The JBLED A4 is a compact LED moving head fixture designed for use on smaller stages, clubs, and other smaller venues. The A4 contains 60 Luxeon high-power LEDs and features the same optical zoom system found in the PLASA award-winning JBLED A7.

JB-lighting has also reached a licensing agreement with Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions. The license agreement falls under Philips’ LED Luminaires and Retrofit Bulbs license program.

“At JB-lighting we are active in R&D as well and we believe that intellectual property is the basis for a company’s continuing development and therefore must be recognized,” said Jürgen Braungardt, Director of JB-lighting.

The JBLED A7 has recently been granted ETL safety certification, meeting high safety and quality assurance standards.

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Vari-Lite and Strong Entertainment Lighting now join the extensive range of lighting equipment currently offered by Creative Stage Lighting to its Dealer Network.

"We’re proud to be an authorized dealer of Vari-Lite and Strong,” said Kevin Loretto, Director of Dealer Sales at Creative Stage Lighting. “We feel these additions of quality lighting products further enhances our ability to provide our dealers, and in turn their customers, with the highest quality systems available in entertainment lighting today."

Vari-Lite and Strong Entertainment Lighting products are available fromCreative Stage Lighting to CSL Dealers immediately.

CSL will show Compulite’s new Vector Violet and Ultra Violet consoles. The Vector Violet series are lightweight, compact, portable lighting consoles featuring one of the smallest footprints in the industry. Built using Compulite’s Vector software, the Violet series are as powerful as their larger siblings. Both feature a 7” touch screen with the Ultra Violet adding a 15.4” touch screen.

Also at CSL’s booth will be JB-lighting’s new JBLED A4. The JBLED A4 draws upon the PLASA award-winning zooming LED technology in the JBLED A7. Designed for smaller environments, the JBLED A4 features 60 high-power LEDs, quiet, fast movement, and is in the brightness range of a 250w moving light lamp.

Creative Stage Lighting will also showcase products from Wireless Solution, its Dura-Flex, Entertainment Power Systems, Entertainment Industry Tape, and Suspension Solutions lines, and more.

CSL will be at LDI Booth 451.

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Established in 1977, Creative Stage Lighting is a leading wholesale supplier, distributor, and manufacturer of a broad range of products for stage and theatrical lighting professionals. Creative Stage Lighting also provides rental and production services to the entertainment industry.

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Hosted with CSL Dealer Members, CSL Open Houses bring the latest lighting and entertainment technology direct to CSL's Dealer Network, providing an opportunity for Dealer Members to demonstrate new products to their clients.

"It’s important for us to come to our dealers and show them the latest in lighting technology," said Kevin Loretto, Director of Dealer Sales. "We also think this is a great educational opportunity for our dealers' clients, local churches, schools, and others to see what is happening in the industry."

New products and technology shown during the Open Houses includes Wireless Solutions W-DMX, Color Kinetics LED fixtures, Compulite consoles, JB-lighting's JBLED A7, and more.

CSL Open Houses are free to attend.

For more information go to: http://www.creativestagelighting.com/openhouse.

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Creative Stage Lighting is hosting a Columbus McKinnon Motor School with Clearwing Production of Phoenix, AZ.

This is a great opportunity for hands-on training with CM's Lodestar Hoist. Training certificates will be issued by CM.

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Compulite products, including the Vector series of lighting consoles, will be available to Creative Stage Lighting's Dealer Network.

“This relationship with Compulite is very exciting and rounds out Creative’s portfolio of the high quality products we distribute.” said CSL President George B. Studnicky III.

"The Creative Stage Lighting approach, taking on new products, along with its strong dealer network have made CSL a natural choice for Compulite. We are delighted to establish together a significant presence for our products in the market," said Compulite CEO Yehuda Shukrun.

Creative Stage Lighting recently announced its hiring of Michael Nevitt as Product Manager. Nevitt's responsibilities at CSL include supporting Compulite products sold in North America through Creative Stage Lighting.

Vector Consoles are designed for use in theatre, opera and ballet, television, concert touring, theme parks, clubs, exhibitions, and industrial shows. Featuring dual processors, Vector consoles provide a rich GUI with high performance and stability. The Vector line provides fast, flexible and intuitive programming for mega shows or smaller environments. The Vectors have a long and impressive track record. The upcoming Vector 3.16 version offers new features and enhancements offering more productivity, stability and capacity.

Compulite’s Vector Blue console will be shown at Creative Stage Lighting's booth at USITT 2009. Nevitt will be on-hand to demonstrate the unit and to answer questions. CSL will exhibit at booth #865.

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Creative Stage Lighting will offer the JB-lighting product line to North America, including the JB LED line of LED fixtures, Varycolor Wash fixtures, VaryScan Moving Heads, and Licon lighting consoles.

