ETC Training to Become First ETCP-Recognized Electrical Training Program
If you are an certified technician through ESTA ETCP, there is good news for you. You have another way to earn credits towards your certification as well as increase your knowladge from ETC. The non-profit trade association ESTA is the steward for the entertainment services and technology industry in North America, setting technical standards and [...]
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ESTA Behind the Scenes Holiday Card Student Design Contest
Behind The Scenes, an initiative of The ESTA Foundation, announces its first-ever holiday card student design contest, open to any lighting, set, video or costume full-time design student interested in creating an original design for a 2010 card. The winner will be chosen by an all-star panel of previous holiday card designers including Bob Bonniol, [...]
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Two Rigging Draft Standards Up for Review from ESTA
Looks like ESTA has just announced the release of two drafts of rigging standards for review to the industry. If you have any interest or knowledge of rigging, you are encouraged to provide your valuable input into the drafts. With any review of draft standards, there is a limited time that the public are allowed [...]
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Long Reach Long Riders Saddle Up For 2010
With this past summers ride down and gone in the east, the Long Reach Long Riders are planning their 6th annual ride on the west coast. I was sad to have to miss this years ride as it went straight through my back door. Here is a little more info from the 2009 ride on [...]
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Lex Products Donates Portion of Proceeds to Behind the Scenes
We love hearing news like this. Since last LDI, Lex Products has been donating portion of the first year’s sales of the 6 Circuit Live Tester to ESTA’s Behind the Scenes. Since that first year ends this LDI in Orlando, Lex has decided to extend this giving until the end of 2009. This gives you [...]
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ESTA Puts BSR E1.28, Followspot Position Standards Up for Public Review
Late last week, ESTA put the BSR E1.28 document on Followspot Positions up for Public Review and commenting on the TSP or Technical Standards Program website. Members and industry professionals are encouraged to download, read and review the document and submit any additions or changes they feel the standard might benefit from. If you do [...]
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Now PLASA and ESTA Intend to Merge
Not to long ago, ESTA and PERA announced that they will be merging together. Seems like that wasn’t the end of it. ESTA, (The Entertainment Services & Technology Association) and now PLASA, (Professional Lighting and Sound Association), have announced that they too will be merging and combining forces! More from the Press Release: PLASA (headquartered [...]
Read More ...Long Reach Long Rides Meet and Exceed Goals
The Long Reach Long Riders announce the successful completion of their 6th annual charity motorcycle ride. The 2009 ride raised over $42,000.00 for the ESTA Foundation’s Behind the Scenes program and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, making it the second largest amount raised to date. The combined LRLR total raised since the first ride in 2004 [...]
Read More ...ESTA Announces eSET Portal
The ESTA Foundation has launched a new site geared towards providing entry level entertainment technicians a educational portal to learn and better understand terms and fundamentals within the entertainment industry. The Essential Skills for the Entertainment Technician (eSET) goals are to provide technicians with knowledge and skills to function across all fields of the entertainment [...]
Read More ...New ESTA Protocol Magazine Out
Right before we left for our nice long memorial day weekend, we received the latest issue of ESTA’s Protocol magazine in the mail. While relaxing in the shade, we had a chance to read the magazine from cover to cover. The cover article, ACN and RDM, Working together to add real value, caught our eye [...]
Read More ...ESTA Rock Our World Awards Open for Nominations
Have you seen a new product that you knew would change the industry, or one that was so simple but so brilliant you couldn’t imagine why it hadn’t been done before? Have you seen a product used in a way that was truly remarkable in its application, whether simple or complex? Have you seen a [...]
Read More ...ESTA And PERA Announce Intent to Merge
ESTA (The Entertainment Services & Technology Association) and PERA (The Production Equipment Rental Association) have recently announced plans to join forces. Read more from the Press Release: NEW YORK, NY –– The Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA) and the Production Equipment Rental Association (PERA) today announced an agreement to merge, subject to final ratification. [...]
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