Professional created a searing and intense design at the VH1 + Scope party.

"Lighting designer Joe Paradise and the VH1 Production team created an awesome design that took full advantage of the Nexus panel's intensity," said Jorge Tellez, who was lighting director for the Mansion/Opium Group at the time of the party. "The panels were positioned to create a three-dimensional effect using Mansion's current LED system. They were rigged in three different positions, on the stage, front stage truss and main room truss. The arrangement provided a very nice depth illusion and an interesting lighting effect. The panels were also

USA - A collection of roughly 175 COLORado 1-Quad Tour par-style LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional provided by Barbizon Lighting Company were used to help illuminate and enhance the more than one million lights at Busch Gardens Tampa's Christmas Town.

Most of the fixtures provided external lighting for the attraction's impressive 50' tall tree.

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USA - The Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel is an all-purpose hotel that recently refreshed its meeting and banquet rooms with a dynamic lighting scheme that includes decorative colour looks from Elation LED Flex Tape, a high-output yet energy-efficient solution.

As with many hotels that keep a close eye on overhead costs, energy savings was at the forefront of the new design but because the hotel specializes in wedding receptions and cultural weddings, system designers Louis Kong Architects sought a product that offered more than just the typical ambient lighting.

Jay Cid of Elation rep firm PSLP (Professional Sound and Lighting Products) introduced Louis Kong Architects to Elation Flex LED Tape, thin and flexible RGB LED tape with 40mm centres that can be cut to any length and easily installed no matter the size or shape of the space. After Jay provided on site demos, Louis

Norway - W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB recently joined legendary Norwegian alternative rock band Seigmen on stage for a three-day show in Tønsberg, Norway, lit with an impressive rig designed by lighting designer Petter Nilssen.

In total, five universes were run via W-DMX by Wireless Solution. Nilssen used W-DMX F-2500 G4 and three W-DMX BlackBox F-1 G4 MK2 units with 16 W-DMX Micro R-512 G4 receivers spread across 4 truss sections and the floor. The concert received "fantastic" reviews both in Norway and abroad.

Nilssen explained, "The reason for choosing W-DMX was to be able to not have several universes sent through the audience with cables, and to really test W-DMX in different situations. I used 5 DMX universes all sent wirelessly. The possibility to easily change the design without having to deal with a lot of cables that needed to change was

USA - The interactive Beatles tribute show, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (Y3), made its New York appearance at 42West, a venue that served as a mid-town Manhattan parking garage, before being transformed into one of the city's hippest nightspots.

The low ceilings of the former parking structure created a special challenge when it came to lighting the group's performance. Lighting designer Ben Danielowski met this challenge in impressive fashion by utilising the zoomable prism on Legend 230SR Beam from Chauvet Professional.

"The club is a fantastic venue that's very popular in New York," said the LD. "However, as a former parking structure it does present some challenges when you're trying to light a rock show. With 12'-14' ceilings, and large support beams blocking most of my first choices of angles, it was difficult to get many of the great clean shots I was able to

Canada - Elation Professional's new SixPar LED multi-chip PAR colour changers are being used to colour several areas of Foresta Lumina, an illuminated night trail through the forest in Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook, a top tourist attraction near Quebec.

Wanting to attract a larger and more diverse group of evening visitors, the park commissioned media and entertainment studio Moment Factory to create a multimedia experience in the natural forest setting. Moment Factory's creative team took inspiration from the legendary characters found in folk tales from Quebec and around the world.

After dark, visitors explore the park's charms at their own pace, experiencing a scenography featuring lighting effects and video mapping accompanied by an original soundtrack. All along the 2 km 'garden of wishes' trail visitors meet fascinating beings that lead them into a fully immersive advent

Malta - Over 200 Clay Paky fixtures including the popular A.leda and Super Sharpy recently provided exciting lighting effects for the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest held in Malta. Lighting director Nick Malbon and creative director John McCullagh specified the setup with stunning results.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC) is an international song competition first organized in 2003 by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The competition has many similarities to the wildly popular Eurovision Song Contest from which its name is taken. Each participating broadcaster sends an act, the members of which are aged between 10 and 15 years old. They must perform an original song to compete against the other entries. Viewers from the participating countries are invited to vote for their favourite performances by televoting and there is also a jury from each participating cou

USA - The Masonic has been a landmark in San Francisco since opening in 1958 and is now operated by concert promotion company, Live Nation. The venue recently underwent a massive renovation that included the addition of a new concert stage, luxury VIP boxes and flexible, tiered open floor space for both general admission and seated shows-which brought capacity to 3,300.

Among the several major enhancements unveiled, The Masonic now features a new stage lighting system with more than 45 of Martin Professional's MAC Viper and MAC Aura fixtures.

Developed by San Francisco-based Impact Lighting, which began working with Martin Professional in 2003, the new lighting design was tailored specifically for the flexibility of the new space to ensure optimal lighting for every event held at the venue.

"Live Nation initially requested a state-of-the-art lighting system," said

USA - At the New Jersey Performing Arts Centre (NJPAC) 2014 Spotlight Gala presented by The Women's Association, attendees would be treated to a night of Tony Award-winners in a production entitled Nothin' Like A Dame. Behind the scenes, lighting designer Al Crawford of Arc3design was asked to create a complete lighting design that captured the full spirit of the leading ladies of Broadway. To do this, Crawford needed a lighting instrument that could offer him a wide array of performance capabilities so he turned to 4Wall New York who supplied him with VL4000 Spot luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite.

