Twenty One Pilots’ “Icy” tour hit the road this summer, offering LD Tyler “Shap” Shapard the chance to produce an elegant and imaginative lighting design. To atmospherically engineer the mood and vibes for each song, he relied on a Solotech-supplied rig that included 80 Robe MegaPointes.
Despite a November chill that turned patches of green a frosty white in the predawn hours on Nov. 17, the sun quickly warmed Rhodes Ranch Golf Club in Las Vegas for the 2022 PLSN/FOH Parnelli Classic golf tournament. PLSN/FOH’s Terry Lowe and Greg Gallardo welcomed close to 100 players to the event.
Lighting Designer Marsha Stern started out lighting for discos in the 1970s before transitioning into architectural and architainment lighting projects in the 90s. She has a podcast, Heartbeat of the Dance Floor® that looks back fondly on the glory days of disco. In episode #12, Stern has assembled a lighting design panel to discuss lighting in those early days. Here is the video replay of A Lighting Panel with Special Guests Ken Billington, Jason Kantrowitz, (KB Associates / The Red Parrot), Anne Militello (Vortex Lighting / California Institute of the Arts), and Paul Gregory (Focus Lighting / Saturday Night Fever dance floor):
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The University of Houston recently took advantage of the University Outreach Program from Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head and Signify entertainment lighting brand, which enables emerging lighting design students to elevate their production looks and facilitates hands-on professional fixture experience. The latest collaborative project saw Andrew Archer, who is undertaking a BFA in Technical Theatre Production, create an inspired design for the play The Learned Ladies using VL2600 SPOT luminaires.Read More »Vari-Lite University Outreach Program Delivers VL2600 Uplift for the University of Houston
Ligabue drew big crowds for seven shows at the Arena di Verona in Italy, then performed four more concerts in Barcelona, Brussels, Paris and London. For the artist’s “30 Years in a Day” at the Arena in Campovolo on June 4, LD Jo Campana, used 61 Ayrton Domino Profiles provided by Agorà via Ayrton distributor Molpass.
Rock the House Entertainment Group is a growing, Cleveland-based entertainment and production company with national reach. They cover several core segments from Fortune 100 company annual meetings, over the top social events such a Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, weddings, and high-end celebrity gatherings, as well as national headlining acts and major music festivals. Founded in 1999, the company has expanded into several vertical markets over the course of its history and has consistently relied on Elation lighting for the last 15 years to successfully realize all manner of projects.Read More »Rock the House Entertainment Group Covers Fest to Festival with Scalable Elation Lighting
If the past is indeed prologue, then ChamSys should be very busy at LDI this year. Nevertheless, the company has ensured that Booth 2243 will be a bit roomier, by showcasing a group of space-saving on-the-go control solutions. Chief among the products showcased will be the MagicQ MQ250M Stadium, a powerful portable desk with an innovative folding HD Multi Touch display. Lighting professionals will be able to take this tidy console anywhere, while relying on it to take their show to new heights.Read More »ChamSys Makes Room At LDI
Claypaky has a number of new products its showing at LDI 2022, including the World Premiere of the Volero Wave, an LED bar with original and innovative features. It is made up of a system of eight moving heads, each one independently capable of a 220° tilt, thus producing never-seen-before three-dimensional volumetric projections. Each of these heads contains a brand-new mirror-based optical system combined with 40W RGBW LEDs; the innovative concept behind Volero Wave was to be able to move the entire light source on its axis, thus preserving the same intensity of the light flux in any position of the tilt range. The beams always appear extremely sharp and collimated, parallel to each other thanks to the 2.9° projection angle. Their synchronized movement produces an impressive wave of light, all the more overwhelming the more Volero Wave units you seamlessly connect to each other. When fitted on the Claypaky Panify, they can even be provided with an endless variable-speed pan rotation, making the Volero Wave the most dynamic effect light on the market. Here’s a video preview of the Volero Wave from Claypaky:
The ADJ team is gearing up for the first fully-fledged LDI trade show since 2019, set to take place later this month in Las Vegas. At the booth (#1032), the company’s comprehensive and fully road-proven Hydro range of IP65 rated automated luminaires will be showcased, including profile, spot, beam, and wash fixtures. In addition, a wide variety of ADJ’s other recently released entertainment lighting products will also be exhibited, alongside two previously unseen mini spotlight fixtures and a new hybrid moving head.Read More »ADJ to Showcase Road-Proven IP65 Rated Hydro Series Moving Heads and Other New Products at LDI 2022
It’s easy to see why CHAUVET Professional went with the word “storm” when naming its series of Maverick moving fixtures. With their IP65 rating and rugged construction, the new Maverick Storm movers are built to stand up to the elements rain or shine. But all storms are not created equal. There are light misty rainfalls, and then there are those storms that create the kinds of thrilling sights in the sky that you remember for the rest of your life. LDI visitors to CHAUVET Professional at booth 2243 will have no trouble figuring out where the latest additions to the Maverick Storm series stand on this continuum when it comes to output and performance.Read More »CHAUVET Professional Issues Storm Watch For LDI
What do Kix Brooks, Vince Gill, Randy Owens, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton and Michael T. Strickland all have in common? Each has been awarded the prestigious CMA Foundation Humanitarian Award. Bandit Lites founder and Chair Michael T. Strickland was honored Nov. 9 with the Humanitarian Award during. the 56th Annual CMA Awards live on ABC-TV.Read More »Bandit Lites’ Michael T. Strickland Receives CMA Award
PRG will be leading some panels at LDI 2022. Here’s information and links to further information about each of these panels. These panels will explore storytelling through the use of cutting-edge technology.Read More »Join PRG at LDI 2022 for Expert Panels