Berklee College of Music Commencement
Venue
Agganis Arena
Boston, MA
Lighting Co
East Coast Lighting & Production Services (ECLPS)
NKOTBSB
Venue
Various (Tour)
Lighting Co
Epic Production Technologies
American Idols Live 2011
Venue
Various (Tour)
Lighting Co
Upstaging Inc
Bengali National Conference
Venue
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, MD
Lighting Co
Excel Lighting Services
When Opportunity Calls…PICK IT UP
A few weeks ago, I received a phone call from a friend that I haven’t heard from in months. I was excited to hear from him since we’ve been trying to find time to head down to the Potomac River and do some fly fishing together. This wasn’t that call. He was in a “panic” to find a programmer for a show he had coming up in less than a week and asked if I could do it. Quickly looking over my schedule, I could fit it in. “PERFECT!” he said. Before I knew it, I committed to the gig. For this particular friend, I would walk through hell and back. I didn’t realize until later that I’d signed up for 14-hour days — after a week’s worth of travel.
Three Electric Nights in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — The Electric Daisy Carnival’s dusk-to-dawn electronic music and arts extravaganza moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas this summer, adding a third night to the schedule. AG Lighting, Felix Lighting and Visions Lighting served as primary lighting gear providers for the five-stage event at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The total attendee count was near 250,000, far exceeding the 130,000 who attended the two-day event in Los Angeles last year — even topping Coachella’s 2011 turnout.
OmniSistem Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Chris Giannoulas’ story is America’s: he grew up in a one-bedroom home in the tiny village call Mesochora, Greece; made it to these shores in 1969; and built a dynamic, successful company. This year, he and his family celebrate OmniSistem, and the 25 years they’ve spent providing products to the entertainment industry.
The Motherf**ker With The Hat
Stephen Aldy Guirgis’ play, The Motherf**ker With the Hat, automatically created a stir with its bleeped title (it was referred to as The Mother With the Hat during this year’s Tony Awards ceremony), and it definitely created a reaction among its audience. Many people who probably expected to see a lot of co-star Chris Rock’s comedic shtick were treated to a powerful show about a recovering alcoholic, played by Tony nominee Bobby Cannavale (one of six nominees on the show), coping with his own weaknesses and his girlfriend’s perceived infidelity while dealing with the dubious motivations and wisdom of his AA sponsor, played by Rock.
Show Report: InfoComm11
New Technologies and Biggest Orlando Turnout Yet
InfoComm11 was a record-setter — more than 33,000 attendees poured through Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center West Hall to learn about new Pro AV products and services. With a wide assortment of new products to view, three days (June 15-17) seemed hardly enough time — and to cover every product, we’d need a whole issue. Instead, we include some of the more noteworthy product developments here, and you can find expanded coverage of InfoComm11 and additional photos at www.ProLightingSpace.com.
Uplighting WELL with Chauvet
Wires, wires, wires everywhere. We have all been there. Whether they’re on the truss or the ground, we’ve spent countless hours dressing cables for neatness and safety. A huge amount of time and tape can be devoted to this one aspect of the production. This is all before the production even happens! Just as much time can be spent picking up the gaff tape and cords and storing them.
Hot Wheels Plays for Real
Remember how, as a kid, you’d take a Hot Wheels track, hook it up to something like a door, and create some psycho-jump ramp? Then you’d pick your favorite car, and let it fly down and watch it careen into the air accompanied by whatever race car sounds you could vocalize? Scott Humphrey does because he did it more recently than you or I. Not sure whether he made race-car sounds though — he certainly didn’t need to because he did it for real.
Doug Fleenor Design
“I’ve always been interested in live entertainment,” Doug Fleenor confesses. “I put together my first sound system at seven, which involved a Lafayette PA horn, an Allied crystal microphone and a B-Stock tube amp from a local stereo store.” And no one would doubt when he says in high school he was that AV geek.