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USA - The term "mega church" might have been coined to describe Tulsa, Oklahoma's 12,000-member Church on the Move. At services, the church's message is delivered on a scale that rivals major rock concerts, with full-scale lighting, sound and video in a sanctuary that's bigger than many top music venues. The rock concert analogy is appropriate in more ways than one - the church's audio and video staff rent rather than purchase most of their lighting, giving them access to the latest Martin lighting gear to complement the church's Harman Professional sound system.

"We re

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UK - Black Light has been involved in two flagship projects under the Scottish Government £1.25bn Scotland's Schools for the Future Programme. The work saw the company provide and install a range of light, sound and stage equipment at Eastwood High School in East Renfrewshire and Lasswade High School in Midlothian.

The success of the projects shows that Black Light has the expertise to be involved in ground-breaking projects involving key decision makers in both government and education.

"The projects have been a great success and the schools are delighted with the equipm

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USA - The 2013 CMT Music Awards was staged at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee and featured a spectacular lighting design by Tom Kenny. The fan-voted awards show featured a rig which included 24 of Robe's newest moving light fixtures, the Pointe, along with a variety of Robe's other Robin series moving heads.

After a successful show with the new Pointe, just previously used on the MTV Upfront Presentation in New York, Kenny specified the multi-functional fixture for the CMT Music Awards.

This was the fifth year that Kenny has designed lighting for the CMT Music Awards,

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South Africa - Hip-hop artist, Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion, earlier this year played at two concerts in South Africa. At the Ellis Park Indoor Arena in Johannesburg on 19 May and at the Grand Arena at the GrandWest Casino in Cape Town on 21 May. In Cape Town, lighting designer for the event, Sean Caie, worked on what he describes as a solid platform - the grandMA2 light - to create a show which surpassed the requested technical rider.

Sean Caie, HOD for lighting at the Grand Arena was asked to step in as lighting designer by his boss and technical entertainment manager, Gavin Taylor. &q

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UK - West London UK-based lighting and sound rental company Entec continues its long and productive 20 year working relationship with British band Blur, supplying lighting and sound equipment for the band's current tour.

This year, Blur embarked on a 30 plus date world tour which has seen the band play to fans around the globe, including dates across Asia, Europe, South America, as well as a headline slot at the Coachella Festival in California, with more dates to be announced.

Entec's Sound department is supplying a monitor and control system for the band's summer shows, working wi

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USA - City Theatrical reports new additions to its product line of low voltage dimmers and some changes to the existing low voltage dimmers.

Low voltage dimming has always been used for incandescent lamps in scenery, props, and costumes, and is often paired with City Theatrical's SHoW DMX wireless DMX to allow wireless dimming. The real growth in this area today is the dimming of LED tape, which has growing use in all areas of entertainment.

City Theatrical now has a line of 10 products for lighting professionals, and has rebranded the entire group of dimmers to make it more logical

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UK - He has been called "light magician" by Tony Chambers, Editor of Wallpaper magazine, and worked with major organisations and significant artists such as Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney, Louis Vuitton, Elton John, Beyoncé and Sting. When the light magician, Tupac Martir, together with Panalux were working on the presentation for the new ground breaking presentation of Nierka, in the Peacock Theatre in London, they decided to once again go wireless with LumenRadio's CRMX products.

"Since technology was an essential part of t

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USA - Constructed in 1969, the old City Hall building in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma had sat vacant for many years. Many residents and city officials wanted it torn down, but thanks to the vision of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. and developer TOCH LLC, the 11-story structure has been given new life as the Aloft Tulsa Downtown Hotel.

Not only is this once-destined-for-the-wrecking-ball site now a thriving 180-room hotel that caters to urban, tech-savvy travellers, it has actually become a defining landmark in the city's skyscape. This is in large part due to the Elation Profess

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UK - Nominations close at the end of July for the sixth annual Knight of Illumination Awards, which recognise and reward the outstanding creative achievements of lighting designers working on productions in the UK. In keeping with tradition, the award ceremony will take place on the opening night of PLASA London 2013, 6 October 2013, at ExCeL London.

