TOMCAT helped Sir Paul McCartney's "US" tour with custom equipment and is keeping the lighting for Children's Theatre Company flexible, too.

For Sir Paul, TOMCAT worked with Upstaging, Inc. to build 25 custom light frames to hold a variety of instruments. Many custom hardware components were also fabricated for rigging equipment on the tour.

For Children's Theatre's new Cargill Stage in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the company provided equipment including 65 pieces of medium duty truss with asexual spigots so the truss sections can be configured in a variety of ways. An additional bit of flexibility is provided by the corner blocks designed with custom-made, spigoted truss attachment brackets. (TABS). The order also included 36 Columbus McKinnon 1-ton Model L chain hoists and 2 CM 500-pound Prostars.

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Cast Software, Inc. announced two new partnerships, adding to the list of manufacturers who are bundling their consoles with WYSIWYG Perform Console Edition.

Leprecon Pro Lighting will offer LP-X users the option of pairing a copy of WYSIWYG CE with every LP-X48 and LP-X24 console. The Leprecon LP-X series lighting consoles will control up to 1024 DMX channels of moving lights and static instruments.

Lehigh Electric Products Co. will bundle WYSIWYG CE with their Millennium Series of consoles, providing seamless integration of all available features, including visualization, AutoPatch, fixture selection, and AutoFocus.

Gilray Densham, President of Cast Software, said "These new partnership are adding to the industry buzz, confirming that manufacturers want to join forces so they can offer their customers a complete solution—top line consoles coupled with WYSIWYG, the best visualization software available in the marketplace."

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Sapsis Rigging, Inc. provided the equipment and expertise to install three 17th century tapestries in Washington, D.C. The tapestries belong to the Society of the Cincinnati and hang in the society's museum at the Anderson House. The Textile Conservation Laboratory had removed the approximately 30-foot-square tapestries, each depicting a woodland scene, for cleaning and restoration.

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