News Flashes
New Additions To SF Marketing’s Marcom Department
SF Marketing has announced a pair of new additions to its Marketing and Communications (Marcom) Department.
Claudia L’Ecuyer has assumed the newly-created position of Events Manager. A graduate of Université de Sherbrooke, she brings with her several years of marketing experience, including a previous stint at SF Marketing before joining Skyline. Her primary mandate will be to lead, coordinate, and manage all activities pertaining to the planning and execution of training events, seminars, regional and national tradeshows, and other industry events in the retail and non-retail channels.
Lisa Griffiths is the new Brand Manager for SFM’s Consumer, MI, and Lighting Divisions. A Concordia University graduate, she comes to SFM with several years of marketing and project management experience gained working at Apathy is Boring, a national non-profit involved heavily in the organization of music festivals and concert events across Canada.
Both will be reporting to John Balash, Marcom Director.
For more information, contact SF Marketing: 514-780-2070, info@sfm.ca, www.sfm.ca.
Curtains Ready To Open For USITT 2011
Registration is now open for USITT’s 2011 Annual Conference and Stage Expo, set to be hosted in Charlotte, NC from March 9-12, 2011. This year’s conference and expo will entail four days of information, innovation, and networking opportunities.
USITT members and guests can currently enjoy a special opportunity with Cirque du Soleil’s TOTEM as it kicks off its US tour in Charlotte.
More information about the event will be announced in the coming weeks at www.usitt.org.
Project Update
Martin M1 Joins Elite Company At XS Nightclub
XS Nightclub at Wynn Casino and Resort in Las Vegas has upgraded its lighting control system with Martin’s new M1 lighting desk. The console caters to operator Josh Packard and his style of operation, says Wynn Lighting Programmer and Lead Lighting Technician Brian Gysegem.
“It was obvious that he needed more playbacks at his fingertips and the M1 became the obvious choice. The board was ultimately chosen for its small footprint and abundance of playbacks on the control surface. Josh is equally adept at creating and mixing music as he is operating and programming lights; his timing shines because of it.”
The M1 replaces an existing Martin Maxxyz Compact lighting desk that will subsequently be transferred to Tryst Nightclub at Wynn Resorts.
Photo: Barbara Kraft
Upcoming Events
The NAMM Show 2011 – Anaheim, CA, January 13-16, 2011, 760-438-8001, FAX 760-438-7327, info@namm.org, www.namm.org
2011 BICSI Winter Conference & Exhibition – Orlando, FL, January 16-20, 2011, 813-979-1991, www.bicsi.org
Mobile Beat 2011 DJ Show & Conference – Las Vegas, NV, Pre-Conference Events: January 31, 2011, Exhibits: February 1-3, 2011, 515-986-3300, www.mobilebeat.com
Integrated Systems Europe – Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 1-3, 2011, +31 20 799-7736, FAX +31 20 799 7801, ise2010@iseurope.org,, www.iseurope.org
2011 NSCA Business & Leadership Conference – San Diego, CA, February 17-19, 2011, 800-446-6722, blc@nsca.org, www.nsca.org
Electric West – Long Beach, CA, Conference: February 22-24, 2011, Exhibits: February 23-24, 2011, 203-358-5816, FAX 203-358-5816, registration@penton.com, www.electricshow.com
The PAL Show 2011 – May 15-16, 2011, Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, 100 Princess Blvd., Toronto, Canada, 877-490-6422, FAX 416-490-0369, janice@miac.net, www.thepalshow.com
Visit www.nor.com/events for more events involving Music, Musical Instruments, Professional Audio, Lighting, & Production.
Product Spotlight
Philips WideLite TAG Architectural LED Floodlights
Philips WideLite has unveiled a new family of indoor and outdoor RGB LED floodlights with four levels of dynamic colour-mixing control.
TAG’s Color-Tune allows the user to control everything directly at the fixture. Power up a TAG luminaire for the first time and 16 million color possibilities are available. Push the Color-Tune button to lock the desired colour in place, or continue pushing to cycle through 12 preset colour choices around the colour wheel, including white. No secondary DMX control systems are required.
TAG offers two levels of push-button Color-Tune technology that are plug-and-play ready, allowing for dynamic, simple, and affordable color control. Level-1 Color-Tune control allows the user to control each RGB luminaire independently at each fixture location. Level-2 Color-Tune control allows the user to control a string of multiple fixtures from a single Master’ fixture location by simply daisy-chaining TAG’s DMX control wires. Two additional levels of control are available for users wanting DMX compatibility.
For more information, contact Philips WideLite: 512-392-5821, FAX 512-753-1122, widelite.info@philips.com, www.widelite.com.
American DJ Hyper Gem LED
American DJ has introduced its new Hyper Gem LED, featuring 256 red, green, blue, and white LEDs shooting out beams through four lenses.
A 4-way DMX-controllable portable moonflower, the Hyper Gem LED can offer a wide sweep of LED patterns that gyrate and groove to the beat of the music. Featuring four separate lenses and a 24-degree high and 94-degree wide beam angle, its beams will completely cover the dance floor at a mid-sized venue, making it suitable for any DJ, entertainer, or club wanting to cover a large area. It will also project on walls and ceilings and includes a multi-colour Strobe Effect.
The unit uses long-life 100,000-hour-rated LEDs as its light source and has no moving parts. The Hyper Gem LED is also easy to operate, even for users with very little lighting experience.
For more information, contact Sounds Distribution: 905-428-9062, FAX 905-428-6510 sdinfo@soundsdistribution.com, www.soundsdist.com.