We welcome XS Lighting, LLC as a new Sustaining member. XS Lighting, established in 1981, is a full service integrator of installed professional lighting, rigging, soft goods, sound, and video equipment. XS also provides event production support and rental for theatre, industrial theatre, trade shows, and special events. XS stocks a full line of theatrical equipment, supplies, and expendables representing manufacturers as diverse as Allen & Heath, Altman Lighting, Apollo Design Technology, Avlex, City Theatrical, Clear-Com, Elation, ETC, FBT Speakers, H&H Specialties, HighEnd Systems, LEE Filters, Leprecon, Lex Products, Lycian, MiPro, Robert Juliat, Rosco, James Thomas Engineering, TMB, Ultratec Special Effects, Videssence, and Wildfire UV Effects.

XS was an exhibitor at Stage Expo in Kansas City, Missouri. For more information, visit www.xslighting.com.

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Ultratec Special Effects, Inc. announced the hiring of Rachelle Robson as the customer service representative for the Special Effects Order Desk for the London, Ontario facility.

Ms. Robson's responsibilities will consist of processing orders, confirmation of orders, providing product and shipping quotes, providing tracking numbers, and other CSR tasks. Her contact information is: toll free number 866-534-5551; direct line 519-951-3366; fax 519-659-7713; and e-mail rachelle.robson@ultratecfx.com.

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In February, a team of world-class instructors and about 60 participants from all over the United States and Canada traveled to Midland, Texas to attend TOMCAT USA, Inc.'s hoist and truss or rigging and truss workshop.

The hoist and truss workshop featured the disassembly and reassembly of a one-ton Lodestar, and a Prostar as well as advanced troubleshooting with Dave Carmack of Columbus McKinnon. Dave Sowa, ETCP certified electrician and formerly of TOMCAT USA, Inc., led a discussion on control systems and conducted demonstrations of load testing. Instruction was rounded out by Dana Bartholomew of Fisher Technical Services, Inc., who gave instruction and demonstrations on automation.

G. Anthony Phillips, of RigRider Rigging Services and an ETCP certified rigger and instructor, taught safe rigging practices and principles while Morgan Neff gave instruction on fall protection practices and equipment. Participants also had the opportunity to put those principles into practice during a session with a TOMCAT ground support system.

Both workshops included a full day of truss instruction with TOMCAT USA, Inc.'s Keith Bohn and Will Todd. The day culminated with one of the most popular features of the workshop: live destruction of truss.

For additional information, contact Lisa Jebsen at 432-681-6725 or via email at lisa.jebsen@tomcatusa.com, or visit www.tomcatglobal.com.

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Serapid, Inc announced the launch of its brand new website: www.serapid.us.

A product-centered focus, technical expertise and navigational ease drove the design concept. Users will find many more application photos and videos.

The new site also showcases a number of new (and recently introduced) products. The new site will work in collaboration with the previous site, www.serapid.com.

SERAPID specializes in horizontal and vertical motion through the use of rigid chain technology.

For more information, visit either site, send an e-mail to info-us@serapid.com, or call 800-663-4514.

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Stage Technologies and Delstar supplied on-set pieces and stage engineering for the original production of The Phantom of the Opera and the show's first major United Kingdom tour in the early 1990s. The Really Useful Group, the show's producers, invited them come back for Love Never Dies, the recently-opened continuation of the Phantom's story.

The automation system installed comprises around 60 axes. Integral to the show's entertainment control systems was the provision of the Stage Technologies F:light product . F:light supplies a powerful link between automation control and moving light programming, providing cutting-edge integration between the lighting and automation systems

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Immediately following successful showings at the Prolight+Sound tradeshow in Frankfurt, TMB and LumenRadio of Sweden announced the signing of exclusive distribution contracts for North and Central America and Great Britain.

LumenRadio's CRMX Nova™ technology represents the future of lighting control. CRMX (Cognitive Radio Multiplexer) is the first automated and adaptive wireless technology specifically developed for real-world conditions in the lighting industry. LumenRadio also offers this innovative technology in rugged outdoor enclosures for permanent installation.

For more information about LumenRadio products, visit www.tmb.com/products/lumenradio.

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Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, named four new associates: Kevin Auses, Matthew Ezold, Howard Glickman, and Robert Hill.

Mr. Auses joined Auerbach Pollock Friedlander in 2003. He has worked on a wide variety of projects, including project management and rigging systems supervision for the 15,000-seat auditorium and broadcast center under construction at the Rexburg, Idaho campus of Brigham Young University. Mr. Auses received a BFA from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama.

Mr. Ezold joined Auerbach Pollock Friedlander in 2001. His project experience includes improvements to facilities at The Public Theater, New York, New York; The New Hampshire Music Festival Center for Music in Center Harbor, the Virginia Tech University Henderson Hall renovation, the United Therapeutics Campus Auditorium, Silver Spring, Maryland; and new Black Box Theater, Blacksburg, Virginia. He received a BFA from The New York University Tisch School of the Arts and is a certified technology specialist with Infocomm International.

Mr. Glickman has worked in almost all aspects of the theatre industry including technical, administration, education, construction, and equipment sales. He joined Auerbach Pollock Friedlander in 2004. Mr. Glickman graduated from Oberlin College in 1992 with a BA in Theatre and Political Science.

Mr. Hill joined Auerbach Pollock Friedlander's San Francisco office in 2006, working as project manager, senior consultant, and designer. He brings more than 15 years of technical theatre and theatrical lighting design experience to the firm, including work on over 100 operas for the San Francisco Opera and the Houston Grand Opera, among others.

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