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Belgium - Chauvet DJ distributors from countries throughout Europe gathered at Chauvet’s European HQ near Ghent, Belgium last week for a day of new product demonstrations, discussions and networking.
In addition to speeches from CEO Albert Chauvet and European general manager Michael Brooksbank, the event gave guests the opportunity to learn about several of Chauvet DJ’s latest fixture releases, including the Intimidator Spot 375Z IRC, Intimidator Hybrid 140SR, Intimidator Beam 140SR and the EVE E-100Z, as well as some forthcoming products yet to be released. Guests also enjoyed an evening buffet with drinks and a tour of the historical city of Ghent.
“This was an excellent opportunity for us to bring our Chauvet DJ distributors from Europe together to exchange ins

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UK - Unusual Rigging has been recognised for its support in the delivery of the Rio 2016 Olympics at the British Brazilian Awards during Think Brazil Week – a series of cultural and business events held in the UK to promote and showcase opportunities in Brazil.
The ceremony, which was held at the Foreign and Commonwealth office in London on Thursday 18 May, was an occasion to celebrate business success stories in recognition of the outstanding achievements of both Brazilian and British Companies.
Mark Priestley, Unusual's head of major projects who received the award, said: "We are delighted to have been recognised for our work at Rio 2016 and to have been at a ceremony which brought together so many influential and innovative companies. We worked closely with DIT (formerly UKTI) for Rio, using their services to locate local partners to help us build towers, provide

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Europe - Singer/songwriter Banks has cultivated a reputation for being a little bit mysterious which has worked in terms of building a fan-base with a strongly melodic sound that’s been described as “dark R‘n’B”.
With second studio album The Altar released mid-2016, the touring schedule and the production values moved up a level, and with that, lighting designer Ali Pike was asked to add her creativity. Robe Spiiders were the lights of choice for the first leg of European and UK dates.
Ali chose Spiiders for a number of artistic and practical reasons – tech’ing as well as operating on her own, she needed a lightweight fixture that was extremely versatile and basically a good tourable hybrid floor package.
She received a few pointers from Banks’ management and creative team, including a preference for certain colours like red. They also gav
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USA - The new Épix Strip IP from Chauvet Professional makes pixel mapping possible indoors or out. In addition to standing up to inclement weather thanks to its IP65 rating, the new one meter LED strip features a quick programming mode that greatly reduces the amount of time needed to set up pixel mapping programs by allowing access to several prebuilt effects while using just a few DMX Channels.
Using the Épix Drive 2000 IP, which is required with this product, designers can control the Épix Strip IP via Art-Net, Kling-Net, or sACN to configure and program shows in a matter of minutes rather than hours. “We made it easier to create stunning pixel mapped looks in less time,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet. “This is an ideal product for one-offs, events and festivals, as well as the touring and rental markets.”
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USA – ETC has announced the addition of the DALI Gateway – that accepts DMX input and outputs DALI protocol – into the company’s line of Response products. The DIN-rail-mountable Response DALI Gateway delivers a single loop of DALI control for up to 64 devices and 16 groups.
ETC networking and architectural controls product manager Lowell Olcott explains: “This product allows for the control of DALI devices to be added to all of ETC’s lighting systems, making the product a great option for retrofits and new installations alike.” Users have complete control over their entire system with a patchable output map, allowing for the assignment of individual DMX addresses to each DALI device.
The Gateway supports auto-replace, allowing failed DALI devices to be replaced without the need for configuration tools. The DALI Gateway uses special calculations for indiv

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. will be showcasing the latest theatrical and performance product highlights from their extensive brand portfolio at the ABTT 2017.
A leading one-stop provider of professional equipment to the entertainment industry, AC-ET will be showcasing a selection of the latest lighting, audio, rigging, and video solutions available from their portfolio of over 200 leading brands and five specialist sales divisions.
The stand will feature the latest premium performance, theatrical LED solutions from Chroma-Q®. Designed and built to exacting standards in North America, the award-winning range has been adopted by many leading designers and specifiers for some of today's most demanding and prestigious lighting applications.
Award-winning product highlights include the Color Force II colour-changing cyc and washlight range; Insp

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UK - Shure UK is exhibiting at this year’s ABTT Theatre Show, which takes place at London’s Alexandra Palace next week.
The mainstay of Shure’s booth (C43) will be the new Axient Digital wireless system that recently launched at the NAB Show in Las Vagas before later making its first UK appearance at PLASA Focus, Leeds.
Axient Digital, which replaces Shure’s analogue UHF-R and Axient wireless microphone systems, features a newly designed digital RF engine that builds on the benefits of Shure’s previous UHF-R, ULX-D, and Axient wireless systems. The scalable system features a universal receiver that works with two different transmitter types: the AD and ADX series. The latter product range includes the ADX1M, the world’s first micro-bodypack with an internal, self-tuning antenna, which addresses many of the key performance compromises of traditional bodypack

