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NEWS PROJECTION LIGHTS & STAGING NEWS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Rigging Seminars March 10-13, 2008 Las Vegas, NV www.riggingseminars.com; 206-283-4419 Prolight + Sound March 12-15, 2008 Frankfurt Messe, Frankfurt, Germany www.prolight-sound.com USITT 2008 Conference March 19-22, 2008 George R Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX www.usitt.org; 800-938-7488 ETCP Exams at USITT March 21-22, 2008 USITT Conference and Stage Expo, Houston, TX certification@esta.org; 212-244-1505; http://etcp.esta.org. Milos Technical & Rigging Safety Workshop March 28-29, 2008 Milos HQ, Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic www.milosgroup.com En Coulisse April 2-3, 2008 Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Canada www.encoulisse.com SIB April 5-8, 2008 Rimini Fiera, Rimini, Italy www.sibinternational.com NAB April 11-17, 2008 Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV www.nabshow.com Founded by a 12-Year Old, Bandit Lites Marks 40 Years continued from cover Bandit Lites’ original crew school theater, hung them in the gymnasium around the stage, and lit Paul Revere and The Raiders. I didn’t have any knowledge back then,” he said, “but neither did the people I was working for, so anything and everything I did was correct.” Word of Strickland’s success spread and soon other touring bands began requesting Bandit to light their concerts. “We’d do a show one night for the Beach Boys, and they’d ask us to go the next night to another city. The first time they asked, I had to say no. I was twelve years old,” he said. “I couldn’t drive. I had no way of getting there. I was ready the next time. I hired a friend with a car and a U-Haul trailer.” Juggling the demands of his nascent company with homework, football and basketball practice, Bandit Lites grew through Strickland’s years at junior and senior high school. “We worked most of the major rock concerts within 300 miles of Kingsport in the early years. We did it mainly to see free concerts and meet girls,” Strickland said. “At that time all the equipment we used was borrowed from the local schools and theaters, hence the name Bandit.” From 1968 to 1971 Bandit worked with a large number of national acts, including The Monkees, The Grassroots, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Dennis Yost and the Classics Four, BJ Thomas, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, The Beach Boys, Kris Kristofferson and more, building a foundation for what would eventually become one of the world’s leading lighting companies. Ad info:http:// www.plsn.com/instant-info Ad info:http:// www.plsn.com/instant-info 8 PLSN MARCH 2008
NEWS IN BRIEF Rose Brand provided Voile Sheer curtains to the Meetinghouse Companies to use for their showcase event at the 2008 Catersource Conference and Tradeshow and Event Solutions Idea Factory at the Las Vegas Convention Center… Creative Stage Lighting provided production services and equipment for Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim Presents” tour featuring Ghostface Killah and the fictional band Dethklok… ETC, which introduced its Ion lighting control console, is spreading the word about its little-console-with-the-bigconsole-functionality with a new section of its Web site at www.etcconnect.com …J. R. Clancy, Inc. has made its entire 2008 product catalog available on its Web site, www.jrclancy.com…LMG, Inc. recently purchased a supply of Vari*Lite 3500 Spot moving lights to add to the firm’s lighting inventory…Bandit Lites has recently stocked up on new equipment to light upcoming shows involving Carrie Underwood, World Wrestling Entertainment, and other events. The new gear includes 1,000 Element Labs Versa Tube HDs, six Green Hippo Hippotizer Media Servers, four Grand MA Video Media Servers, 50 Elation PZ720 stage panels, 72 Vari*Lite 3000 Spots, 72 Vari*Lite 3500 Washes, and 48 Vari*Lite 2500 Spots…Leprecon, LLC named Dave Middleton and Queensbury, NY-based Stage Lighting Representatives (SLR) as their “Rep of the Year” for 2007. Year-Round Ice Museum Lit by Rugged LED Light Fixtures CHENA SPRINGS, AK — There is a place where getting cold feet on your big day and throwing a chilly reception afterwards is perfectly fine. It’s the Aurora Ice Museum, a handcarved ice structure measuring almost 6,000 square feet that stays open — and frozen — year round, one hour away from Fairbanks. A showcase for the carvings of awardwinning husband and wife team, Steve and Heather Brice, the Aurora Ice Museum includes a two-story observation tower, a spiral staircase, chandeliers, and life-size chess set and jousters on horseback among other creations carved from over 1,000 tons of ice. Calling it a museum, however, belies the resort perks it also offers, with a full ice bar complete with Appletinis served in icecarved glasses, four bedrooms for rent, each with a separate theme, ice furniture and, yes, even an ice altar. The museum remains at a brisk 20° F. year-round thanks to an absorption chiller that keeps it cold enough to withstand the rising temperatures during summer months. Lighting the interior to accentuate the details in the carvings without generating excessive heat presented a serious challenge. The Brices picked Chauvet fixtures out of familiarity with the line. They had participated last March in an ice-sculpting competition in Fairbanks, and became familiar with the Chauvet Colorado 1 and Colorado 3 wash lights used for that event. When they learned that Ice Alaska’s organizers had put the very same fixtures up for sale, the Brices purchased them without hesitation. The units’ use of LEDs make them a good fit for any application where generated heat is a major concern, and the rugged casing allows them to perform even after being submersed in water and frozen into blocks of ice. Not just a museum, the Aurora Ice Museum features a fully stocked bar. OBITUARY Wlodek Sielski, Co-founder, AuviTran SARL Wlodek Sielski AuviTran SARL business development director and co-founder Wlodek Sielski died Dec. 29, 2007, following a seven-month battle with cancer. Born in Poland, Sielski studied electronics, then joined one of the former Soviet Union’s communist era rock bands as a touring sound engineer. He traveled extensively within Russia, often on the Soviet supersonic plane nicknamed the “Concordski.” After traveling restrictions beyond the Russian border were relaxed, Sielski moved to the Netherlands, did sound design and engineering there, and in the late 1980s moved to the U.K. where he worked for national broadcasters including Central Television and Sky TV. At Sky TV, Sielski met the woman he would later marry, Fiona. He shifted his career from engineering to sales, and began to distribute Digigram products. He later joined that company, taking charge of its business development, and worked with Yves Ansade and Jeremie Weber. Together, the three created a new firm, AuviTran. In addition to his role at AuviTran, Sielski served as a consultant for Fostex Japan and K&H Germany. Sielski is survived by his wife, Fiona, and two children, Poppy and Liam. Ad info:http:// www.plsn.com/instant-info Ad info:http:// www.plsn.com/instant-info
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