JB-lighting recently received a PLASA Innovation Award for its JBLED A7 fixture at the 2008 PLASA tradeshow. The JBLED A7 features a smooth zooming and movement system and 108 LEDs packed tightly to provide even mixing and a wide range of colors.

“Creative Stage and JB-lighting embrace very similar philosophies; to provide high quality, reliable products that are ecologically friendly,” said Kevin Loretto, CSL’s Director of Dealer Sales. “We feel certain that our dealer network will be extremely excited with the entire JB lineup.”

Creative Stage Lighting will show the JB LED A7 at its booth, #856, at USITT 2009.

Nevitt's responsibilities at Creative Stage Lighting include full-time support of new product offerings, including Compulite and JB Lighting products that CSL recently began distributing in North America.

“Michael’s expertise and dedication on our new product lines assures our clients receive optimal support,” said CSL President George B. Studnicky III.

Nevitt is a veteran of the lighting industry. His design and automated lighting programming experience includes work he's done for feature films such as The Grinch, Batman & Robin, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, and Miss Congeniality. In addition, he has worked on top sporting events like the Salt Lake Olympics, Super Bowl Half-time show and the Ryder Cup Opening Ceremonies.

Nevitt also brings Product Management experience from Martin where he worked on the development of Martin's Maxxyz Console and Maxedia Media Server.

“I’m excited to be a part of the Creative Stage Lighting team and to help drive innovation in our industry through top-level products like those of Compulite and JB Lighting," said Nevitt.

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The Hudson Headwaters Health Network is a not-for-profit system of community health centers providing care to the Adirondack, Lake George, and Glens Falls areas in Upstate New York.

Studnicky was recognized for his contributions to the HHHN. Creative Stage Lighting was instrumental in funding a renovation of the Health Centers in North Creek, NY and Chestertown, NY.

Studnicky accepted the HHHN Community Champions Award on September 7, 2008, along with two other recipients.

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North Creek, NY – October 22, 2008 - Creative Stage Lighting has added Cat5E cable to its Dura-Flex brand of Entertainment Industry cables.

Dura-Flex Cat5E brings the same properties as the rest of the Dura-Flex cable line to ethernet, including Dura-Flex strength, ease of use, and environmental responsibility through RoHS certification. It’s manufactured to withstand rigorous conditions that come with continuous performances.

Dura-Flex Cat5E cable is available in bulk and various cableset lengths with standard RJ45 connectors and Neutrik EtherCon connectors.

Dura-Flex DMX, Microphone, and Control Cable has also been CMG designated, making it suitable for in-wall installations and general use within buildings in accordance with Section 800.154 (E)(1) of the NEC.

Dura-Flex cable was the first entertainment industry cable to emphasize environmental standards like RoHS. More information about Dura-Flex cable, including Cat5E, can be found at www.dura-flex.com.

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"Converging Technologies" will discuss the merging of Video, Lighting and LED technology in the Entertainment Production Industry.

Craig Burros of Barco – High End Systems and John Calcagno of Barco, Inc are the event’s presenters. Burros’ has many years of experience working professionally in live performance and manufacturing applications with High End Systems. Calcagno is Barco’s Eastern US Regional Sales Manager, working with corporate staging clients and touring groups and their Projection and LED needs. Kevin Loretto, Director of Dealer Sales at Creative Stage Lighting, will moderate the event.

“Converging Technologies” is the second webinar in Creative Stage Lighting’s webinar series. More information on CSL’s webinars, including registration information, can be found at http://www.creativestagelighting.com/events. Past webinars are available for free at Creative Stage Lighting’s website and are also available as a podcast. More information about the CSL Podcast can be found at http://www.creativestagelighting.com/podcast.

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On CSLstore.com, CSL Dealers and Clients can place orders, search and browse through product offerings, check order status, save products and supplies to a favorites list, and more. CSL Dealers can also review their account status and purchase history. CSLStore.com’s initial product offering includes an assortment of lamps, tape, filters and patterns with more to be added in the coming months.

"A gradual rollout of our entire product offering will allow us to focus on CSLstore.com piece by piece," said CSL Marketing Director Dan Studnicky. "By the end of the rollout, CSLstore.com may be the most complete ecommerce offering in the professional lighting industry."

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Fushion now offers the CSL product line to Quebec, Ontario, and the Canadian Maritime markets.

"Since we have worked with the highly talented principals at Fushion for many years, we are extremely comfortable having them represent Creative Stage Lighting in Canada." said CSL President George B. Studnicky III.

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The seminars will address a variety of topics, including new technologies, products, applications, and how stage lighting and theatrical professionals can grow their careers. Richard Cadena, editor of Projection Lights and Staging News and a 22-year veteran of the lighting industry, will kick off the series on September 18th, 2008. Cadena will speak about how the live event industry is changing and how working and aspiring entertainment professionals can best prepare and take advantage of this change.

“Richard is very passionate about this business,” said Dan Studnicky, Director of Marketing at Creative Stage Lighting. “His presentations are inspiring, which make him a perfect candidate to kick off the series.”

