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"With a single show at the Blackpool Empress Ballroom as a warm up, the O2 presented me with all sorts of questions. This was the first time I'd done a show on this scale, certainly with video, and it was nice to have someone to turn to and say, what do you think about doing this?" Squib is nothing if not modest about his own abilities, the mentor to whom he refers, Alex Leinster of Chaos Visual UK, had only been introduced to him a few days before. "It was obvious to me straight away that Squib had some fresh and interesting ideas," said Leinster. "Fully formed, it only required us to marshal th

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The latest exhibitors to sign up include AC Lighting, Apollo Design Technology, Doug Fleenor Design, ETC, LSC America, Philips Entertainment Lighting, Show Sage and Link. They will share the show floor with other industry leaders including; Aeson, ETC, Bandit Lites, Group One, Chauvet Professional, Lightronics, Elation Professional, Creative Stage Lighting, and Applied Electronics, to name a few.

Three new sessions have been added to the PLASA Focus: Nashville 2014 Professional Development Programme, a two-day programme of free educational seminars and workshops running alongside the event.

Ben Jumper, the owner of Soundcheck, will present After the Flood

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W-DMX comes standard in the XRLED line, which includes the 300-W Spot, 500 Spot, 1200 Spot, 1037 (already in mass production), 1061 and XR 800 Spot. In addition, W-DMX is OEM installed in the PR Lighting LED Series of automated 'double headed' fixtures, including the ARC LED 3216M and the outdoor waterproof rated ARC LED 3216 and ARC LED 3108. With the addition of W-DMX, these new fixtures open a whole world of lighting possibilities and early reviews have been stellar.

Ernie Armas, sales director for PR Lighting commented, "We have been using W-DMX for years and have experienced great service and support, a strong OEM network, optional RDM fea

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With a number of large acts already on board for the 2014 year, including American Country Music's 2013 Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan, EMP purchased five ProPower Lighting Distros, 20 ProPlex Data Distribution splitters, and miles of ProPlex cable outfitted with Neutrik's Ethercon connectors to handle the increased workload.

"Since moving our operation to Nashville earlier this year, we've experienced an influx of touring projects," said Tom Wilson, vice president of event production for Elite. "We expect that growth to continue throughout the year, so we are making the necessary investments today to ensure we exceed our

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Lafortune is considered one of the most creative lighting designers of the last 30 years. He is the author of several prestigious lighting design projects, including the shows of the Cirque du Soleil, the Turkmenistan Independence Day celebrations, the musical The House of the Dancing Water, and Peter Gabriel's Growing up tour.

In Saint Petersburg, in front of an audience of professionals, Lafortune spoke about his

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For this show, called Uno para todos, Sebastián worked with Gastón Aladefh as assistant LD, adapting an original design from a live performance DVD shoot in Buenos Aires ... and this time adding the Robe fixtures.

The 16 x ColorSpot 1200E ATs and 16 x Robin LEDWash 600s were rigged on two back trusses and all the lighting equipment for the performances was provided by locally based rental company Alejandro Ottonello Iluminación.

Sebastián comments, "All the lights were in excellent condition. Together with the Solís Theatre in Montevideo, Alejandro Ottonello Iluminación has been a pioneer in bringing good quality Europe

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A non-profit outdoor museum where over 4,100 different species of trees and other plants are highlighted in special landscaped areas, the collection is brilliantly illuminated using over 300 Elation Level Q7 IP PARs, among other luminaires, provided by Chicago-based lighting equipment supplier Intelligent Lighting Creations (ILC).

"The installation challenges the perception that trees in winter are dead," says Light

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The two product additions join the original, larger Nexus 4x4 panel (four rows of four LED cells), which soared to industry pre-eminence after receiving the Parnelli Award for Indispensable Technology in the Lighting Category at the 2013 LDI Show and, immediately following, appearing on the national TV broadcast of the Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving Day game to illuminate Selena Gomez's halftime performance.

Like the award-winning original, the Nexus 2x2 and Nexus 4x1 are high-output RGB washes with great colour quality, that offer the added function of pixel mapping, allowing

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Stewart's long-time lighting designer Mark Payne - who has worked with Rod for the past 20 years - specified the Clay Paky fixtures from the Caesar's Palace technical department for star's Live the Life tour earlier this year and was so impressed with their capabilities that he requested them again for the Las Vegas show.

With several large video screens onstage and one of the largest LED screens in North America taking up the entire back wall of the stage, Payne's required a fixture that could provide a clean, pure, and powerful output to enhance his lighting design vision.

"I don't use any smoke," explains Payne, "It is a very clean, very sharp stage. There is a lot of white in order to

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Los 40 Principals is Spain's most important and influential music station, and its annual Premios (awards) recognise some of the very best contemporary music in Spain across 15 different categories. The show featured a number of live performances and was aired live on Divinity TV and also broadcast on Cuatro TV.

Beloqui was lighting Premios 40 Principales for the seventh time, and similar to past years, his creative starting point was the set design, this year completed by Paco Redondo.

Madrid-based Beloqui has use

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This is the fifth City Theatrical webinar on the subject of wireless DMX and will teach lighting users how antennas work, as well as how using specialized antennas such as panels and yagis can improve the fidelity of wireless DMX broadcasts by overcoming some of the most typical problems faced by lighting technicians, including long broadcast distances or interference from other radio users.

All lighting users interested in improving their skills in the field of wireless DMX are invited to attend this free webinar.

