Aaron Shust Christmas Concert Stage Colorized With CHAUVET Professional COLORado Fixtures

In Install News, Web Articlesby tfwm

Christmas Concert3Music not only conveys the spirit of Christmas at The Heights Baptist Church, it also creates memories that worshippers cherish. A decade ago, leaders of this church outside Dallas made a decision to move away from theatrical holiday productions and instead have their Christmas season services feature concerts by their choir, orchestra and special guest artists. This year’s guest was very special indeed, as the church welcomed multi-Dove Award winner Aaron Shust, who performed on a stage that was illuminated in warm seasonal colors by COLORado™ 3P IP LED wash banks from CHAUVET Professional.

“The Christmas concerts with their special guests have become a tradition here,” said Bobby Dennis, Technical Director at the church. “In the past, we’ve had artists like Point of Grace, Andrew Peterson, Larnelle Harris join us. Of course part of the feeling we create on stage comes from the very lush holiday colors that light these performances. The COLORado fixtures were key in colorizing the stage for Aaron’s Christmas concert; they are our workhorse color wall and stage wash, performing flawlessly and never flickering, which is important because we HD/IMAG the concert.”

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Pantano Christian “Makes Good Better” With CHAUVET Professional

In Install Newsby tfwm

pantanoPantano Christian Church already had a good lighting system, when its leaders concluded that “good” lighting wasn’t quite good enough when it came to creating the kind of engaging worship experience they wanted to offer their congregation. So they contacted house of worship design/build firm CCI Solutions of Olympia, WA to implement a comprehensive lighting and audio upgrade at their church.

Consultants Duke DeJong and Todd Gathany of CCI Solutions spent two days with the senior leadership and programming teams at Pantano, working with the church to define their vision and walk through their potential new lighting and audio systems, describing how each could help them achieve their goal. For the lighting side of the upgrade, CCI Solutions added a collection of LED stage lighting from CHAUVET Professional to the church’s system.

“Pantano was already doing some great things when it came to their lighting,” said DeJong. “However, there was a desire to add a lot more color to their lighting rig, and their dimming system definitely needed greater reliability. As we walked through each part of the new systems with the team from Pantano, it became clear that big out-of-the-box ideas were not only acceptable; they were encouraged.”

Among those “outside the box” ideas was the decision to replace the church’s old dimmable incandescent fixtures with two LED products from CHAUVET Professional: the Ovation E-190WW ellipsoidal, and Ovation F-165WW Fresnel; a move that DeJong and Gathany said took some members of the church by surprise.

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Barbizon's Electrician's Handbook is Now an App!

In Industry Newsby tfwm

App-EmailBarbizon Lighting is proud to announce the release of the Barbizon Electrician’s Handbook App, giving Entertainment Technicians our coveted little flipbook – now in a native application for the iOS and Android!

Every page, formula, gel and lamp reference you’d find in our printed edition is here, along with a few other goodies as well.
•    Handbook Indexed Navigation
•    References for Electrical Terms, Wire and Cable, Lighting Fixtures, Lamps, Color, Patterns, Pipe, Knots, and More…
•    Page to Page Navigation
•    Pinch/Zoom of Handbook pages
•    Interactive Contacts for All Barbizon Office locations, worldwide
•    Barbizon Torch (for those of you with LED flashes on your device)

Download for iOS = http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/barbizon/id423490545?mt=8

Download for Android = https://market.android.com/details?id=com.barbizon.android

Don’t have a smartphone??  You can download the PDF Version HERE


CHAUVET Professional Helps Transform Historic “Scopes Trial Courthouse” For Tokens Special

In Install News, Web Articlesby tfwm

tokens-afterGreg Persinger of Vivid Illumination has been involved in quite a few lighting projects over the past 20 years, but it’s safe to say that none were quite like his recent work at the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton,Tokens-b4 Tennessee. Nothing about this event was “ordinary” — from the venue (site of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial), to the load-in process (gear had to be lugged up 2.5 flights of stairs), to the presence of actual prison inmates (who were at the courthouse for hearings) during setup. Nevertheless, Persinger was able to create a stunning and transformative lighting design thanks to the standout work of his team and a collection of LED color rendering fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.

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Evolutionary Yamaha PM10 Launched Today

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Yamaha RIVAGE PM10In a worldwide announcement made at Inter BEE today, Yamaha Corporation Japan has launched the RIVAGE PM10 Digital Mixing Console, an enormous, evolutionary step for Yamaha PM Series Digital Live Sound Consoles. More than ten years have passed since the Yamaha PM1D and PM5D defined the direction for the digital console market. The new flagship RIVAGE PM10 significantly increases the quality and versatility necessary in a live sound environment, and inherits features from the renowned PM Series Consoles. Evolved features and performance define yet another milestone for Yamaha sound reinforcement consoles. The PM10 system is comprised of the CS-R10 control surface, DSP-R10 DSP engine, RPio622 I/O rack, three types of RY cards, and two types of HY cards provide the flexibility to configure and ideally match the scale and functional requirements of any application.

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Newly Re-Designed Stainless Steel Option

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Old Pricing Until January 1st 2015!

HSAsteeldeskSXEXT_RACKCTR_SS_brighter_IMG_7406A newly redesigned Stainless Steel Rolltop Tambour option was announced by HSA “the Rolltop People” and is immediately available at the original option’s 2014 pricing until January 1st 2015.

This upgrade to HSA’s original stainless steel rolltop includes 33% thicker desk sidewalls, and adds a heavier front or lead tambour and Institutional Grade re-keyable core lock systems. HSA re-engineered this option after working with several consultants and architects to meet the requirements of Churches and Schools for more security, ease of maintenance and durability.

The company is also offering both the Institutional Lock System and the Extra Thick Sidewalls as separately available options providing designers, HSA dealers and their Church and School clients more choices in their HSA product’s configuration.

HSA states that focusing on product engineering and refinement keeps their Rolltop Desk, Rack and Lectern line competitive, innovative and continually adding value for their customers.

For more information visit www.hsarolltops.com