Jennie Barratt, show manager, PLASA London 2013, said, "The Knights of illumination Awards have become an integral part of PLASA London, and we're delighted that the organisers have brought the awards to ExCeL where the Platinum Suit

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USA - ADJ's new Pixel Pulse Bar will have entertainers and lighting designers thinking "outside the bar" when it comes to visual effects, says the company.

The Pixel Pulse Bar comes equipped with the added feature of five-zone pixel chase effects. Users can highlight five different colours on the fixture and create a striking spectrum of energy-driven chase effects for "a thrilling high-velocity lightshow".

As a result of its five-zone pixel control, the Pixel Pulse Bar allows entertainers and designers to be more creative and gives them the power to enhance and

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Mexico - When last year Liverpool, Mexico's largest department store chain, opened its flagship unit in Villahermosa, some 63 x PR-8800 LED fixtures (each containing 108 x 3W RGB LED's) were used to wash the building.

Now the Chinese manufacturer's Mexican distributors, Hermes Music, have confirmed that an even greater number of PR Lighting's LED sources have been deployed at the larger Liverpool store in Puebla, which was recently remodelled. And this time Hermes have specified 104 of the super bright XPar 390 spots to bring the building to life after dark.

Each RGB head contains 9

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UK - Looking to create a new stage ambience for country legend Toby Keith, long-time LD Seth Jackson has become the first production designer to use GLP's new impression X4S LED wash light.

He has specified 83 of the compact 'S' fixtures, which introduce a new level of functionality, incorporating RGBW homogenous colour mixing, a 7 to 50 degree zoom range and high output level within a smaller footprint than the original X4. Supplied by Bandit Lites, they dominate the set for Keith's current Hammer Down tour.

Jackson had been seeking a fixture with the ability to travel in th

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USA - GLP US Inc., the Americas office of German manufacturer GLP, has launched a new updated and redesigned website at www.germanlightproducts.com

Responsible for the distribution and support of GLP products across North and South America, the new GLP US website features extensive information on the other brands that the company distributes, including the full range of Cosmic Truss structure and support products, the G-LEC range of creative video products, and the Scenex Lighting range of LED based scenic lighting elements.

The fresh new design of the website features an extensive

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UK - Lighting rental companies Fineline and GLS were among the first two on the UK mainland to receive delivery of Robe's new Pointe fixtures.

Southampton based GLS took 24 and Bristol-based Fineline took 12 units in this initial delivery ... which was co-ordinated by Ian W Brown of Robe UK.

However Fineline's fixtures also went directly from Robe to GLS - and straight out on their first cross-hire - on European shows for the Flaming Lips, with lighting designed by Eric Cathcart.

After that, they finally found their way to Fineline where they went out again on the Eden Sessions st

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UK - Richard Martin Lighting (RML) has recently added the Robert Juliat Alex Followspot to its already extensive inventory, available to hire today.

The Alex Followspot is a 2500w Tungsten unit and suitable for television studios and theatre productions. It contains a mechanical dimmer, which allows a constant colour temperature during dimming while additionally maintaining the flat beam which, as we know, is important when using sensitive camera equipment. Having a tungsten lamp allows for the units to be used with conventional theatre and television lighting, making sure no hot spot

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd's lighting division supplied a significant quantity of SGM X-5 Strobes to lighting hire company Neg Earth for use on Glastonbury Festival's Other Stage.

Tom Lesh, house LD for The Other Stage chose to rig 28 SGM X-5 Strobes across three trusses as he explains: "We rigged 28 of them across three trusses - and kept two spare - to add some visual depth to the stage both for the audience and of course for the TV cameras. We also needed something that would cut through in the bright summer sunshine and these strobes were ideal. They wer

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UK - Entertainment lighting specialist White Light was recently chosen to supply lighting for the new musical version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which opened earlier this year at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane to critical and public acclaim.

