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Live Design has announced some details on their first annual Concert Master Classes:

Get into the concert lighting and projection scene at Live Design’s first annual Concert Master Classes. Jeff Ravitz, acclaimed lighting designer for Bruce Springsteen, leads a faculty of today’s top designers in two-days of informative sessions at CenterStaging in Burbank.

You may recognize Jeff Ravitz from our webinar series. He, along with Richard Cadena, was a special guest on Lighting Design 101: Part II (available on the CSL Podcast [iTunes link]).

Who should attend?

The Concert Lighting Master Classes are perfect for all designers, technicians, programmers, and production managers interested in gaining valuable knowledge about the lighting and projection aspects of concert design and touring. Legendary lighting designer Jeff Ravitz (Bruce Springsteen) will serve as creative consultant. Confirmed speakers to date include Peter Morse, Marc Brickman, Butch Allen, Justin Collie, Bob Bonniol, Anne Militello, and Patrick Dierson, plus Jim Moody and Paul Dexter, authors of Concert Lighting, Third Edition,Techniques, Art and Business. The book will be available for sale when you register and both authors will be on site to sign the books during the classes.

If this sounds up your alley you can get more information from Live Design.

• Concert Master Classes

Creative Stage Lighting is a sponsor of this event.

On Saturday the North Country Hardship Fund will host Waynestock III in North Creek.

The Post-Star has a good explanation of the event and what led up to it:

JOHNSBURG – On April 18, 2008, Wayne Bukovinsky’s life changed.

That’s when he lost control of his 2001 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic motorcycle on Golf Course Road, about 1.2 miles north of Blackberry Lane in Warrensburg, and ended up being thrown from the bike and losing his helmet.

He wound up unconscious on the ground and was flown to Albany Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition just after the crash, according to a Post-Star report from 2008.

More than two years after his traumatic brain injury, Bukovinsky’s speech is slurred and he walks with a cane, but that hasn’t stopped him from trying to help others the way they helped him after his accident.

Wayne’s been with Creative’s Rental and Production department almost since the beginning. After his accident he started the non-profit North Country Hardship Fund:

As a way of giving back to the community, Wayne has started this organization to raise funds for others that may be in need as he was. Your donation and support for this wonderful cause will be greatly appreciated. The region covered by this fund will include Warren, Essex, Hamilton, Washington and Saratoga counties in New York.

Waynestock III will be held at the North Creek Ski Bowl starting tomorrow, August 7, at noon. There’s no charge, but donations will be accepted.

The following local bands will be there:

• Vinnie Leddick
• Blonde Roots
• S.L. Smith Band
• Phil Camp
• Don’t Quit Your Day Jobbers
• Donna Britton Band
• Finger Diddle
• Dogtown Cadillac
• Groove Therapy
• Hoffmeister/Keystone Band.

You can read more about Waynestock in these articles:

• North Country Hardship Fund gears up for Waynestock
• Waynestock in Johnsburg rocks on to help victims of tragic events

If you’d like to support the North Country Hardship Fund you can donate directly to the organization:

Make checks payable to the North Country Hardship Fund

Mail checks to:
Steve Studnicky
287 Bird Pond Road
North Creek, NY 12853

If you’re in the Lake George / Queensbury NY area this summer and looking for something to do check out Youtheatre.

From their website:

Youtheatre is a musical theatre workshop located in Lake George, NY for students ranging in age from eleven to eighteen. We produce three Broadway musicals in a four-week time frame. The performers participate in all aspects of musical theatre including, vocal, dance, stage direction and management, lighting, sound, scenic design and of course acting. Our mission is based on the value of learning and self discovery. We strive to build self confidence and feelings of self worth. We hope that our players will develop an understanding that personal growth comes from sharing their talents with others. Our performers come from various communities but they all leave Youtheatre with two very important things, lifetime friendships and a love and respect for theatre.

This year the group is performing:

• Les Miserables
• Bye Bye Birdie
• The Music Man

They usually perform in the Lake George High School auditorium, but this year they’ll be at the Queensbury High School.

Creative Stage Lighting is Youtheatre’s Corporate Sponsor.

For more information, including show times and location, visit lgyoutheatre.com.

Break a leg, guys!

We’ve just updated our rental specials page for June.

Here are some of the things our rentals department has on special.

• Varilite VLX
• High End Systems SHOWGUN
• JB Lighting JBLED A4
• Martin Maxxyz Compact

Full list on our rentals site where you can also sign up to get our monthly rental specials delivered to your email.

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