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LD Systems Generates 18 Days of Excitement with CHAUVET Professional at San Antonio Rodeo

Every February, the San Antonio Spurs take off on a three-week “Rodeo Road Trip.” No, the NBA team isn’t saddling up and riding broncs and bulls, they’re leaving their home at the 19,000-seat Frost Center to make way for the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, an 18-day affair that draws over one million visitors every year. There is something for everyone during this nearly three-week event, from traditional rodeo fare to more esoteric activities like pig racing, as well as carnival games, and concerts by headliner stars, a group that this year included Gary Allan, Cheap Trick, Brooks & Dunn, Randy Rogers Band, Grupo el Duelo, Styx, and Clint Black.Read More »LD Systems Generates 18 Days of Excitement with CHAUVET Professional at San Antonio Rodeo

Upstaging’s Early Days: Kids Lighting Kids

In the early days for Upstaging, now marking 50 years, the company’s main work was lighting a lot of small, local shows. “We worked with a lot of local bands. We did Styx, who back then were playing high schools in the Chicago area every Friday and Saturday night,” notes Don Carone, who founded Upstaging with his brother Robert along with their friend Robin Shaw. Follow the link to learn more about the bands Upstaging lit in those early days.

Upstaging Celebrates 50 Years

Live entertainment lighting and trucking company Upstaging marked its 50th anniversary in 2022. During the past half century co-founders, brothers Robert and Don Carone, and Robin Shaw, joined in 1979 by John Huddleston, have turned Upstaging from a garage-based pioneer into a stalwart of the industry. The four share with PLSN some of their reflections growing a company alongside the concert touring industry—the beginnings, the milestones, and what they hope people know about Upstaging today.