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Italy - Fireworks weren't the only thing making noise at the fourth annual Adelfia Fireworks Fair in Bari, Italy, with D.A.S. professional sound systems playing an active role in the event's success. The fair drew in massive crowds this year, with 30,000 spectators turning out to see a series of firework displays designed by the top Italian companies in the industry.

The festivities fall on the same day that marks the festival of San Trifone and culminate in a fireworks show set to music. Pyrotechnic Emotions of the Past and Present was a group effort put on by Nanna Fireworks and Pirotécnica San Severo, while Omnia Service was called in to the technical side of the show.

Omni Service paired up with Antonio Armillotta when it came time to design the sound for t

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UK - Sadler's Wells is a leading dance house, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the best international and UK dance to London and worldwide audiences.

When the company was granted lottery funding for a technical refit, Graham Cutting, senior lighting technician at Sadler's Wells was keen to install new follow spots based on a system of tracked suspension mounts and brought Doughty Engineering on board to help turn the concept into reality.

Graham said, "I'd started looking into the idea previously, but at the time we simply didn't have the funds to make it happen. Following the Arts Council grant, I realised that we could look at this new system which would allow us to address two issues that the existing system was causing.

"Firstly, being on a lighting bridge, we often had the need to remove or relocate one or all of the 4

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Belgium - The garrison town of Leopoldsburg in Belgium was the setting for the large scale promenade theatrical spectacle De Groote Rappel, directed by Luc Stevens and featuring a large community cast from the city telling the story of two world wars, with the final act played out in a quadrangle in front of a prominent army barracks.

Lighting was designed by Michel Jacobs, a freelance LD with a track record of lighting more unusual or offbeat performances and a penchant for less commercial sectors, and Timothy Haesevoets from Leopoldsburg City Theatre.

The two both agreed that Robe moving lights - specifically BMFL Blades and DL4Ss were the way forward to light this challenging scenario.

Of 14 x BMFL Blades, eight were positioned along the front of the grandstand seating, with six at the back up on the third floor of the building pointing out and down through t

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France - QSC has announced the appointment of two new distribution partners in France, Algam Entreprises and AED Distribution. Algam will represent the QSC Systems Division and AED will represent the QSC Professional Division, respectively, to offer the company's portfolio of integrated systems and live sound products and solutions to customers throughout the country.

Both firms bring many years of expertise as leading distributors in the region, enabling premium manufacturers of professional audio visual products to consistently gain top market share positions in the region.

The new appointments follow a long and successful collaboration between QSC and Sennheiser France, who, by mutual agreement, will end their distribution arrangements at the beginning of July 2016. This decision, taken at the highest level in each organization, is a reflection of evolving product strat

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UK - Following the announcement of its appointment of independent audio engineering and design consultancy Vanguardia as its UK distributor for MeTrao, its unique intelligent network audio measurement system, Acoustic and audio specialist Event Acoustics has also assigned Istanbul-based ELIT the sole rights for Turkey, and audio visual design and distribution specialist ZAP S.A for Switzerland.

An unparalleled tool, MeTrao provides audio professionals and event organisers with a quick and easy way to measure and observe the increasingly strict sound level regulations of live event environments, whilst boosting the quality of the audio output. The system offers a unique feature of diagnosing off-site which sound system at a multi-stage event is reaching a risky level. It also establishes the problematic frequency so that adjustments can be made. This allows engineers and event

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Sweden - XLNT Advanced Technologies' industry-leading CyberHoist II system has delivered seamless and reliable automation across the colossal live production of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 (ESC 2016). Europe's biggest televised event, which was reportedly seen by 200 million worldwide, was staged at Stockholm's Globe Arena. Technical director Ola Melzig, who is nothing short of a Eurovision expert with extensive experience managing the event's technical set-up since 2000, specified the CyberHoist II system from ESC 2016 official technical supplier Litecom.

Litecom, which invested in 32 units and four MotionCue3D control systems prior to the event, supplied a 88-hoist system, supported by Ampco Flashlight Rental. Melzig worked alongside Litecom CyberHoist II project manager Mathias Sonntag and Martin Hoop of Ampco Flashlight to design the complex moving arrangement for thi

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UK - The 8th Edition to PLASA Focus Leeds was once again a hit with the entertainment technology industry, welcoming record numbers of brands and a 9% increase in visitor numbers from 2015. The launch of the new Pavilion enabled the sell-out event to attract more new technology products to the show floor and saw the show appeal to even more buyers with the 2016 edition welcoming more than 2,600 attendees.

Christopher Toulmin, Director of PLASA Events comments: "The feedback from the show so far has been extremely positive, with a large emphasis on the quantity of business achieved. PLASA Focus Leeds had £425million worth of visitor spending power registered to the show, cementing its importance as a must-attend event for the region."

