Professional Lighting & Production - Fall 2018 | Page 9

CITT/ICTS Wraps Up 28 th Rendez-vous Trade Show & Conference CITT/ICTS held its 28 th Rendez-vous trade show and conference at the Meridian Centre and Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts in St. Catharines, ON, from Aug. 15-18, 2018. The event offered three days of sessions, workshops, backstage tours, social events, networking opportunities, and a trade show exhibition with around 30 exhibitors for professionals in the theatre and live production industry. The conference courses covered topics like pyrotechnics safety and legal issues, architecture, standards, stage machinery, video and projection, network integration, lighting, and health and safety. The popular Junk Challenge and New Product Show and Tell Breakfast returned, in addition to site visits to the Shaw Festival and Scottish Rite Theatre. “Thank you to all the attendees and the exhibitors who showed at the tradeshow, the volunteers, the host facilities, the session presenters, and our staff. You all are what makes Rendez-vous a success,” CITT Interim President Michael Harris tells PL&P. Next year, CITT/ICTS is taking Rendez-vous to Whitehorse, YT from Aug. 14-16, 2019. For more information, contact CITT/ICTS: 514 504-9998, [email protected], www.citt.org. PL&P 09 SFM Now Distributing DTS Architectural Lighting Solutions SFM is now the exclusive Canadian distributor for architectural lighting solutions from DTS, an Italian manufacturer of lighting products and effects for the entertainment and architectural industries. “The demand for architectural lighting is booming in Canada so we wanted to be able to fill this hole in our line card and offer reliable solutions to our dealers. We were looking for reliable products … and there was no doubt that the best fit for our market and climate was DTS,” says Justin Gauthier, brand manager for DTS at SFM. For DTS inquiries, Gauthier can be reached at [email protected] or 800-363-8855 ext. 2218. For more information, contact SFM: 514-780-2070, [email protected], www.sfm.ca. (L-R) DTS’S MAURO FRANCHI, SFM’S JUSTIN GAUTHIER, DTS’S ANTONIO PARISE & SFM’S NICK MARTINO Elation Launches Obsidian Lighting Controller Brand Following its acquisition of the M-Series of lighting controllers from Harman Professional, Elation Professional has now launched a new company and brand, Obsidian Control Systems, which will create an accessible line of advanced lighting control products. “Based on [M-Series user] feedback, we sought to create a dedicated company and brand focus for the continued development and evolution of the product series,” says Elation Sales and Marketing Director Eric Loader. “The Obsidian development will continue to be focused on stable and compatible software and hardware for all existing M-Series products.” Obsidian’s first product is the ONYX lighting control platform designed for industrial hardware consoles and PC systems. Obsidian hardware products will be distributed by Elation’s Canadian distributor, SFM. For more information, go to www.obsidiancontrol.com. Fall 2018 | 9