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UK - Mobile Promotions oversaw the event delivery of Her Majesty The Queen’s royal visit to Dunstable for the grand opening of independent living home Priory View.
Event management specialist, Mobile Promotions, worked closely with the Bedfordshire County Council to manage the event production of the prestigious royal occasion. The event saw Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh officially open the award-winning independent living development, in attendance were 50 VIPs and over 100 residents and colleagues from Dunstable County Council involved in the build and running of Priory View.
Careful consideration had to be given to each event space, sound and security procedures throughout the building. Constructed out of glass panelling and based in a busy city centre location, Mobile Promotions ensured the building remained visually secure throughout the royal

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd (AC-ET) – authorised resellers of Allen & Heath’s flagship dLive digital mixing system – has announced two certified training sessions at its dedicated facilities in High Wycombe and Leeds on 20 and 22 June respectively.
The courses will be run by experienced trainers from Audio-Technica, Allen & Heath’s exclusive UK distributor, who will be sharing their extensive knowledge of dLive and its applications.
The all-day course is designed specifically for existing dLive users, touring engineers and those looking to upgrade to dLive. It is built around an immersive combination of presentation and hands-on training, designed to showcase dLive’s power and flexibility across multiple applications. Attendees will receive “certified engineer” status on completion of the course and a selection of Allen & Heath an

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UK - Aurora continue to invest in energy efficient light sources with a host of new additions to their LED product range.
As part of a pan-company programme to invest in both products and people, broadcast lighting specialists Aurora are expanding their range of LED and low energy light sources with a significant intake of new equipment.
Commenting on the investment, head of lighting at VER and Aurora, David March says: “As lighting technology continues to move forward we are witnessing a definite shift in the preference for specifying LED products. To properly reflect this growing trend we are making sure we have the very latest technology available to clients operating throughout all areas of our industry.”
Following on from the recent purchase of Chroma-Q Space Force, Rosco Silk 210 and Mole Richardson Vari-Soft Softlights, Aurora have now grown their inve

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Singapore - Award winning Lighting designer Yo Shao Ann used Robe’s new Viva CMY LED spots, Spiider wash beams and CycBar 15 battens on the recent production of Tropicana the Musical in Singapore. The much talked about show was produced by Tan Kheng Hua for Spare Room Productions and directed by Beatrice Chia-Richmond.
The 10 VIVA CMYs utilized in the show were part of the first shipment into the region of these new fixtures from Robe – launched at the Prolight+Sound expo last month in Frankfurt.
They were supplied to the production via rental company Expo AV-InSync, along with the Spiiders and CycBar 15s from their rental stock. The company headed by Gerard Rodrigues were the first in the region to invest in Robe Spiiders when that luminaire was launched late last year.
Jens Poehlker from Robe’s Asia Pacific office was involved in ensuring that all

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UK - Breakin’ Convention festival of hip hop dance takes place annually at the famous Sadler’s Well Theatre, Rosebery Avenue, London. The 14th edition of the festival was curated and hosted by UK hip hop pioneer Jonzi D and the technical team at Sadler’s saw the opportunity to bring in something extraordinary to the sound aspect to match the incredible action on stage.
Head of sound Mark Noble was looking for a suitable opportunity to evaluate KV2 Audio products having enjoyed the results achieved on other West End shows and having become increasingly aware of the rising prominence of KV2 in the wider Theatre industry.
With a total capacity approaching 1800 across stalls, a first and second circle Sadler’s Wells’ main auditorium is impressive.
In spite of the size of the venue, just a single ESR 2.15 Active-Driven full range cabinet was used per side

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South Africa/USA - Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas and the help from the SOS Charity Fund, South African lighting technician Malesela Josias Mashiane, is heading off to Las Vegas to attend training to further his career.
In 2016, Josias attended the Movers, Media and Rock’n’ Roll 3 week training class in lighting consoles, systems, and programming (at the Stagecraft Institute) and due to his success, was invited back again this year for the next level of Track 2 and five additional weeks of full tech training. His plight to raise funds to attend this course which kicks off in June became known to DWR Distribution who head the SOS Charity Fund.
The SOS agreed to pay for Josias’ travel costs and to contribute to his living expenses during his stay in the United States. Jane Childs (life partner and widow of SILV founder D

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Italy - Leading Italian lighting manufacturer Claypaky is proud to have been the Headline Sponsor and host of the Showlight 2017 conference, which closed on 23 May after three extremely successful days in Florence. Over a three-year period, the Claypaky team has worked closely with the Showlight committee to help produce this extraordinary event.
Showlight combines a unique mix of elements - a world-class conference, an exhibition of manufacturers and service providers, and a rich and varied social and cultural programme designed to maximize networking opportunities among delegates, manufacturers, lighting designers and students. Attracting a broad range of the world's leading lighting designers and practitioners, Showlight happens just once every four years, and has long been a favourite event on the professional show lighting industry's calendar.
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USA - Visitors to this year’s InfoComm – America’s largest tradeshow for AV solutions – can expect an exceptional line-up of exciting new lighting innovations from Elation Professional.
Held June 14-16 at the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Elation Booth 7345/7243 will feature a number of innovations like the Artiste DaVinci, a full-featured, high-output theatrical-grade LED moving head spot luminaire with a host of colour and graphics possibilities for the creative LD.
A new breed of hybrid luminaire, Elation’s versatile full-colour Paladin strobe/wash/blinder effect light, recently used as a feature light on the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, will also be on display. The multi-functional Paladin is also IP65 protected for use in all types of environments.
The new Proteus line of IP-rated arc-source moving heads also headline an outstandin