This point is reinforced by Bridget Kaur, J&C Joel's UK?sales rep for the south, who comments: "The show has been busy, as always. We'v

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Sweden - Visual production expert FIX8Group was part of the team operating the stunning video content for all 43 competing acts as well as pop megastar Justin Timberlake's performance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 (ESC 2016).

The 61st edition themed 'Come Together' was held at Stockholm's Globe arena and hosted by last year's Swedish champion M

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UK - Nestled on 23 rolling acres in one of the most picturesque regions of the US, the 700-seat New Covenant Fellowship church offers its members plenty of opportunities to worship, bond and enjoy life outdoors. There is the community garden, a community playground for children and a restful area where people can sit and read. Recently, as the church celebrated its 20th anniversary, its members complemented the natural beauty of their surroundings by enhancing the appearance of their building's interior with help from a collection of 30 LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional, supplied by The Design Oasis.

The fixtures were installed throughout the sanctuary as part of a project "to bring the church into the 21st century," said LD Justin Casey of Helm Projects, who designed the new lighting system. Casey revitalized the interior of the church by replacing its old ellipsoidals w

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Switzerland - Schertler has completed its family of "next generation" acoustic amplifiers with the release of UNICO, a compact five-channel amp that "combines performance power and versatility with excellent sound quality".

Equipped with a 1" dome tweeter and 10" woofer, and featuring an optimized 2-way bass reflex construction, UNICO offers 250W (200W + 50W) of bi-amplified power. As well as proving ideal for acoustic instrument amplification and performing well in jazz ensembles, UNICO's 10" woofer also makes it a good crossover amp for electric guitars, says the company.

UNICO includes a balanced microphone (XLR) input, an unbalanced mic/instrument input and an input offering both balanced microphone and unbalanced mic/instrument options. Both instrument inputs feature a Bootstrap technology that enables the input to automatically adapt to any impedance.

The three m

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Europe - WildSun-S25 is the colour-mixing cousin of Ayrton's WildSunK25 wash light. The new full-colour model packs 217 highly efficient single RGBW LED emitters into a compact moving head and punches out 60,000 lumens of light. This output rivals that of 4000W HMI luminaires fitted with colour filters, but with far greater flexibility of use and lower maintenance, says the company.

WildSun-S25's four-colour mixing is based on an ingenious arrangement of emitters combined with a holographic filter, which optimises the colour mix to create an infinite palette of pastels and saturated colours. Its LED emitters are distributed over six 60° segments with the colours in each 36-diode segment capable of being individually controlled.

The filter also protects the fixture under extreme conditions, for example, the dust and sand within multi-sport venues, and the transmitting l

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USA - ETC continues to expand its Unison Echo line of products with the new Echo Expansion Bridge. "We're thrilled about continually expanding the capabilities of Echo control systems," says ETC architectural market manager Bryan Palmer. "It's an exciting time at ETC."

Buildings and venues that want to expand current Echo control systems will find Echo Expansion Bridge is a solution. Each Echo Expansion Bridge can contain up to four Echo segments, each segment supporting the existing Echo maximum of 16 spaces with each space allowing up to 16 zones of control. This means that Echo control systems are now able to include up to 64 Echo devices, such as Inspire® stations, occupancy/vacancy sensors, light sensors and output products.

"Echo Expansion Bridge lets users combine smaller systems together to make a larger Echo control system," explains ETC architectural product

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USA - Located in Jupiter, Florida, Grace Immanuel Bible Church holds two identical worship services each Sunday with a smaller service Sunday evening in its 650-seat sanctuary. Services feature a blend of traditional and modern worship music for all ages and cultures with several vocalists and a variety of instruments and percussion. To support its worship services and special programs, Grace Immanuel recently acquired an Allen & Heath S7000 digital mixer with a DM64 MixRack and DX32 Expander.

Dan Kreider, Grace Immanuel's Minister of Music, says the church's special services may include a 12-voice mixed ensemble and an orchestra resulting in as many as 78 sources. To accommodate this quantity of inputs and provide separate mixes for its sound reinforcement system, in-ear stage monitors and live broadcast, the church had been cascading a pair of older, 32-channel digital mixer

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France - Situated in the French city of Lyon, the new Parc Olympique Lyonnais has ensured that its 59,000 capacity stadium will be served by pristine, broadcast quality audio - thanks to Powersoft's Ottocanali multi-channel amplifiers and EAW's high output, point source QX loudspeakers - as it prepares to be the main host for a major sports tournament this summer.

