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iSquint Podcast: Episode 13 – Super Saturday 2011

Episode 13 of the iSquint Podcast is out! Yes it is un-luck number 13, but so what! ;) I sat down with Mr. Scott C. Parker, the organizer of the Stage Lighting Super Saturday. We talk about what Super Saturday is and who should attend as well as what to expect. The 2011 Super Saturday takes place this Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 in New York City at LaGuardia Arts High School at 65th Street.

Kicking off Super Saturday is a keynote speaker Ken Billington, Tony award winning lighting design and all around great guy. Super Saturday is jam packed with all kinds of sessions, training and of course product demonstrations. You still have plenty of time to register for Super Saturday by visiting www.stageseminars.com. When you register, make sure to use promotional code iSquintVIP. It will knock off $50 form the $150 registration fee!

Hope you can make it and if you do, I’ll see you there!

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Less Than A Week Till Super Saturday in NYC and Save $50 on Registration!

The count down has begun, there are only 5, yes 5 days left until Super Saturday. No, it is not some huge blowout sale happening in New York City. I am talking about the Stage Seminars, Stage Lighting Super Saturday. Here is more about Super Saturday.

A dozen theater lighting professionals will speak and about 20 industry lighting manufacturers will on hand and have technical personnel and equipment to demonstrate. The tentative program includes inspiration, fixtures, color, consoles, moving lights, trouble shooting, CAD, Virtual Magic Sheet & LightWright, paperwork, and other subjects. Starting at 8:00 am on Saturday, January 22, 2011, the sixth-annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday all-day seminar will take place at the conveniently located Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City located across from New York City’s Lincoln Center.

Sounds like fun right? You’ll find me there! I am so excited! You should be too. On top of a day of lighting glory and education, the organizers of Super Saturday have a special offer for you. Scott Parker offered a discount code to the readers of iSquint to attend and save on Super Saturday. The code USE to save you $25 off the registration price… Now, you can save $50! It’s easy, use the code iSquintVIP when you register. What are you waiting for?! Go register for Super Saturday now! I can’t wait to see you there!

You can learn more about Super Saturday by visiting www.stageseminars.com.

Long Reach Long Riders Ride Again in July

The Long Reach Long Riders are happy to announce the dates and route for their 8th annual charity motorcycle ride. The 2011 ride will begin on July 1 in Billings, Montana and wind through some of the wildest landscapes in the United States before finishing back in Billings on July 9th. Along the way the group will visit a number of National Parks including Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Craters of the Moon and Glacier. Old Faithful and Mammoth Hot Springs are two of the many sites to be visited, and the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway and The Highway to the Sun are a couple of the many magnificent roads that will be ridden during the 2011 ride.

What was supposed to be a one time event in 2004 has become an eagerly anticipated annual trip. The ride supports two charities: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The ESTA Foundation’s Behind the Scenes Program. To date the LRLR have raised over $250,000.0.

Greg Williams, who shares 2011 Ride Marshal duties with his wife Alice Neff noted, “Last year’s ride was spectacular. The Sierra Nevada Mountains are incredibly beautiful and the ride up the Pacific Coast Highway was breathtaking. Loren Shreiber set a very high bar with last year’s ride but I do believe this year’s route will be even better.”

For more information about the Long Reach Long Riders, to join the ride or make a donation, please visit www.lrlr.org.

GAM Product Offers Color Workshop January 11th, 2011 in LA

Do you live in the Las Angles area? On January 11th, 2011, GAM Products is offering workshop on color at their GAM Arts Center right in the heart of LA.

Learn about color temperature, kelvin, spectral distribution, foot candles, mired shift and CIE tri-stimulus values; how they all relate to correcting light sources and balancing color in film and TV. Learn how these measurements relate to perception and the duplication of color.

Speaker: Joe Tawil of GAMPRODUCTS, INC.
Date: Tuesday, January 11th
Time: Refreshments 6 pm / Workshop 7-9 pm
Where: GAM Arts Center • 4975 W. Pico Blvd. • Los Angeles, CA 90019
Secured, underground parking available.

Please RSVP to 1.888.GAMCOLOR or sales@gamonline.com

Wybron Mobile Showroom Heads to The Lone Star State in December

The Wybron Mobile Showroom is hitting the road once again for 2010. Since it is getting cold outside, the Showroom is heading to warmer pastures and the land of the lone star state, Texas. December 6th through December 10th, The Wybron Mobile Showroom will makes it way through Texas starting in Dallas and then taking the old cattle trails through Texas ending in San Antonio.