Upcoming events will be listed at Creative Stage Lighting’s website. The online seminars are free and open to the public.

“The series is an excellent way to keep on top of this industry,” said Kevin Loretto, Director of Dealer Sales at Creative Stage Lighting. “Attendees can learn about new technology and ask questions directly to vendors without waiting for a tradeshow. It's new and exciting.”

For more information about current and future online seminars, visit creativestagelighting.com/events.

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Creative Stage Lighting supplied stage lighting equipment including a Martin Maxxyz Compact console with Playback Wing, Martin Mac 700 Profiles, Vari-Lite VL3500 Washes, Coemar Inifinity Wash XLs, High End Systems SHOWGUNs, Columbus McKinnon Motors, James Thomas Truss, Reel EFX DF-50 Hazers, and an Entertainment Power Distribution Moving Light unit. CSL also supplied conventional lighting including ETC Source 4 ellipsoidals and Altman Zipstrips, as well as a Clear-Com Communications package.

Dylan Haines of Creative Stage Lighting served as crew chief. Bill Couzens of Creative Stage Lighting served as a lighting technician. Lighting Design was by Martin Thomas. Badu, a Grammy Award Winning artist, recently released New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War).

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According to the Glens Falls Post Star, the accident occurred on Golf Course Road in Warrensburg, NY. Bukovinsky is unconscious and recovering at Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY.

Bukovinsky is an active member of the entertainment touring industry. He has worked with Creative Stage Lighting for over 15 years. He recently was lighting crew chief on Jill Scott’s "The Real Thing" tour and Meat Loaf’s "Bat Out of Hell III" tour. Bukovinsky also served as a lighting technician with Maroon 5. He is a contributor to his community as a volunteer fireman in North River, NY.

Stephen Studnicky, Industrial Sales Manager at Creative Stage Lighting, has established a recovery fund for Bukovinsky. Contributions can be made to:

Checks should be made payable to “Wayne M. Bukovinsky Benefit Fund.”

North Creek, NY – April 7, 2008 – Creative Stage Lighting supplied lighting equipment and crew for Jill Scott’s “The Real Thing” tour.

The three-time Grammy award-winning artist released her third album The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 in 2007. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200.

Creative Stage Lighting supplied equipment including an Entertainment Power Systems moving light power distribution rack, Martin Mac 2000 Profile II “E”s, Mac 700 Profile EB and Stagebar 54s, Vari-Lite VL3500 Washes, James Thomas Truss, Tomcat Swing Wing Truss, Reel EFX DF-50, Columbus McKinnon Hoists, ETC Source 4s, Rose Brand curtains, a Clear-Com communications system, and an Avolites Diamond 4 Vision lighting console with a Diamond 4 Pilot.

Lighting design was by Martin Thomas. Crew from Creative Stage Lighting includes Wayne Bukovinsky as crew chief and Dylan Haines as lighting technician.

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North Creek, NY – April 2, 2008 – Creative Stage Lighting announced its commitment to High End Systems’ SHOWGUN. Creative Stage Lighting now has one of the largest rental inventories of SHOWGUN in North America.

SHOWGUN is the latest automated luminaire from High End Systems. Boasting an extraordinary output of up to 100,000 lumens, SHOWGUN also includes features such as variable soft edge and smooth CMY color mixing for an infinite number of colors.

"SHOWGUN represents a new age of lighting design," said George B. Studnicky IV of Creative Stage Lighting. "With SHOWGUN, designers can truly give their audiences a memorable experience."

SHOWGUN is available to rent now from Creative Stage Lighting. For more information on renting SHOWGUN, call Creative Stage Lighting at (518) 251-3302.

To see SHOWGUN in action, go to Creative Stage Lighting’s SHOWGUN showcase.

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See High End's SHOWGUN in action. Pictures, Video and optional gobos now listed at creativestagelighting.com.

Photos from Jill Scott's "The Real Thing" tour are available in our Production Gallery.

SHOWGUN is the latest automated luminaire from High End Systems, and Creative Stage Lighting has one of the largest rental inventories in North America.

You can rent the SHOWGUN right here from Creative Stage Lighting. Get a quote right now, or call us at (518) 251-3302.

North Creek, NY – February 19, 2008 – Creative Stage Lighting recently provided gear for Maroon 5.

After constant touring following the release of their first album, Songs About Jane, in 2002, the multiple Grammy Award winning group released their second album, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long, in May 2007.

Equipment supplied by Creative Stage Lighting to Maroon 5 includes James Thomas Moving Light Truss and 4-Lite units, Avolites Diamond 4 lighting consoles, Reel EFX DF-50 Hazers, PixelRange Pixel Micro W LED fixtures, and Martin Mac 2000 Profile II “E” moving lights.

Lighting design and direction was by Bill Sheldon. Wayne Bukovinsky served as a lighting technician.

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