Axente, a well-respected professional audio distributor in France, and integration specialists Groupe SNEF and Axians worked together to design the distributed sound reinforcement system that provides fans with an enhanced game day experience. They teamed up with the design office of Atelier Audiovisuel, the engineering consulting firm brought in by Vinci Construction, to ensure that all of the stadium audio needs were met.

The eight-channel Ottocanali amplifiers provide 144 independently configurable channels to

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USA - Production and lighting designer for country music veteran Alan Jackson's 2016 Still Keepin' it Country tour, Craig Rutherford of Blueshift Design, was looking for something that could do more than the ubiquitous beam light and found it in Elation Professional's multi-functional Platinum FLX.

Alan Jackson is one of the most successful country artists of his generation having sold over 80m records worldwide with 35 songs hitting number one on country music charts. As an encore to his successful 25th Anniversary Keepin' it Country tour of 2015, Still Keepin' it Country started in April and will play festival and arena dates until November. Nashville-based Elite Multimedia Productions is handling all the lighting, video and LED for the tour.

Rutherford, who has been with Jackson for over two years says, "I wanted to use something with gobos and colour mixing that comple

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USA - Rock band Kansas is about to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the multi-platinum album Leftoverture right on the heels of the release of a brand new album Prelude Implicit, their first album since 2000.

The Dust in the Wind super group is currently gearing up for the celebratory fall tour (which will feature the entirety of Leftoverture performed in sequence, in addition to other hits and new songs) with a spring tour that included a lighting package from Bandit Lites.

Lighting director Scott Pearson took special care to make sure the look of the show was one that both the band and the audience would recognize, buy using Bandit supplied Martin MAC Viper Profiles and GRNLite LED battens all controlled by a Martin M6 console.

Combining those with local 120k, 8 racks ACLs, ellipsoidals, blinders and spots, Pearson describes the look of t

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South Africa - The principal event in the Gauteng theatre calendar came to a dazzling climax in April, when the winners of the prestigious Naledi Theatre Awards were announced to a packed audience at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City, Johannesburg. Set and lighting designer Robert Hoey from Dream Sets incorporated a Robe rig for a glitzy look and feel. This year Robe Lighting, DWR Distribution and Dream Sets assisted as sponsors for the event.

The winners include Kevin Stannet - Best Lighting Designer for Nataniel's After Animals, who wins a trip to Prague and a visit to the Robe factory thanks to Robe and DWR.

Executive director, and creative director for the event, Dawn Lindberg, said of this year's awards, "The standard of excellence gets higher and higher each year, making the judges' job of selecting winners almost tortuous. All the nominees are winners in our

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USA - A new and unproven programme that opens against the season debut of the NFL's Sunday Night Football, the US Open Men's Finals and the return of Fear of the Walking Dead might not be expected to draw a large audience, but Univision's La Banda defied expectations by pulling in 2.6m viewers in the US and earning the distinction of being the most tweeted about program in its time slot when it premiered on 13 September. It helped that the Simon Cowell-produced reality show, which searched for the next Latin boy band, had stars like Ricky Martin on its panel of judges, was brimming with vibrant young talent, and featured a scintillating Tom Sutherland-designed lightshow.

Sutherland and lighting director/programmer Craig Caserta used a large and varying collection of Chauvet Professional fixtures to spice up the set and support the performances of the aspiring you

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UK - The original Ronnie Scott's opened its doors in October 1959 as a small basement club where local musicians could jam with others who shared their passion. Almost six decades later, and in its Soho home, Ronnie Scott's is one of the world's best-known jazz clubs, regularly hosting the genre's biggest names as well as nurturing rising stars. The club also offers a diverse programme of live music including Latin, jive, blues, flamenco, tap dancing and DJ sets which has helped make it the place to be for both the new hipster generation and music fans seeking the very best in live jazz.

A recent upgrade of the club's technical facilities has seen the installation of a bespoke digital audio network plus two DiGiCo consoles, with the system design, supply and installation all carried out by Autograph Sales & Installations.

The club's technical manager Miles Ashton had been

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Argentina - Since 1963, the Fiesta de la Vendimia (Grape Harvest Festival) has taken place at the Frank Romero Day Greek Theatre, located in Mendoza's General San Martin Park in Argentina.

The event is organised by the local government of Mendoza (with support from the Argentinian national government) and this year the Mendocinos again turned out in force, with around 40,000 (including many wine connoisseurs) assembling every night over the four days.

The company who tendered successfully for the technological infrastructure was Merino Producciones, headed by Carlos Merino. This was the fourth time they had been entrusted with the sound - and for the first time this year they were also awarded the lighting contract.

The person responsible for designing the spectacular lighting and special effects was Mariano Velasco. He made good use of nearly 250 PR Lighting fixtures

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