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UK - Hoist UK staged its inaugural Motor and Truss Workshop, hosted by Litestructures GB in their premises in Wakefield, utilising their new rehearsal space with their own Lee Brooks presenting an informative truss section on the second day.

The workshop was also enhanced with the guest speaker Siobhan Hitchen from Rope Assemblies, who went through wire rope inspection and LOLER requirements as well taking part in the workshop as a student.

The main emphasis of the workshop included the current and potential future legislation that the entertainment touring and event industry could encounter. This subject was very competently covered by Verlinde's Hans van der Moolen, who has been at the forefront of the advances in technology and safety within the entertainment event rigging in

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Korea - The 17th edition of the Korean International Broadcast, Audio & Lighting Equipment show (KOBA) was held earlier this month at the COEX centre in Seoul.

For the sixth consecutive year Proel Korea was present at the show. The theme of the stand was based around the Proel touring and sound systems catalogues, with the main emphasis being on the Axiom Vertical Progressive array systems.

The centre pieces of the stand were composed of a column of 10 x Axiom AX3210P speakers with the EDGE121SP 21" subwoofers and the new AX2265P Axiom Compact system.

David Yoon, president of Proel Korea commented, "We are quietly confident that with the new Axiom Compact System we will be able to repeat the outstanding success of the AX3210P. This type of compact vertical array means that we will be able to provide small and medium sizes concert halls and churches with very high q

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UK - Videoconferencing veteran Impact Marcom has upgraded its Hire Division's wireless microphone stock by investing in eight channels of AKG WMS 4000, which were supplied by Harman Pro UK.

John Moore, Impact Marcom's UK rental manager, says: "The wireless microphones we were using had become outdated and unreliable so we investigated an alternative and decided on the AKG system because it is very high quality. Our technicians were impressed by the features on offer, in particular the ability to scan radio frequencies to ensure we didn't conflict with other wireless microphone users in the same venue. They also like the fact that they can monitor the output from a laptop computer, which makes this a very portable and easy to use system."

Impact Marcom's hire team has been supplying products to the video conferencing business for more than 25 years and holds a huge st

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UK - J&C Joel, working in partnership with Strabane District Council and Production Services North, has supplied and installed a stage flying system and mechanical engineering to the new Alley Arts & Conference Centre in Strabane, Northern Ireland.

The project was handled for J&C Joel by contracts manager Tony Griffiths, who assisted in the technical design of the building and in the client's final choice of stage equipment.

The client chose a highly flexible arrangement of 14 3-phase, 250kg, single speed, 4-line electrically operated pilewind winch units, plus six 4-line hemp sets.

The Alley is a new 270 seat multi purpose venue funded by a £750,000 Lottery grant - the area's largest-ever award from the Arts Council for Northern Ireland. It is also the first dedicated arts facility designed for the enjoyment of all the district's 37,000 residents. A designated link fr

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UK - Beach Blanket Babylon (BBB as it is known) occupies an old Georgian house in the heart of London's Notting Hill. Established in 1990, its eclectic décor of French country chateau combined with Gaudiesque architecture, and its selection of different dining rooms known as The Crypt, The Scullery, The Chapel and The Gallery make it one of the most consolidated, prestigious - and unusual - gothic destinations in London.

Recently owners Robert Newmark and Graham Rebak sensed that in order to keep BBB firing on all cylinders they needed to improve their sound system. And so they returned to their long-term A/V suppliers, the Sound Division Group (SDG).

The relationship with Newmark and Rebak has developed over a three-year period since they were first introduced by near neighbours (and fellow SDG clients), Adam and Charles Breeden from the award-winning Lonsdale.

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Turkey - Midas' Turkish distributor Atempo has supplied four customised Heritage 1000 consoles to national broadcaster TRT for its regional radio stations. The consoles have been installed in radio studios in Izmir, Trabzon, Erzurum and Diyarbakir, where they are being used for live front of house work as well as for live production broadcast work.

Midas won the contract, which went out to tender, after TRT decided that the H1000 offered advantages over the competition, including its FOH abilities. The tender required that each console should have transformer balanced inputs - an option on the H1000. One of the consoles has 28 microphone and four stereo inputs, while the other three have 20 microphone and four stereo inputs, all with the transformer balanced input option.

TRT engineers visited Midas' factory in Kidderminster, UK, to conduct final quality control tests with int

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UK -Just over a year after Church House Conference Centre in Westminster closed its doors for major building work, the Grade II-listed landmark reopened this spring to reveal a complete overhaul of the main Assembly Hall, the largest room in the house - aided by Radia Pro components and a Kelsey Acoustics cabling solution. See the May issue of Lighting&Sound International for a full report.

Owned by the Corporation of the Church House, and designed by renowned architect Sir Herbert Baker in 1939, the building serves as the headquarters of the Church of England. When the general synod is not in session it is let for corporate banquets, conferences and seminars.