Directed by Sam Mendes - returning to theatre after directing Skyfall, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory features an a-list creative team including Writers David Greig, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Choreographer Peter Darling, Designer Mark Thompson, Sound Designer Paul Arditti, Projection Designer Jon Driscol

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UK - Milton Keynes' AV and large-scale LED screen hire outfit Vector Lighting is gives clients the chance to have a look behind the scenes as they open doors to show off some of their latest technology.

Vector Lighting provides lighting and audio visual hire solutions for a range of uses including conferences, exhibitions, corporate and special events, and a range of professional services including lighting design, retail installations and exhibition management.

From Thursday 1 August to Friday 9 August, Vector Lighting will open their doors to show some of their latest LED video wa

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Russia - Clay Paky's lightweight yet powerful A.leda Wash K20 luminaires and pure beam Sharpys have teamed up to create a 'Las Vegas-style' light show to launch a new floating restaurant in Moscow.

The Moscow-based Arlecchino Group, which supplies lighting to events across the region, provided the robust and lightweight Clay Paky A.Leda Wash K20s and the high output Sharpys for the launch of the restaurant on a boat, named Чaйka, or 'Seagull', which is moored in the centre of the city.

"The idea was to create an atmosphere of Las Vegas, beaming powerful light beams

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Netherlands - A large and enthusiastic group of service managers and technicians from several countries visited Elation's Customer Care Centre in July for the company's Pro Service Day. The one day seminar provided attendees with in-depth training and detailed hands-on exercises servicing the company's popular Platinum Wash and Platinum Spot moving head series products.

"We were very pleased with the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response to our Pro Service Day," said Roger Hamers, R&D director for Elation Europe. "As a company, Elation believes that maintaining the highe

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USA - It wouldn't be the Fourth of July without the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular and Robert Juliat Cyrano followspots helped light up the annual event, which was televised live from the Charles River Esplanade.

The free outdoor concert marked its fortieth anniversary. The event draws over 500,000 people each year to the Boston and Cambridge sides of the Charles River. Audiences wait with anticipation to hear the Boston Pops' now classic rendition of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture with real cannons, church bells and fireworks, The Stars and Stripes Forever with c

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Brazil - Singer and composer Luan Santana is one of the most famous and successful artists in his home country. His first live album was a bestseller throughout 2010, shifting over 500,000 copies. It remains among the best-selling albums in Brazil. After additional successful albums, Luan Santana produced a DVD at the Parque Maeda o Vivo in São Paulo.

DVD director Joana Mazzucchelli, and lighting designer / DoP Marcos Olivio, were assisted by an MA system consisting of two grandMA2 light, 1 x MA onPC command wing, one MA onPC fader wing, two MA NPU (Network Processing Unit) and four

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UK - Essential Supplies UK has designed and created a new 100% dimmable multipurpose LED event light. The combination of LED lamps and versatile multi-purpose housing creates a light fixture with a warm white, halogen-like light with the energy saving and reliability of a LED source, making it perfect for events, says the company.

Simon James, director at Essential Supplies comments, "Uplighters are the backbone for lighting most marquee venues, they need to be low tech, no DMX data cables to go wrong, or flickering colour changes, just a simple plug and go uplighter. At Essentia

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UK - Blackout's team designed a custom-built touring truss structure for the first ever series of Sky Art's Portrait Artist of the Year competition, due on screens this autumn.

The reality TV show visited four locations across the UK - London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Dublin - with over 2,000 entrants battling out to win the title. The winner will see their work displayed in the National Portrait Gallery and awarded a £10,000 commission to produce a portrait of award-winning author Hilary Mantel.

After whittling the entrants down based on the portrait they submitted, 21 fin

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