--- title: "Tradeshow Talk: LDI 2017 – et cetera..." description: Couldn’t make it to Vegas this year for LDI? Now that the Thanksgiving turkey has settled in our collective stomachs, here’s a recap of highlights from the show floor… LDI 2017 was one of our biggest tradeshow efforts […] image: https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/23755642_1890176784330467_5317249836921941064_n-750x500.jpg --- - [ETCCONNECT](https://etcconnect.com/) - [ABOUT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/about) - [AUTHORS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/blog-authors) - [CONTACT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/contact) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [![EtCetera_319x104](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "EtCetera_319x104")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) [![ETC Blog](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "ETC Blog")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) Search ## [![blog-header](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-header.png?width=476&height=155&name=blog-header.png "blog-header")](https://www.etcconnect.com) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [✕](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/tradeshow-talk-ldi-2017#gwen-offcanvas-primary) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) # Tradeshow Talk: LDI 2017 ![Kate Foster](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Images/kate.png?width=34&height=34&name=kate.png)By [Kate Foster](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/kate-foster) 28 Nov 2017 ![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/23755642_1890176784330467_5317249836921941064_n-750x500.jpg)   Couldn’t make it to Vegas this year for LDI? Now that the Thanksgiving turkey has settled in our collective stomachs, here’s a recap of highlights from the show floor…   LDI 2017 was one of our biggest tradeshow efforts to date, with exciting new products and booth elements for both ETC and High End Systems. ### **We were CYCed about the ETC booth…** ![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IMG_6602.jpg?width=4032&height=3024&name=IMG_6602.jpg) The big product news was the debut of the ColorSource CYC fixture, used to illuminated the 18-foot cyc panels that bookended the ETC stand. ![LDI 2017](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ETC-LDI2017-rigging.gif?width=500&height=333&name=ETC-LDI2017-rigging.gif) ColorSource CYC and the P75 Self Climber hoist at LDI 2017 At the Saturday night LDI Awards Show, this little guy scored a coveted Best Debuting Lighting Product trophy: ![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ETC-ColorSource-CYC-wins-Best-Debuting-Lighting-Product.jpg?width=2048&height=1366&name=ETC-ColorSource-CYC-wins-Best-Debuting-Lighting-Product.jpg) ColorSource CYC proudly illuminates its Best Debuting Lighting Product award at LDI 2017 Our booth staff went live on Facebook to share the full rundown of new and previewing products, including the Ion Xe consoles, the Source 4WRD PARNel fixture body, and the ArcLamp FTW (“Fade to Warm”…or “For the Win,” either works, really). Take the tour below: This year also marked the 25th anniversary of the Source Four, which made its debut at LDI in 1992. If you haven’t seen the nifty, crowdsourced video we put together to display on the booth, you should definitely check it out [here](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/source-four-fixture-25th-anniversary-video). ### **…and the HES rig was rockin**‘ Meanwhile, on the other side of the hall, our friends at High End Systems were busy helping to break records in the outdoor event space… …and putting on one heck of a show indoors, with a rig and light show designed by the amazing Trevor Burk of [Visual Noise Creative](https://www.visualnoisecreative.com/). ![HES LDI 2017](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/HES01a.gif?width=400&height=225&name=HES01a.gif) I couldn’t pick just one moment to gif-ify. Here’s another: ![HES LDI 2017](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/HES2sm.gif?width=400&height=225&name=HES2sm.gif) ….Ok, here’s one more: ![HES LDI 2017](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/HES04.gif?width=400&height=225&name=HES04.gif) ### **Student-stravaganza** The HES booth also hosted the annual [Hog Factor contest](https://www.highend.com/hog-factor-competition), in which teams of students from around the country compete to create the best show using the booth rig. This year’s winning team was the Long Beach Three, from California State University, Long Beach. In addition to the annual [Student Sponsorship](https://www.etcconnect.com/About/News/ETC-announces-2017-ETC-LDI-Student-Sponsorship-recipients.aspx) program, ETC hosted a Student Session on Saturday night. Both ETC and HES employees were on hand to answer questions in ETC’s show-floor-adjacent lounge.![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/StudentSession.jpg?width=4032&height=3024&name=StudentSession.jpg) One lucky student who survived 9 rounds of random ETC/High End/Broadway trivia walked away with a chrome plated Source 4 Mini.![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Source4MiniGiveaway.jpg?width=4032&height=3024&name=Source4MiniGiveaway.jpg) ### And that’s a wrap! ![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IMG_6740.jpg?width=4032&height=3024&name=IMG_6740.jpg) That’s a lot of lights… Hope to see you at the next one! *Have any thoughts to share on LDI 2017? Sound off in the comments, or email us at blog@etcconnect.com.* - - - 0 [#Video](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/video) [#Source Four](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/source-four) [#Tradeshow](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/tradeshow) [#TOWN SQUARE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/town-square) [#High End Systems](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/high-end-systems) [#ColorSource CYC](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/colorsource-cyc) ### Academy Lighting Consultants: Lighting designers welcome [Previous article](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/academy-lighting-consultants-lighting-designers-welcome) ### Source Four fixture 25th Anniversary Video [Next article](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/source-four-fixture-25th-anniversary-video) [Kate Foster](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/kate-foster) ![Kate Foster](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Images/kate.png?width=180&height=180&name=kate.png) Kate joined ETC in 2012 after several years spent creating sets, props, and the occasional hack lighting design in the basement theaters of New York City. In addition to writing for ETC, she has worked on numerous in-house design projects, including tradeshow booths and the New York office’s Art Deco lobby. In her free time, Kate practices figure drawing, explores obscure corners of NYC, and pines for mountains. #### You may also like [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(60).png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/ldi-2022) [Eos](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/eos) ### [New ETC Luminaires and Controls Take on LDI 2022](https://blog.etcconnect.com/ldi-2022) By [Quinn Wirth](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/quinn-buchanan) 21-Nov-2022 Just after ETC's big [fixture launch event](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXQBQ9S53Dk&t=34s), the team packed up our gear and headed off to LDI! It was an action-packed weekend in the ETC booth, with demos of all our latest products, including... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/ldi-2022) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/ETC%20LDI%20Booth%20Wide-1.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/etc-gets-show-ready-for-ldi-iaapa-jtse-and-csi) [ETC Culture](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) ### [ETC Gets Show-Ready for LDI, IAAPA, CSI, and JTSE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/etc-gets-show-ready-for-ldi-iaapa-jtse-and-csi) By [Quinn Wirth](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/quinn-buchanan) 12-Dec-2024 Before we say goodbye to 2024, ETC made its rounds at several industry trade shows to share the latest innovations from ETC. In case you missed out on any of the action, we’re providing a recap of... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/etc-gets-show-ready-for-ldi-iaapa-jtse-and-csi) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/ETC%20LDI%202023.png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/bold-and-bright-at-ldi-2023) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Bold and Bright at LDI 2023](https://blog.etcconnect.com/bold-and-bright-at-ldi-2023) By [Quinn Wirth](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/quinn-buchanan) 11-Dec-2023 It was another action-packed show for ETC at LDI 2023! Our booth featured the latest ETC solutions, including conventional fixtures, moving lights, consoles, rigging, and much more. Here is a quick... 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