The original, fixed tiered seating has been removed and replaced with a level floor; this gives the hall much more versatility and the ability to cater for t

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UK - 10 out of 10 Productions has moved to new offices and warehouse in Sydenham, a short distance from Rosco UK.

"Due to large investments and by increasing our hire and sales stocks we've been struggling with space for a number of years and the walls were about to give," says managing director Paul Need. The new building is large enough to house both hire and sales businesses under one roof. A sales counter, and customer reception area enable us to greet visiting customers in a spacious, more relaxed atmosphere than before. Our cable manufacturing department will also be relieved to be moving.

"The increased space will mean further investments in lighting and audio equipment, together with being able to hold more of the everyday items people need at short notice. Being so close to Rosco/DHA means their entire stock is a two-minute walk away."

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UK - PRG Europe helped Bryan Adams celebrate his 25th concert at Wembley on 11 May with images shone onto the famous fascia of Wembley Arena, which was further enhanced by the architectural lighting and water feature.

PRG Europe's custom gobo resource facility produced special Bryan Adams and 25th Show @ Wembley gobos for the 12 Martin MAC 2000 Profiles controlled by crew chief Gareth Wharrier on an Avolites Pearl 2008 console. For extra effect the company also supplied a four-headed Skytracker searchlight.

"We have a good relationship with Wembley so had no worries when it came to arranging this event at relatively short notice," says PRG Europe's Loz Wilcox. "Everything went really well, and we're proud to be able to support Bryan Adams' 20th year and 25th show at the Arena."

(Jim Evans)

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Canada - The opening night of Nelly Furtado's Get Loose tour took place in her her hometown of Victoria. British Columbia. From there she headed eastward, ending the Canadian dates in Ottawa on, just days after she cleaned out at the Junos (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards) with five wins, a trophy for every category she was nominated in.

Towers Clair Showco, based in Toronto is providing Adamson Speakers for the entire North American Tour that will continues into the US, starting 30 May 30 in Florida and finishing 21 June in California.

Furtado's FOH Engineer Jeffrey Holdip gave his approval to the Y-10 Adamson system used during the rehearsal period in Toronto this past January. The feedback gathered while mixing during the Canadian dates confirmed Holdip's instinct about wanting to tour with the Adamson system.

The set-up required 16 rigging points. Mai

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UK - Glen Smith Audio has returned to the British Museum to install a second Midas Verona console in the Stevenson Theatre, a 150-capacity lecture hall at the heart of the BM's conferencing facilities in London.

Last autumn, Glen Smith recommended a 32-channel Verona for the adjacent BP Lecture Theatre, and such has been its success, the Museum has repeated its order for a smaller 24-channel console.

"We just replicated the system we have next door," says Museum sound engineer Dave Hogan. "Compared to the console we're taking out of service, the Verona offers a significant general improvement in sound quality and better gain before feedback. We can control everything through the desk, all the loudspeaker configurations we have in the theatre - mono, stereo, surround. Before we had to use other devices to control the 5.1 surround sound, so now there's absolutely

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Greece - Bon Studios in Athens has delivered a second Soundcraft Vi6 digital console to a customer in Greece - the rental company Net Audio.

The first test of the new technology took place at the Fix club in Thessaloniki, a well-known venue which hosts many celebrated Greek vocalists. Since then, the Vi6 console has been used for a variety of applications, from classical music to television production. Sofia Vossou, a Greek singer and former Eurovision contestant famous for her interpretation of modern Greek music, and folk maestro George Katsaros have both made use of the desk in their live concerts.

The console has played its part in several popular television productions at Alter Channel, a private TV station, including Jungle and The Party of Your Life. And to underline its versatility, it has been used to mix the Philharmonic Orchestra of Athens at an outdoo

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UK - XL Video UK hosted a massive party to celebrate the opening of its new 42,000sq.ft premises in Hemel Hempstead. Over 350 friends, partners, competitors, freelancers, clients and others flocked to Eastman Way to enjoy XL's hospitality in a fun-filled night of social interaction, banter, drinking, eating, live music and dancing. Revellers also included large contingents from XL's operations in Belgium, Germany, Amsterdam and Paris.

One end of the warehouse featured a long SoftLED backdrop, and the Cisco Globe - a 7ft high MiPix construction commissioned by Cisco in the US - suspended in the ceiling. Three warehouse aisles featured Nintendo Wii machines hooked up to Christie S+20 Roadsters and 14 x 8 rear-projected screens, so gamers could get right into their different worlds - which was mostly boxing - by the end of the night.

At the far end of the warehouse - normally use

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UK - Crystal Clear Audio, a company that specialises in AV installations for churches and schools, has installed the audio, video and stage lighting systems into a new church in Whitstable, Kent.

The entire installation at the Seasalter Christian Centre was cabled using Van Damme microphone, speaker and data cables, supplied by VDC Trading which also supplied all of the connectors for the project.

The Seasalter Christian Centre is an Anglican church that can accommodate a congregation of up to 350 in its main hall. The new building also includes meeting rooms and kitchen facilities.