Here is more on the Mobile Showroom from Wybron:

The showroom will make its first three stops — Barbizon, Gemini Stage Lighting & Sound, and Stagelight — in the Dallas metro on Monday, Dec. 6; Tuesday, Dec. 7; and Wednesday, Dec. 8 respectively.

On Thursday, Dec. 9 the Mobile Showroom will open its doors at Olden Lighting in Austin before heading to Texas Scenic Co. in San Antonio for its final stop of the year on Friday, Dec. 10. Each stop will provide visitors with a hands-on survey of new and classic Wybron gear, including the new Cygnus advanced-color LED line, as well as a chance to chat with Wybron staff and enjoy complimentary lunch.

For a map of December stops, or to RSVP for a Texas date, visit Wybron’s website at www.wybron.com.

Events: Super Saturday – Save Even MORE on Registration

Are you on the right coast? Drop all your plans January 22nd and head to New York, IT’S SUPER SATURDAY! No, it is not the Super Bowl, or the Super Heavy Weight Fight of the Year, it’s the Saturday when Lighting Designers, Professionals and enthuses come together to talk, share, learn and celebrate the best art form in the entertainment industry, Lighting.

Meet theater professionals and network with like career people. It will be 10 hours of hard work, fun, and a great learning experience. The workshop is geared towards anyone interested in stage/theatrical type lighting including lighting designers, technicians, electricians, set designers, sound designers, architectural professionals, church lighting directors, teachers and students at all levels, etc.

If you register before the end of the year, 12/31/2010, you will be saving $50 off the price of registration. But wait, it get’s better. Scott Parker, the organizer of Super Saturday has offered something special to the readers of iSquint. Save an ADDITIONAL $25 off the cost of registration with the code “iSquintVIP”. Now if you register before the end of the year, not only do you save $50 by registering early, but with the code, you save an ADDITIONAL $25 dollars for a total cost of registering early.

Now, if you register after the new year, you can still use the code above to save $25 dollars off the cost of registering! A huge thank you to Mr. Parker for his generosity! If you get to Super Saturday, make sure to find Mr. Parker and say thanks!

Now what are you waiting for… GO REGISTER! You can learn more about Super Saturday by visiting www.stageseminars.com.

Richard Pilbrow Joins Super Saturday Faculty, January 22, 2011

Richard Pilbrow, internationally known lighting designer, has agreed to speak at the Sixth annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday seminars. Richard is passionate about the advancement of computer technology that allows lighting designers to free themselves from that same technology. He will discuss his recent use of the Apple iPad during a production of “Evening Primrose.” Pilbrow’s credits include “A Tale of Two Cities”, “Our Town”, “The Life”, “Show Boat”, Broadway; ”The Sleeping Beauty” American Ballet Theatre, Metropolitan Opera; “The Magic Flute” LA Opera; many UK National Theatre Company and West End productions. Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Theatre Projects Consultants for 1200 projects in 70 countries. Author of “Stage Lighting” an international teaching text and “Stage Lighting Design” published in 1997. In 2010 Live Design voted Richard “one of the 50 most powerful people in the entertainment technology industry.”

This popular annual seminar is designed for everyone involved in stage, architectural, or entertainment lighting. The sessions are not too basic nor too advanced. Everyone who attends will benefit. The intense all day seminar will be led by theatre lighting professionals leading sessions about inspiration, training, product, and just doing it.

For more information, please visit www.stageseminars.com or contact Scott Parker at super2011@stageseminars.com, 1-866-832-4390.

Ken Billington Joins SUPER Saturday, January 22,2011

Ken Billington, award-winning lighting designer, has agreed to provide the keynote inspirational session at the Sixth annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday seminars. Billington says, “I am always happy to speak at any stage lighting educational seminar. I think that the Stage Lighting Super Saturday seminar is one of the best.”

Sonny Sonnenfeld says, “The program is designed to educate beginners and new professionals who seek additional training. It will be 10 hours of hard work, fun, and a great learning experience.” This popular annual seminar is designed for everyone involved in stage, architectural, or entertainment lighting. The sessions are not too basic nor too advanced. Everyone who attends will benefit. The intense all day seminar will be led by theatre lighting professionals leading sessions about inspiration, training, product, and just doing it.