"This was my eighth year with the event and every year is a new story to tell," began Crawford. "When looking at the lighting tools to use, I first look at each event space and how to best tell this story through light. For the evening's performance, I needed a f

Poland - Aram was once again a supplier of multimedia and a part of lighting for the New Year's Eve stage that was built in Wroclaw, Poland. This time almost 400sq.m of LED curtains and screens and several hundred lighting fixtures from Clay Paky, Robe, Vari Lite and Fourlight were deployed.

New Year's Eve in Wroclaw city was, by all accounts, an amazing event. Leading Polish stars and foreign artists performed on the stage accompanied by finalists of The Voice of Poland. During the six hours of the show, the audience gathered on Wroclaw main square and viewers watching on TVP2 channel, enjoyed more than 50 "Greatest Polish and European music hits".

Aram was responsible for the multimedia and part of the lighting equipment. The set-up included the main screen, screens for the audience as well as the complete system to control lighting and multimedia based on f

UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. has announced their appointment as the exclusive UK & Ireland distributor for the GLP range of award-winning LED lighting solutions. The company has also confirmed its appointment as exclusive UK & Ireland distributor for the Dynamic Audio Device (D.A.D.) range of audio solutions.

The GLP agreement follows AC-ET's success supplying the innovative impression LED moving heads line-up and other GLP products to various entertainment sectors, and helping to strengthen the brand in the UK market.

GLP president, Mark Ravenhill, commented, "It's great to be working with AC-ET as our exclusive distributor. They have a highly committed team of people and we are looking forward to working with them all, to promote and grow GLP in the UK and Ireland."

AC-ET's UK sales director, Jonathan Walters, commented, "We're delighted

Germany - Astera LED Technology GmbH has announced that after many years residing in Rüdesheim an der Nahe, it will now advance to the wealthiest city in Germany; Munich. Being one of the most prosperous and fastest growing cities in Germany, Munich provides Astera with a greater ability to serve its German customers. Transport and infrastructure are much improved, impacting on logistics, product demonstrations and brand awareness.

The sales office will now be twinned with a technical office for immediate customer support, and overseen by Simon Canins, the R&D director at Astera.

Balazs Maar, financial controller at Astera, commented, "There are two main drivers for this decision, which we made after thorough analysis of various options for the location of our office. First, our Rüdesheim office was costly and too large for our needs. Second, moving to Munich will give

USA - In the city that gave us Times Square, New Year's Eve is just too big to be confined to one night. That is why RPM Presents created Big Week NYC, a week-long, heart-pounding EDM celebration, to ring in the New Year with sick beats by superstars like Martin Garrix and Kaskade and a scintillating lightshow created by Kevin Mignone and Mike Gionfriddo of KM Productions using a collection of fixtures from Chauvet Professional.

Held in Manhattan starting 27 December and going on through the wee hours of 1 January 1, the event drew visitors from around the world. Most of the performances took place at Pier 94, a 135,000sq.ft historic dock and warehouse that was converted into New York's hottest pop-up concert venue.

Artists like Carnage, Armin van Buuren and Disclosure rocked the famous Pier 94 stage. This all-star lineup preforming at a world-renowned venue required an intens

USA - The GrooveBoston dance phenomenon made a recent high-impact appearance at the College Park Centre at the University of Texas Arlington (UTA). The spectacular lighting and production design was created by Nathan Almeida of East Coast Lighting & Production Services (ELCPS) and GrooveBoston production director Ed Slapik.

Almeida has been involved with lighting the legendary college-oriented EDM experience - renowned for high production values, awesome visual environments and some of the best dance sounds on the planet - for the past 10 years, and for this year's show, he once again utilized Robe Pointes, CycFX 8s and LEDBeam 100s.

Creating a new look for GrooveBoston was a priority, and the venue offered plenty of stage space and headroom. To ensure an efficient get-in and set-up in a tight timeframe, they decided on a trussing structure to make up the main set architecture

USA - The words "costume exhibition" don't promise a lot of drama. Perhaps we have seen too many costumes imprisoned in glass cabinets under bland eco-friendly display lighting. Perhaps we got bored reading the vital statistics of each item of clothing as we strolled through hushed museum halls.

But a visit to the recently opened Hollywood Costume exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), lit with ETC Source Four Mini fixtures and powered by ThruPower power control, will make you forget all you ever knew about museum visits - and may change forever the way you view exhibitions. Here, the costumes receive as much direction and attention as the actors who once wore them. The creators of these remarkable displays realised that without great lighting, sound and video, costumes are just old clothing once inhabited by a famous person, allowing them inherit

UK - Colour Sound Experiment ended a very busy 2014 supplying lighting and LED screens for several music tours including for ultimate UK synthpop aficionados, The Human League. The west London based rental company worked closely with lighting designer Rob Sinclair and the band's manager, Simon Watson, both of whom were involved in creating the eye-catching set and look for the stage.

The band tour the UK and Europe every two years in the lead up to Christmas to the delight of their enthusiastic and loyal fanbase. Each tour presents a different stylish look for the stage and Rob, who has now been lighting The Human League for 10 years, reckons that the biggest challenge is to top what they have done previously.

On recent tours, video has been central to the show and this was again the case, complete with their white carpeted stage and set, which has become a Human League tradem

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