Anyone interested in learning about the technology of wireless can access the first four City Theatrical wireless

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JR Lighting Design president Jason Reberski discussed LED video product options with The Carolina Opry's Paul Sweetman, lighting designer on the show. "I recommended the Elation EZ6 product since Paul and The Carolina Opry team was looking for a relatively high resolution video system," Jason stated. "They were originally planning on it coexisting with digital projection in their show a

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Second place went to Mike Berger, who won Capture Polar Basic Software, with third place going to Joason Tollefson, who takes home a Capture Polar Solo Software package. Contest entries were judged on originality, aesthetics and functionality of design.

"We were very excited to offer students and young designers this opportunity and were very impressed with the detail and imagination that went into all the designs submitted," stated Elation sales dire

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His initial goals are to open new markets, expand Sales-All's presence in the Benelux region, its product portfolio, set up an international network for second-hand sales and establish a European working network for private label products, such as CLF. He will also focus on the design, supply and installation of systems.

"I am looking forward to working with this professional team to expand sales at both Sales-All and Fairlight," says Kocks. "The well-structured and very healthy financial position of the

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The global fashion network teamed with investors from the US and Germany and placed the chic night spot in Clarke Quay at the heart of Singapore nightlife. A complete renovation of a previous club, Elation Platinum Beam 5R Extreme moving heads, Rayzor Q12 LED lights, Platinum Spot LED Pro IIs, Design Wash LED Zooms and EPV6 LED panels feature prominently in the club's two main rooms.

Auxweg.com was involved every step of the way from market analysis and concept development to opening and operation. Working on a tight

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Karl comes to Elation from industry trading company Licht-Lager, which he founded along with two partners in 2003. Born into a theatrical family that worked in Vienna's Burgtheater, the Austrian National Theatre, where he gathered a wealth of technical and sales knowledge, his years of experience working with lighting companies gives him a unique insight into the Austrian market and its key players.

Marc Librecht, sales & marketing manager at Elation Europe, commented on the hiring, "We are very happy to have Karl join the Elation team in Europe and are confident his

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Preston Hoffman, who has designed the lighting for the event for three years now, was tasked by producer Joe Dindas to create something spectacular for the 25th anniversary.

"The idea behind the show was to do something that we had never done and that would push the show over the top," explained Hoffman. "This is always a tricky subject because every dollar I spend for this show is one less dollar that goes to Habitat for Humanity, so I tend to want to simplify and get the best bang for my buck."

While the US Cellular Centre has what Hoffman refers to as "special eccentricities" (in regards to the

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The MVP 18 LED video wall panel from Chauvet Professional has been an "indispensable" part of this lightshow throughout the Life In Color Rebirth Tour, according to designer Collyns Stenzel, who has been the Life in Color lighting director since 2010.

This impact of the MVP 18 panels was very much in evidence during the tour's final 2013 stop at a jam-packed Sun Life Stadium in Miami at the end

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Fredon was called upon to install a performance lighting system the rigging of which was a major challenge. However Allan Wade, Fredon's ACT manager for Audio Visual Solutions, describes the result as "absolutely spectacular".

"The fact that we got it looking so good in such a challenging ceiling space is a work of art in itself," he added. "Issues with the room meant it would be very difficu

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Based on the music of 32 hits by Spanish supergroup Mecano, this new second version of HNMPL has just opened in Madrid's Coliseum Theatre, complete with a lighting design by Carlos Torrijos - featuring among others - 24 Robe Pointes.

This is the first time Torrijos has incorporated Robe products into his work. He states, "I was looking for the best moving head beam light on the market ... and after trying and comparing a few options .. I chose the Pointe."

He explains that the first edition of the production pl

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Battery life is 8-12 hours between charges, and the units are compact, at only 11 inches high (approx. 28cm. Three (Volt Q3) and five (Volt Q5) 100,000-hour, 15W, quad-color LEDs provide full color mixing capability. Field angle range is 7-13° and snap-on diffusion filters allow the user to soften and spread the light when needed. A rainbow effect and auto-programmed chase effects provide added dynamic capability while a variety of other effects are possible via 0-100% dimming, a variable strobe and more.

Both Volt washlights

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Project manager from Get Visual, Jacob Elsig, delivered lighting installations to many of the graphic and innovative projects and participated in the creation of the urban attraction together with the festival's coordinator and his lighting designer, Christian Vigs°. With the environment in mind, a key factor for the festival was to utilise light sources based on LED technology.

"It seemed natural to contact SGM in relation to this festival," says Elsig who was involved in The Spanish Steps, The Train Station Square's installation named The Spider, Hotel Saksildhus and other smaller one-da

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"I've been using the DHA Light Curtains for a long time," comments lighting programmer Rob Halliday, "and while we've always been aware of the noise they make - a combination of the filament ring from six Par56 lamps and the buzz of the transformer driving them - it's never really been an issue before, perhaps because we've often used them on loud musicals, or perhaps because they were hidden behind masking. But on this show, with an exposed rig, a hard, curved back wall that seemed to throw even the slightest sound straight out into the audience, and a director and lighting designer dete

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True to its name, the tour is "an experience rather than a show," says lighting director Nick Whitehouse. "It's very visual with lots of projection and lighting and a lot of new technology. We got pretty creative with everything and had fun putting it all together."

The tour is in support of Timberlake's third studio album, which has a sophisticated vibe. The singer will play dates in North America, Europe, Australia and South America.

"We did seven weeks of rehearsals," Whitehouse reports. "The gear really got a work out - 20 hours a day." On the tour "the whole rig is hidden behind a scenic back wall and ceiling. We have 80 Sharpys and 130 Sh