Scott Parker adds, “A dozen theater lighting professionals will speak and about 20 industry lighting manufacturers will on hand and have technical personnel and equipment to demonstrate.”
The tentative program includes inspiration, stage lighting 101, fixtures, color, consoles, moving lights, trouble shooting, paperwork, and other subjects. Starting at 8:00 am on Saturday, January 22, 2011, the sixth-annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday all-day seminar will take place at the conveniently located Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City located across from New York City’s Lincoln Center.

For more information, please visit www.stageseminars.com.

Creative Stage Lighting Host Workshop at University of Texas at El Paso

Creative Stage Lighting, in conjunction with the University of Texas at El Paso Department of Theatre and Dance, will present a workshop series on November 18.

This day long event includes three workshops:. “Theatre Programming – Lighting To Video” with Michael Nevitt of Creative Stage Lighting explores programming techniques for theatrical designers. “Scenic Painting” with Damon Hatten of Rosco Laboratories will display professional scene paintings and discuss the application of a variety of texture paints.

A guest presentation by Richard Cadena titled “Keys to Success in the Live Event Production Industry” is a session devoted to the direction of the live event production industry and how young people and newcomers can get kick-started on their career path into this field.

The event will be held in UTEP’s Wise Theatre. For more information please go to www.creativestagelighting.com.

Wybron Mobile Show Room Hits the MidWest

The Wybron Mobile Showroom will return to the road Nov. 15-19, making stops in Illinois, Indianapolis and Wisconsin during the fourteenth leg of its first national tour.

The showroom will make its first stop Monday, Nov. 15 at Indianapolis Stage in Indianapolis, Ind., before heading to DesignLab, Grand Stage and Chicago Spotlight, Inc. — all in Chicago — on Nov. 16, 17 and 18 respectively.

On Friday, Nov. 19 it’s off to Clearwing Productions in Milwaukee, Wis., for the showroom’s final stop of the month.

Each stop will provide visitors with a hands-on survey of new and classic Wybron gear, including the new Cygnus™ advanced color LED line, as well as a chance to chat with Wybron staff members and enjoy complimentary food.

UPCOMING DATES:

Nov. 15 — Indianapolis Stage, Indianapolis, IN, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Nov. 16 — DesignLab, Chicago, IL, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Nov. 17 — Grand Stage, Chicago, IL, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Nov. 18 — Chicago Spotlight, Chicago, IL, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Nov. 19 — Clearwing Productions, Milwaukee, WI, 12 p.m.-5 p.m.

Martin’s Road Show Goes International Starting in Europe

With the hugely suspenseful US tour this past summer, Martin Professional has decided to take the tour world wide. Rejoice my friends across the big blue, you too will get a chance to see all of Martin’s products up close and personal.

Here is more from Martin:

Martin EMEA is continuing the Martin “Brighter World” Road Show theme yet in a slightly smaller format. The “Brighter World” Road Show tour is an innovative approach to relationship building that brings Martin directly to important lighting professionals. Targeted at the entertainment, as well as commercial and architectural markets, the on-the-road concept allows for a more detailed, personal dialogue and is aimed at exposing lighting professionals to the latest Martin gear through product demonstrations, application and hands-on training, and on-site presentations.

The Martin European Road Show kicked off at the Octobermesse in Munich on September 21st and heads to the UK in October for a number of dates. Those events will be followed by Road Show stops in France before heading to Scandinavia for more events. Events in Italy are in the planning phase and will be confirmed during the weeks to come.

For information on the Martin EMEA Road Show and for specific times and locations, please visit your local Martin subsidiary website.

www.martin-professional.de
www.martinpro.co.uk
www.martin.fr
www.martinscan.com
www.martin.it

#LDI2010: 4Wall Industry Party – HUGE Thanks!

I have got to give it up for 4Wall Lighting. Like I mentioned earlier, this was my second 4Wall Party and they are truly living up to the reputation of throwing an awesome party! I showed up fashionably late like the rest of the Parnelli Award attendees, but we didn’t miss a thing! The party was in full swing within the old Cinelease Warehouse in you guessed it, the warehouse district of Las Vegas. I’ll never forget my cabbies comment on the way out, “What the hell is out there, some sort of new ultra hip club? I thought I knew where they all are.”

On stage was our industry’s own Swining Johnson’s pumping out some great music!. I took over 500 photos of those guys last night and it was so much fun! The rig, the music, the people, just so much fun! I also took some video of some of their the sets. I love those guys!

So ANOTHER super huge thank you to the 4Wall gang for the invite to a great party! I had a blast!

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