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USA - InfoComm is back in Orlando for 2017 and at the d&b audiotechnik stand #6569 visitors will find dedicated sections for mobile and installation solutions. Joining the product ranges together is a toolkit fit for all, including the d&b Workflow and an ever-growing choice of integration and interoperability solutions.
Incorporating the compete software package, the d&b Workflow unlocks the full potential of any d&b system, a process brought to life at the stand’s central workstation. Here users can get hands on with this universally adopted way of working through planning and optimization, to control and monitoring.
2017 installation highlights include selected loudspeakers from the stylish xS-Series, including the latest additions - 24S and 21S-SUB. With a frequency response extending from 55 Hz to 18 kHz, these flexible point sources are

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South Africa - This year will celebrate the sixth St Mary’s Battle of the Bands competition and for the third year DWR Distribution is a sponsor once again, prizes including a dot2 Node, DMX Dongle and training. The competition has moved on in regards to the technical rig and now includes a National Schools Lighting Competition. Barry Stydom gives feedback on the growth and interest from the children in this exciting project.
Barry Strydom is the manager at St Mary’s The Edge Theatre in Johannesburg and has been part of Battle of the Bands since the very start. “Six years ago, we started with a totally generic rig with piles of gobos and gels,” he smiles. “It has grown to a point where any professional band would be happy to perform on the set. Then in 2015 we introduced a lighting competition and while for the last two years only Johannesburg schools have been inv

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USA - Bolstering its reputation as an industry innovator, Gand Concert Sound (GCS) of Elk Grove Village, IL recently took delivery of a large inventory of E-Series and S-Series loudspeakers from Adamson Systems Engineering.
“After several years of research, we zeroed in on Adamson’s latest concert sound packages,” shares Gary Gand, president of the company bearing his name. “The last decade has seen many refinements in line array technology, and we believe Adamson manufactures the best available rig, so that’s where we made our investment.”
The package includes a significant complement of Adamson’s E12 three-way, true line source enclosures, S10 two-way, full range sub-compact line array cabinets, and E119 subwoofers, plus a number of E-Rack unified rack solutions, featuring Lab.gruppen amplification with Lake processing and Dante audio networking functi

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Australia - The Australian TV industry’s biggest night, the 59th annual Logie Awards, were held at Melbourne’s Crown Palladium on Sunday 23 April 2017, broadcast live on the Nine Network. Always a great opportunity for the broadcaster to show off its tech capabilities, fantastic visuals were spread across three huge screens onstage, a wrap-around screen surrounding the audience, and pixel mapped to onstage fixtures and LED chandeliers.
Helming the mission-critical media server and console operation was Lynden Gare, director of Melbourne-based lighting and production company Colourblind, who relied on Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Media Servers to ensure that the show went exactly to plan.
Green Hippo is no stranger to the world’s biggest televised events, with their Media Servers used on The Eurovision Song Contest and The Academy Awards. At the heart of Lynden’s

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USA - With 16 studio albums and nearly 60m records sold worldwide, the multi-platinum recording artist Alan Jackson has solidified himself as one of country music’s leading talents. In a career that spans over three decades, Jackson is still hard at work touring the nation for his dedicated fans. Needing a new production design to support the current Honk Tonk Highway Tour, the management team once again enlisted the creativity of Craig Rutherford, Blueshift Design, who in turn called upon Nashville-based tour provider Elite Multimedia.
“Since we have had such a long relationship with Alan, he is sort of ‘hands off’ when it comes to the designing of the production for his tours,” began Rutherford. “I typically start the process by reviewing the designs from previous tours, and then finding new ways to change it up to keep the tour fresh. Afterwards, I then speak

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USA - Long before the cry “Drivers Start Your Engines” marked the start of the 101st Indianapolis 500 at 12:14 pm on Sunday 28 May, over 30,000 EDM fans at the speedway were already racing through some slick bangers at The Snake Pit Presented By Coors Light. Held on the track’s infield at Turn 3, this one-day festival within an auto race kicked off at 7 am and kept going until the chequered flag was waved track side.
Accenting the performances from the likes of Zedd, Marshmello, and Adventure Club at this year’s event was a Collyns Stenzel designed light and video show that relied on Chauvet Professional COLORado fixtures to help it stand out against the Indiana sun.
“This is my third year designing this show,” said Stenzel of White Light AV. “It’s fun to see all these fans have the time of their lives in a unique setting. However, there’s also a chal
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