--- title: A Look Back at The Top Blog Articles of 2025 description: A look back at the top blog posts of 2025 from ETC. Your favorite posts include history, design, education, and celebration for our 50th year. image: https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/ETC-New-Office-31.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/top-blog-articles-of-2025#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) # A Look Back at The Top Blog Articles of 2025 ![Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/rachel-author.png?width=34&height=34&name=rachel-author.png)By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 30 Dec 2025 ![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/ETC-New-Office-31.jpg) Another year is behind us, and what a year it has been! If you hadn’t heard, ETC celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025, which means our calendars were filled with parties, extra-large tradeshows, expansive events, and swag on top of swag on top of swag! Here at etecera, we published a series of 50th anniversary blog articles highlighting ETC's past. Here are the top two most-read 50th anniversary posts of the year. - [50 Years of SWAG at ETC](https://blog.etcconnect.com/50-years-of-swag-at-etc) - [50 Years in 48 Pages](https://blog.etcconnect.com/50-years-in-48-pages) ### **Your favorite blogs from 2025** Not everything focused on our 50th this year, however. Your top three blog posts of 2025 included: - [When Pigs Fly: Birth of the Wholehog](https://blog.etcconnect.com/when-pigs-fly-birth-of-the-wholehog-0) - [The Counterweight Argument](https://blog.etcconnect.com/the-counterweight-argument) - [LD Pepijn van der Sanden: A Hog 4 All Seasons](https://blog.etcconnect.com/pepijn-van-der-sanden-hog) ![3 guys featured-1](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/3%20guys%20featured-1.jpg?width=800&height=396&name=3%20guys%20featured-1.jpg) And for the second year in a row, the top blog articles of all time come from a series inspired by a set of downloadable posters from the education department [Stage Lighting Design parts 1-9](https://blog.etcconnect.com/introduction-to-lighting) [Click Here to download the posters that inspired the blog articles!](https://www.etcconnect.com/Support/Training-Events/Educational-Resources.aspx) ![blog.etcconnect.comhubfsETC-stage-lighting-header-image](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/social-suggested-images/blog.etcconnect.comhubfsETC-stage-lighting-header-image.jpg?width=800&height=450&name=blog.etcconnect.comhubfsETC-stage-lighting-header-image.jpg) ### **Staff favorites** Here are some of our favorites that you may have missed, or are worth another read - [LD Emily Miller Talks Life on Tour, Mentorship, and Career Highlights](https://blog.etcconnect.com/ld-emily-miller) - [A Brighter Future: ETC’s Commitment to Inclusion and Innovation](https://blog.etcconnect.com/a-brighter-future-etcs-commitment-to-inclusion-and-innovation) - [Vintage Lighting Control Photos You Didn’t Know You Needed in Your Life](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/05/vintage-lighting-control-photos-you-didnt-know-you-needed-in-your-life) ![MonthlyMuseum_Vintage_photos-10-600x424](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MonthlyMuseum_Vintage_photos-10-600x424.jpg?width=800&height=565&name=MonthlyMuseum_Vintage_photos-10-600x424.jpg)   Curious about something happening in the industry? Looking for more information on history, careers, design, or education? Let us know! email us at [blog@etcconnect.com](mailto:blog@etcconnect.com).   Thanks for reading etcetea; all of us here at ETC wish you a very happy New Year!   - - - 0 [#FEATURED](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/featured) [#ETC Culture](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) ### Hog the Spotlight: Scott Barnes [Previous article](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hog-the-spotlight-scott-barnes) ### Matmatah at Accor Arena with the Zeo [Next article](https://blog.etcconnect.com/matmatah-at-accor-arena-with-the-zeo) [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) ![Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/rachel-author.png?width=180&height=180&name=rachel-author.png) Rachel has worked with ETC since 2007. She takes advantage of the limited warm months in Wisconsin by participating in outdoor activities like camping, paddle boarding, kayaking, and riding waterslides. She has several gardens that she swears she’ll be able to keep up with someday. And she enjoys stretchy things like new socks, yoga, and taffy. She writes a lot, she reads a lot and she plays with her kids a lot. #### You may also like [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/IMG_0746.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/cue-2025-a-conference-to-remember) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [CUE 2025 - A Conference to Remember](https://blog.etcconnect.com/cue-2025-a-conference-to-remember) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 17-Jul-2025 We at ETC continue to celebrate our 50th year with fun, education, products, and some of our favorite people! CUE 2025 took place in Middleton, WI, on June 17-19, and nearly 400 attendees from... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/cue-2025-a-conference-to-remember) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/50yr_Hubspot_header_ani_1200x400-1.gif)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/50-years-of-etc) [FEATURED](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/featured) ### [Celebrating 50 Years of ETC](https://blog.etcconnect.com/50-years-of-etc) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 16-Jan-2025 Looking back over the past 50 years, ETC is proud to have made such an impact on the industries we serve. As we’ve grown, we’ve continued to be inspired by those who bring the arts to their... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/50-years-of-etc) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/CherryHillsCommunityChurch_CO_05-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2021/09/house-of-worship) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Lighting your house of worship by the numbers](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2021/09/house-of-worship) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 9-Sep-2021 Technology enhances so much of what happens in your church, synagogue, or house of worship venue as you’re preparing for services each week. The lighting, recording, and filming equipment,... 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