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Alpha One’s FALCON 3K xenon lights will premier in the US for the first time at the upcoming 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Following a hugely successful premier of FALCON 7K Beams on the recent Super Bowl halftime show, Lighting Designer Bob Dickinson will use six FALCON 3K Beams and six 3K FALCON Flowers during the three-hour live-to-air television special.

The 49th GRAMMY Awards, produced by Cossette Productions, will take place Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide and XM Satellite Radio, and covered online at GRAMMY.yahoo.com.

The FALCON Beam, available in 3K to 8K for both indoor and outdoor applications, uses the very latest xenon technology, with a built-in electronic ballast and upgraded optics. These compact new fixtures are the brightest, most reliable sources to date and are specifically designed for both floor-mounted and suspended/inverted use. The FALCON Beam easily converts into a multiple-beam FALCON Flower. With the Flower option, either effect can be achieved using the same fixture body. The entire conversion takes less than 15 minutes.

Prior to its premier in America, the FALCON xenon product range has been extensively used overseas. Among many applications, Lighting Designer Manfred “Ollie“ Olma relied on six FALCON Beams and fourteen FALCON Flowers for German RTL TV’s popular “Dancing on Ice” (see photo). Designer Max Wehberg and technical administrator Christian Kiel specified 20 FALCON Beam fixtures for the winter show at the Volkswagen Autostadt theme park (2002-06). At the recent 15th Annual Asia Games in Doha, Qatar, Swiss Designers Habegga AG used 190 FALCON fixtures to highlight eight buildings, including the main stadium and Athletic City.

Alpha One of Oyten, Germany, designs, constructs and produces a range of professional high power lighting, specializing in xenon, metal halide and LED products. TMB is the worldwide distributor for FALCON™ and other Alpha One products:
www.tmb.com/products/alphaone/