SALVADOR DE BAHIA, Brazil — One of the musical events of the summer in the northern Brazilian state of Bahia is the Festival de Verão, a musical event held in the large Parque de Exposições and able to draw over 200,000 people per night.
LONDON — HSL is supplying lighting, a 26-point Kinesys automation system and crew for Snow Patrol’s “One Hundred Million Suns” tour. XL Video UK is also working in conjunction with Blink TV to supply LED screen, digital lighting, projection, cameras, control and crew for the world tour, currently in the UK and Europe.
LOS ANGELES —O.A.R.’s tour manager Sean Murray, production manager Kevin Cassidy and lighting designer Will Anglin have worked with Bandit client rep Brent Barrett to combine a bit of the old as the band’s 2009 “This Town” tour unfolds.
COLUMBIA, MD — Nemetschek North America announced that Maxon Computer has updated their plug-in for Vectorworks 2009 and Cinema 4D R11. This plug-in supports direct file exchange for high-end visualization and allows Vectorworks users to transfer their models to Cinema 4D for visualizations and animations.
LONDON — UK A/V services company, PSP, has appointed Chris Stigger as project manager for its office here. Stigger has had many years of experience with SPS prior to his move to PSP.
NEW YORK — “A lot of lighting designers have adverse relationships with photographers,” noted Seth Bernstein, guest designer for four fashion shows supported by Tinc Design & Productions during New York’s Fashion Week for Fall, 2009, which was held in mid-February. “We really tried to be on the same team with them.”
SERIATE, Italy — For the third time, Clay Paky hosted its “Show Lighting Design” course, which was organized by the Design Faculty of the Politecnico di Milano on behalf of students and technicians hoping to learn more about designing shows for the theatre and other live events.
WILMINGTON, DE — Main Light has recently acquire Coemar Infinity S-series lights to support the needs of its rental customers staging everything from corporate events to theatrical productions and rock ‘n’ roll concerts.
ADELAIDE, Australia — The Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC) has recently invested in 90 Robe 575E AT Series moving lights for its facility, which includes 14 meetings rooms, 11 halls, an outdoor performance space and a total of close to 10,500 square meters of pillar-free floor space for conferences, exhibitions and special events.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Wybron announced a new drive mechanism and new motors for its Eclipse IT series of mechanical dowsers, including the Eclipse IT Shutter, shown here.
LONDON — XL Video is supplying 180 Spider 40 LED tiles, a Catalyst digital media server and crew for the Kaiser Chiefs current “Off With Their Heads” tour. These elements play a key role in Richard Larkum's lighting and visual design, and take the look and feel of the Kaiser’s almost non-stop touring schedule over the last two years to a new level.
CINCINNATI — J. R. Clancy’s Promote Safe Sets program will be at USITT to help theatre managers and technical directors promote backstage safety. It includes three steps: Train, Inspect, and Maintain. The session is scheduled for March 20 at 8 a.m. Although the session focuses on rigging, the techniques can be used for all types of safety training.