TOMCAT Announces 18th Annual Hoist & Rigging Workshop Feb. 16-19 in Texas

TOMCAT Announces 18th Annual Hoist & Rigging Workshop Feb. 16-19 in Texas

TOMCAT’s 2011 ETCP Hoist & Rigging workshops are less than 3 weeks away, February 16-19 in Midland, Texas.  Registration is still open for those interested in improving their skills and prospects for 2011 and beyond with training on chain hoists or rigging principles. The schedule is finalized and includes a team of world-class instructors to [...]

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

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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ESTA Host 2nd Annual Control Protocol PlugFest January 2011

ESTA Host 2nd Annual Control Protocol PlugFest January 2011

It’s times like these that I wish I lived in the lone star state! ESTA’s Technical Standards Program is holding their second annual Control Protocol PlugFest in Westlake Texas on January 21st and 22nd. The PlugFest just happens to be at the same exact time and place as the Technical Standard Program meetings! What a [...]

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Lighting for Worship Session added to Super Saturday, January 22, 2011

Lighting for Worship Session added to Super Saturday, January 22, 2011

Lighting for Worship session at Stage Lighting Super Saturday. Tom Sanziano will present a beginner’s guide to starting the lighting process in the Worship Market.  This session will provide an excellent introduction for anyone taking their first steps into worship lighting. Scott Parker says, “We are excited to have Tom join us this year. The [...]

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TOMCAT Announces 2011 Hoist & Rigging Workshop

TOMCAT Announces 2011 Hoist & Rigging Workshop

TOMCAT is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2011 Hoist & Rigging workshops on February 16-19 in Midland, Texas. A team of world-class instructors has been assembled to deliver the Hoist & Truss workshop and the Rigging & Truss workshop. This ETCP recognized training program will provide a unique, hands-on-learning experience [...]

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Review: Nooks Ultimate Punt Pages DVD

Review: Nooks Ultimate Punt Pages DVD

A couple months before LDI this year, the Academy of Production Technology announced the arrival of their latest training tool, Nook’s Ultimate Punt Pages DVD.  No, it is not a training DVD for football kickers on how to punt the ball correctly, that is just silly.  Punting is the US term for running a lighting [...]

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Events: Super Saturday – Save Even MORE on Registration

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 [...]

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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.” [...]

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Academy of Production Technology Offers Electricity Training in Dallas, TX

Academy of Production Technology Offers Electricity Training in Dallas, TX

Are you looking to increase your self worth or gain  renewal credits to your ETCP certification? Good news, the Academy of Production Technology is offering a 3 day training session in Dallas Texas next month.  From December 1st through December 3rd, the APT is offering a training session on Entertainment Electricity, Power Distribution, and Controls [...]

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Ken Billington Joins SUPER Saturday, January 22,2011

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 [...]

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United Visual Artists D3

United Visual Artists D3

Visual media has become more and more a standard over the past few years. As more and more shows and installs are asking for media, companies are now providing more ways to serve it. One of the coolest systems I saw at #LDI2010 was the d3 by United Visual Artists. It’s been around for a [...]

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