Crystal Clear Audio's managing director Nick Fatkin says: "The AV and lighting installations were highly specified in order to meet the demands of the congregation and of external customers who use the hall and meeting rooms during the week. I used Van Damme cables because they are reliable

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UK - Registrations are strong for this year's AGM with well over 100 members and 50 guests signed up for the event which is to be held on Wednesday 6 June at the Hurlingham Club in West London.

The event, which is free to all members, has a strong agenda this year and will feature a key vote on a major membership restructure, updates on the radio licensing issue which threatens every aspect of the industry and a highly respected guest speaker in former MP, Tony Benn.

The AGM, which begins at midday, will cover the key activities of the last 12 months, including the ongoing development of qualifications for the sector, PLASA's commitment to improve member services, the launch of an events division and the most recent developments in the organisation's high-profile lobbying campaign to challenge the auction of vital radio frequencies.

The AGM will also address the future as th

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New Zealand - Selecon has announced that from 1 June 2007 all entertainment luminaires are being shipped with safety bonds. A mandatory rigging requirement in many countries and standard practise in most, the inclusion of the safety bond accessory with all luminaires has been instigated by Selecon Performance Lighting as a common sense move that builds on the industry's response to the innovative integrated safety bond design feature incorporated into the Rama range of Fresnel and PC luminaires, says the company.

This decision is further demonstration of the Selecon approach to delivering Stage Lighting for All; a company commitment to ensuring, through careful listening and pioneering design, that Selecon products continue to meet and anticipate the increasing demands of health and safety regimes around the world so the activities of our future stage lighting practitioners are

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USA - Stardraw A/V 2007, the newly released design and documentation application from software developer, Stardraw.com was voted the winner of the Innovations in Technology award in the Business Productivity category at the recent NSCA show in Orlando, Florida.

Stardraw's marketing director, Rob Robinson comments, "It's particularly gratifying in that the winner was selected by a public vote," noted Robinson. "While it's always rewarding to obtain recognition from one's industry peers, a vote of confidence from the people that are actually using and working with the product every day is perhaps even more satisfying."

The very first incarnation of Stardraw A/V was launched in 2000. Since then the application has evolved significantly until the most recent release of Stardraw A/V 2007, launched in January 2007. Among the many enhancements incorporated

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Germany - Production and PA company Soundhouse Veranstaltungstechnik is a new owner of a Midas H4000 console purchased through EVI Audio Germany.

Soundhouse has been working on high-profile events across Germany and Europe since 1982. In addition to its new addition, the company already owns more than 10 Midas consoles ranging from the Venice through XL200, XL3, H1000 and H3000.

The H4000 was put straight to work as monitor console on Argentinean singer Semino Rossi's arena tour of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Reflecting the increasing use of LED illumination sources in urban centres, Color Kinetics is promoting the growth of its installation base in Boston - where some of the region's foremost architects and designers are using the company's technology to light one-of-a-kind structures, facades and interiors while at the same time mitigating maintenance and energy strain.

Some of Color Kinetics' more recent local installations include Bank of America Pavilion, Boston Hyatt Downtown, Hyatt Regency Cambridge, Westin Boston Waterfront, Rustic Kitchen, and Sushi-Teq at the new InterContinental Boston. Its intelligent LED lighting systems also generate colour and dynamic lighting effects in multiple locations within TD Banknorth Garden, Boston's premier sports and entertainment arena. These and other installations exhibit both the versatile aesthetics of digitally controllable LED s

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UK - CMT (Creative Media Techniques) supplied video and image based services and lasers for the ARK (Absolute Return for Kids) 2007 Gala Dinner at Marlborough House on Pall Mall, London. The event was produced by Starlight Design and attended by a guest list of over 1000 including Bill Clinton, Madonna, Sir Bob Geldof, David Bailey, Liz Hurley and many more.

The CMT package - the fourth consecutive year they have supplied the event - included several LED and projection surfaces, a camera/PPU package, an 8-channel Watchout video control system, eight lasers and 14 crew to install, operate and support the visuals systems.

During the dinner, the ARK charity organisation (set up by the hedge fund industry to raise money for children affected by poverty, abuse, disability and illness) announced the launch of the Clinton-ARK Initiative for Mozambique, through a strategic partnership

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China - Royal Philips Electronics will present its latest innovations in entertainment lighting technology at Palm Expo 2007, being held in Beijing 2-5 June 2007.

Initiated by the launch of Philips MSR Goldy 1200 FastFit and Philips Hi-Brite 1200 FastFit, at last year's Palm Expo, Philips has enlarged the product range with Philips MSR Goldy 700 FastFit and Philips Hi-Brite 750 FastFit.

This rear load lamp base system includes an increased brightness, provides the opportunity to reduce fixture size and weight, assures reliability due to pinch protection technology and has an excellent colour quality, says the company. Several OEMs will underline the display of this lamp concept at Palm via the launch of several Philips FastFit lamp based fixtures.

(Jim Evans)

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