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Time is Running Out For the Student Lighting Design Competition

Attention all lighting design students.  There is less than a month left in the Student Lighting Design Competition. March 16th 2012 is the last day for students to submit their lighting design entries to the competition. On March 29th, at the USITT Conference and Expo in Long Beach California, the winner will be announced of [...]

SLDC 2012: Resources Page Added

It’s getting close to the holiday season! Most students have already headed home for the break.  What a perfect time to start working on your Student Lighting Design Competition entry!  If you have not done so already, head over to the SLDC page and download the required software, Vectorworks 2012 and the demo version of [...]

Kevin Lee Allen Joins Student Lighting Design Competition Judging

We are happy to announce that Lighting and Set Designer Kevin Lee Allen will be joining the faculty as a judge for the 2012 Student Lighting Design Competition. “I am thrilled to include Mr. Allen to the judging committee of the Student Lighting Design Competition.” says Justin Lang, Editor of iSquint.net. “He is a well respected designer and has superior [...]

2nd Annual Student Lighting Design Competition

It’s back! The iSquint.net & Stage Directions Magazine Student Lighting Design Competition (SLDC) is officially underway!  We are proud to welcome back our sponsors, Nemetschek Vectorworks, City Theatrical and Field Template. Starting today, students may begin to download the student version of Vectorworks 2012 and a demo version of Lightwright in order to compete in [...]

Win $100 Worth of Books from Focal Press – The Most Dramatic Drama Contest!

Focal Press, the publishers of some of the finest production and live event technical books out there is holding a contest. The Most Dramatic Drama Contest! Focal Press is looking for your stories about working in the theatre. Whether it be a challenge you had to over come or a story of just how things [...]

Let’s Send Noah on the Light World Tour

Meet Noah Craft. He is a student at the University of Minnesota Duluth studying Lighting Design.  You may know him better as part of the Duluth Team. Noah has signed up for the Philips 2011 Light World Tour. About the Light World Tour: Drawing on the inspiration of the surroundings, one lucky lighting professional will [...]

Apollo Designs 4th Annual Design-A-Pattern Contest Begins

Apolloe Design has announced their 4th annual Design-A-Pattern Contest.  Entries are being accepted now through April 28, 2011.  The winner of the Design-A-Pattern contest will be added to the standard patterns offered by Apollo Design.  The winning design also gets their winning design made into a pattern and a commemorative plaque! Apollo will be posting [...]

Lightwright Touch Winner Announced

Yesterday I ran a contest for a lucky reader of iSquint to win a copy of Lightwright Touch for the iPad.  I have been playing with the app since I got it and boy do I love it!  I wanted to share the love and bring happiness to one reader.  While I would love to [...]

Contest Time: Win a Copy of Lightwright Touch for Your iPad

You read the headline right!  I am loving my copy of Lightwright Touch so much that I want to share it with one lucky reader of iSquint! If you had not heard, West Side Systems announced the release of their latest iPad app, Lightwright Touch into the iTunes App Store yesterday. Basically, you have Lightwright [...]

ESTA Foundation Announces 2011 Holiday Card Student Design Contest

Behind the Scenes announces the second annual Holiday Card Student Design Contest and seeks prize donations for the 8th annual Long Reach Long Rider/Behind the Scenes raffle at the USITT Conference & Stage Expo in Charlotte, NC in March. Behind the Scenes is seeking raffle prizes for its ever-popular raffle at USITT, co-sponsored by the [...]

Contest: American DJ Asks DJs to Share Their Pet Name for Their Lighting Gear

Musicians depend on their instruments, DJs rely on their lighting and audio gear. This connection leads to some pretty close relationships between man (or woman) and machine, which is why so many entertainers have pet names for their equipment. Think B.B. King’s famous “Lucille,” and “Brownie,” the affectionate name of the Fender Stratocaster that Eric [...]

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner – Jason Lynch, Focus Fail

Last week I announced a contest for the brand new Flat Ultimate Focus Tool from StageJunk.com.  I put a call out for photos of why you NEED the FUFT and the tool that you would be replacing the FUFT with.  Out of all the entries which were just as hilarious and awesome, Jason Lynch from [...]