Bergamo, ITALY  – Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures are making their mark on the Evanescence world tour. LD Dan Hardiman is using more than a dozen Sharpys as upstage floor lights for aerial effects and to back light the band.  The band does not like strong key light and is kept fairly moody,  a look that Hardiman balances with intensive moving light effects.

LAS VEGAS — The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announces the addition of Randy Hutson to its board of advisors. Hutson is currently vice president of PRG Audio and general manager of PRG Chicago.

AMESBURY, MA – The 21 Bar inside of Caesar’s Casino in Atlantic City features a new look in lighting and video design, thanks to Aurora Sound & Light Design. To provide color washes, Aurora chose the BRICKBLASTER Pro RGBW fixture mounted on Halo track. The LED fixture uses red, green, blue and white LEDs and is targeted for entertainment and architectural installations.
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LOS ANGELES -  4Wall Los Angeles teamed with LD Robin Gray to provide lighting for Los Angeles Philharmonic’s “The Mahler Project” at the Shrine Auditorium. Gray chose a selection of gear to light the venue, several orchestras and chorus groups, including ETC Source Four Pars and Dimmer Racks along with VARI-LITE and Martin moving lights.

TUSTIN, CA – WorldStage has added three staff members to its West Coast office. Sean T. Glen joins WorldStage as senior project manager, Stuart Kopple as senior account executive and Dan Leavitt as production services manager.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - The Super Bowl Halftime Show featured display integration and 3D effects accomplished using Hippotizer’s UberPan and VideoMapper software components. Green Hippo’s UberPan software made it possible to blend eight discrete outputs seamlessly across the entire multi-resolution canvas, with the augmentation of VideoMapper, which mapped the geometry of the LED video tiles in the stage floor.
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TEMPE, AZ -  Michael "Woody" Woods has been promoted to president of the Entertainment Division at Precise Corporate Staging, where he will lead the account services, operations and business development departments. Woods has a background as a musician, musical engineer and producer.

LONDON - Women in Stage Entertainment (WISE) is hosting a professional seminar for young women considering a career in the entertainment technology industry. WiSE’s seminar entitled “Women Making Their Mark in the Theatre Industry” will be held March 9 at 12:30 pm in the seminar room of The Grand Hall in Olympia, London, in conjunction with the Perform 2012 theatre conference.

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ATLANTA — XL Video, which is reorganizing its U.S. operations, named Greg Gardner chief operations officer of XL Video US. The company said it is now merging the management structure for its operations in Atlanta and Los Angeles. Gardner, who reports to Rene de Keyzer, will work with Cary Tan, chief financial officer of XL Video US, to implement the merged company structure.

Creative Conners’ new Curtain Call machine is designed specifically for traveler tracks to automate traveler curtains. This latest addition to the Creative Conners stable of electric winches is a smaller, budget-priced solution. It also saves space, as it mounts to the battens, not the floor.