More than 50,000 visitors attended the event, which is staged every summer against the backdrop of the town's historic church. For the third consecutive year, AV requirements were managed by Light-house G
The new multi-sensory centre is owned and operated by the Pendragon Community Trust, formed by a group of parents and carers together with other compassionate and committed professionals. Their aim is to fill the gap in day service provision for people with learning and profound disabilities, by providing a stimulating range of therapeutic and developmental activities.
The centre is dominated by a double height sensory area that combines stunning sound and light effects with specialist equipment such as bubble tubes, a ball pool and soft slide. The design and fit-out of the Centre was split between special needs company Mike Ayres Design
The video walls served more than an aesthetic function. Given the large size of the crowds at this event (the 17th most popular jazz festival in the US and the biggest in New England) and the layout of the park, which was not designed specifically for large concerts, the video walls provided many of the 70,000 fans who turned out with their best view of the pe
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!
Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi
With the main stage lighting and rigging set-up supplied by PRG XL Video, lighting designer Tim Routledge was asked to provide a customised lighting design for the Take That show. He contacted PRG XL's director Music Group, Yvonne Donnelly Smith to supply over 450 additional fixtures to supplement the main rig.
He explains the brief behind his design, "The show was aimed to be a full celebration of summer festivals in Britain; from classical picnics in the park to Glastonbury, and everything in between. The band are well known for embracing production elements to make a full cohesive show and this one off show was to be no exception."
With budget in mind, and focusing on delivering the kind of show Take That are renowned for, Tim opted t
"The reason we decided to add more Adamson loudspeakers to our rental inventory is that we have found that world-wide marketplace acceptance and demand for the E-Series continues to grow," explains Jack Boessneck, executive vice president Eighth Day Sound. "It seems that every engineer that uses the system becomes an instant fan."
Eighth Day Sound became an E-Series partner in 2013 as one of the first sound companies in the States to join the Adamson network. The company added substantially to their inventory during the summer of 2015. This most recent purchase includes S-Se
A glass fronted marquee with a substantial terrace and panoramic views across the harbour was built along the dock in front of the 345m long vessel. Guests arrived, passed through the passenger terminal entrance and on to the boat, where they received a full tour of the new interiors before entering the marquee to enjoy the event hospitality.
The glass fronted design allowed a magnificent view of the boat and a snapshot into the glory of luxury cruise travel.
Maestra's team was project managed by Aisha Tarayan, Edwin Higgins was technical manager and Adam Jones worked on technical elements across all disciplines inc
Each booth had its own unique Presenter logo video loop, and was switched to play the opening and closing overall event videos. Normally it would be a difficult challenge to route and switch 16 video sources to 20 different screen surfaces, and require a massive amount of cable. OES utilized 16 of the award-winning ImageCue DMX controlled image servers to play all media, triggered off of a single cue fader from the lighting console on a single DMX universe. This synchronized all video and lighting
The first 25 candidates to apply will receive a free t-shirt with the new PPDT logo and their name if they receive a passing score. Because this is a new examination, score reports will be delayed during this time.
The ETCP PPDT certification is focused on the large population of industry workers in the roles of technicians, stagehands, portable power set/strike technicians, as well as facility maintenance personnel for a wide variety of venues. This certification targets the top two-thirds of people working with this technology at various types of facilities in the corporate, trade show, outdoor event, theatrical, and motion picture/televisio
Mounted snugly in niches flanking the altar, the custom colour-matched CAL 96 loudspeakers virtually disappear within 19th century Italian Renaissance Revival architecture of Mother of God Catholic Church in Covington, Kentucky providing a boost to the sound quality for the contemporary music.
At Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington D.C., what formerly was an unremarkable meeting and exhibit space has been exquisitely transformed - visually and aurally - into the Redemptor Hominis Chapel. Direct reinforcement of speech and occasional music is supplied by a
ADB is a French company which specializes in lighting for theatres and TV studios based in Saint Quentin. The transaction was completed on 3 August 2016.
"With the acquisition of ADB TTV SAS' business and the highly reputable ADB brand, we will expand our position in the innovation-driven entertainment lighting market," said Hans-Joachim Schwabe, CEO of Osram's Specialty Lighting business unit.
Originally founded in Belgium in 1920, ADB TTV SAS has held a leading position for decades as a top supplier of lighting solutions for theatre and television studios. The company's product portfolio includes luminaires, dimmers and lighting c
Available in moving head and IP65-rated PAR versions, single source RGBW colour mixing gives fully premixed colour looks and an extremely flat field of light. All Fuze Series fixtures offer useful design features including a wide zoom angle range for more precise beam control, full 100% electronic dimming, variable dimming curves and high-speed strobe. The Fuze PAR's feature an optional gel frame / barn door / snoot holder as well.
The IP65-rated Fuze PAR Z60 IP is a single source PAR luminaire featuring a 60W quad colour RGBW COB LED and 7° to
Kuching's Sarawak Stadium was host to 45,000 attendees for a captivating show delivered by 3,000 performers, and was broadcast live on Malaysia's TV1 on 23 July 2016.
The ceremony introduced performances by Miss World Malaysia 2014 Dewi Liana Seriestha and the Ministry of Social Development and Urbanisation (KPSU) cultural singers. Also performing on the night was Bob Yusof of the Akademi Fantasia fame who performed 'Berpadu Menyahut Cabaran' accompanied by the award winning violinist Nisa Addina Mohd Taufik.
For FOH, Premier Echo Sound & Lighting used a PRO9 console connected to a
Joining the celebrations was Adam Hall Group's newest brand of stands, Gravity. Exclusively deployed on two of the four stages, Gravity stands have won the internationally-recognized Red Dot and IF Design awards, while being recently nominated for the German Design Award.
Michael Wittenzellner, head of rental company StereoMike and responsible for the production, comments, "The event in Straubing was my Gravity premiere. And I must say the optically outstanding stands also fully convinced me in terms of handling and stability. They did a great job - which is why I also relied on them for the Bluetone festival."
The StereoMike team was responsib
Splendit, the largest Turbosound rental company in the Benelux region was commissioned to ensure consistent and controlled coverage of sound, on and off the site.
Noise control is a critical factor for the city's 10-day long festival which takes place in and around Ghent's residential areas. Marijn Broeckaert of Splendit explains, "The Turbosound Flex Array was chosen especially for its 75 degrees dispersion. It is able to deliver such clear, directed sound to festival-goers without impacting areas out with the immediate festival."
The dispersion, sound quality and power out of a box with this small footprint were the main reasons Dirk Brysbaert, soun
Right from the get go Jeff has looked at the 'bigger picture' of his business model and how to make it successful and different, seeing the advantages of attributes like quality and service and keeping a keen ear-to-the-ground for what's trending and in demand.
When it comes to moving lights, Jeff has purchased and experienced all the major brands over the years, so the first Robe experience grew out of his ongoing relationship with the ULA Group, Robe's Australian distributor.
LEDWash 800s suited Megavision's needs
Located in Riddarholmen, the Brick Romanesque structure is an example of a late 1800s institution building, and one of the few remaining in Europe. Now repurposed to offer tours as well as an array of party, event and conference spaces, Gamla Riksarkivet lives on after its official closure as an archive in 1968.
Originally without electricity, the building incorporated vast windows into its design in order to allow natural light to flood in during the day. Such was its importance, the building was built on a base of cast iron to increase fire safety, with cast-iron column supports, iron book
"Unfortunately, we had had very little time -- I mean 48 hours -- to programme the entire thing. My lighting directors Andy Figueroa and Dan Norman sacrificed quite a bit to survive their first patented Butch Allen programming death march, but the end result was well worth it!"
The end result that Allen speaks of was a relentlessly intense and vividly colourful lightshow, punctuated by punchy rollercoaster ride sweeps and zooms along with some impressive atmospherics. Anchoring this immer
Working alongside lighting designer Gurdip Mahal, in close conjunction with Gaffer James Tinsley, Aurora supplied the crew with an extensive lighting list, featuring over 200 automated heads plus an assortment of low energy LED fixtures provide maximum flexibility in helping bring the high octane action to life.
The popular Clay Paky Mythos fixtures were in abundance for their excellent beam qualities, with an array of Martin heads, including MAC Aura and Quantums providing intense colour washes throughout the arena.
A healthy selection of LED was added, including over 50 SGM P5s and 70 Martin Rush Pars, allowing moving light op Ross Williams to maximize colour/movement using a varie
The members of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra had to deal with inefficient incandescent lights in their musician stand lights. After they switched to LEDtronics Right-angle LED T10 Lamps, the Orchestra no longer has to worry about bad lighting holding back their performance.
In order to perform, musicians are required to read very small black notes on sheet music, most of the time in dimly lit venues. Musicians usually come from out of college, but they often continue to perform into their 70s and 80s when eyesight tends to weaken. "The ability to read music with good lighting is essential to their job
The event - celebrating the Fudge Professional Core Collective - was staged in Studio 12 of the Old Granada Studios in the city which offered up a totally bare space, so everything - staging, set, lighting, sound and video - had to be built and installed from scratch to realise the Fudge team's original concept.
CPL's crew was led by Mike Radford, who commented, "The vibe of the event was energetic and lively, Fudge is a leading brand known for its alternative and 'out-of-the-box' approach to hair styling, so everything we were doing on the technical front had to help create this impression."
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Focused on servicing the top end of the entertainment lighting market - incorporating TV productions, corporate events and industrials plus installations - Sound and Light was founded in the 1980s by Jess Otzen.
Due to its reputation for excellence and incredibly well maintained stock, looked after with much love and attention in their pristine warehouse on the outskirts of the city, Sound and Light also engage in a healthy cross-hire business to most other major rental players in Denmark.
Sound and Light's 16 x new BMFL Spots were added to their existing stock of Robe Pointes, also delivered by Robe's Danish distributor
