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Denmark - Following the success of the Martin US road show this past summer - a 37-city, 18-week tour that saw Martin personnel hold 85 local events across the US - Martin EMEA is launching a Road Show of its own this fall with local events scheduled across Europe.

Martin EMEA is continuing the Martin Brighter World road show theme yet in a slightly smaller format. The Brighter World road show tour is an innovative approach to relationship building that brings Martin directly to important lighting professionals, says the company. Targeted at the entertainment, as well as commercial and architectural markets, the on-the-road concept allows for a more detailed, personal dialogue and is aimed at exposing lighting professionals to the latest Martin gear through product d

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Australia - Established in Cairns in 1992, the JUTE Theatre represents the vision of three women, Kathryn Ash, Susan Prince and Suellen Maunder who recognised the need for a professional theatre company to service the Far North Queensland region of Australia.

When an overhaul of the JUTE black box theatre became necessary, Arts Queensland as the venue managers put out their tender and after demos and quotes were submitted, and with the invaluable guidance of Keith Clarke they decided on the Philips Selecon SPX and called on the long-time, local Philips Selecon dealer to supply.

"There were a few raised eyebrows around the place when the order came in and we saw the required delivery date; to say it was going to be a little tight is something of an understatement but as ever, and with very little persuasion, our friends in Auckland came through and the fixtures were built

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China - Multiform will be announcing the latest additions to their range of LED lighting fixtures on the booth of their international distributor Adelto at the Shanghai Pro Light & Sound show 12-15 October.

The new Gll products are designed for indoor or outdoor use with an IP65 rating. The HP3 uses single chip RGB LEDs to provide a very bright light source. The new HP5 models incorporate RGBAW LEDs to provide the widest range of colours. All models use Neutrik XLR5 and PowerCon connectors and a conversion kit to replace these with PG9/11 fittings for outdoor use.

The MultiSpot GII-HP3is designed for use where narrow beam angles are not needed, but the colour consistency at short distances is a requirement. It features a flexible DMX control scheme with four different control modes, RGB and HSL, with either combined or separated dimmer/strobe channels.

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USA - Xantech has expanded its commercial division's sales team in the United States with two new rep appointments.

Reisterstown, Maryland-based Samuel K. Macdonald (S.K. Macdonald) has been named Xantech representative for the Mid-Atlantic region. Also, Anew Communication Technology (Anew C.T.), who has been successfully representing Xantech Commercial throughout the West, including Southern California, Las Vegas, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and parts of Idaho and Montana, expands their territory to include the Pacific Northwest. These announcements were made by Rick Seegull, Xantech director of business development.

"S.K. Macdonald is one of the industry's oldest and most reputable rep firms and we are pleased to have them as part of the Xantech Commercial sales force," stated Seegull. "We are very glad to be working with Perry D'Angelo and his team, and

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UK - The 4th annual APRS Sound Fellowship Lunch is to be held at the Roof Gardens, Kensington on Tuesday 16 November. Tony Wadsworth, chairman of the BPI, has been invited to give the 'keynote' address by way of proposing the special 'Harewood Toast'.

The Harewood Toast was introduced last year, designed to provide an opportunity for a prominent member of the music, film and TV businesses to speak about the relationship they have with the studios and service providers that make their products.

The inaugural proposer of the Harewood Toast last year was Jeremy Lascelles, CEO of Chrysalis Music who is the son of the Earl of Harewood, the founding President of the APRS and its current Patron.

The APRS's annual celebration, hosted by Sir George and Lady Martin, sees the recognition of six new recipients of the APRS Sound Fellowship bestowed on individuals who made a 'significant

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Sold Out - Tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2011 sold out in just over four hours after thousands of fans flooded the website and phone lines. The festival's website and Twitter feed apologised to those who missed out, adding there had been some issues with getting through "due to the sheer volume of people". Tickets sold out eight hours quicker than last year, the festival said. Fans were able to reserve up to eight tickets at a time. They had to pay a £50 deposit now and the rest when the booking site re-opens on 1 April 2011. Passes for next year's festival, which starts on 22 June, cost £195 - up £10 on last year's price.

Staying On - Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis says he's not ready to hand the day-to-day running of the festival over to his daughter Emily yet. Eavis, 75, celebrated the festival's 40th anniversary earlier this year but

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UK - The first ever PLASA International Rigging Conference for the event and entertainment rigging industry has proved a major success with delegates and speakers alike.

Taking place last month at Earls Court Conference Centre, alongside PLASA 2010, the event brought together over 200 delegates from as far afield as South Africa, North America and Australasia to discuss a range of issues and to share experiences.

The two full-on days of discussion were opened by Unusual Rigging's Alan Jacobi LVO, an industry icon who engaged delegates with a fascinating history of the rigging industry across the past five decades. The back-to-back programme of sessions and interactive debates which followed were well received by the capacity audience.

Bill Sapsis of Sapsis Rigging, part of the international line-up of speakers at the event, summed up the view of many: "The PLASA Interna

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UK - AV specialist Media Powerhouse has acquired AV and broadcast equipment specialist Clockworxx Limited. Clockworxx was created in 2009 following the merger of Clockwork Capital's Technical Services division and Boxx, the technical staging expert. Clockworxx delivers expert AV design and build services along with facility installations for broadcast. The company also provides project based rentals for the live events industry.

Moving forward, Clockworxx, led by Albert Seaward, will join the Media Powerhouse group of companies further strengthening its audio visual offering. The trading title of Boxx is to be re-established under the ongoing stewardship of live events expert Terry Barnes.

Terry Barnes, Head of Technical Projects at Boxx, says: "Both Charles Beddow and Michael Breen are industry and business experts. Their customer focused ethos ensures that their clients

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USA - Tait Towers and Fisher Technical Services Inc have formed an agreement which allows the two companies to coordinate and share resources and technologies. The two companies say they are now able to provide "a competitive and formidable combination of tightly integrated staging and automation technologies for clients in all sectors of the entertainment industry".

Tait Towers has used the FTSI Navigator control system on many of its flagship projects, including the recent tours for Bon Jovi, Lady Gaga and Roger Waters' The Wall. This technology has given Tait the ability to equip clients with systems that are able to coordinate and control deck machinery, chain hoists, video walls and other motion effects while simultaneously sharing information with lighting and video systems.

"Navigator continues to allow us to do things that would have otherwise bee

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USA - Wybron has hired Erin Prater as its PR and marketing coordinator. Prater, a writer and photographer, has a background in newspaper and magazine journalism, as well as book publishing.

"I'm looking forward to working with the creative team of folks here at Wybron, as well as with the press," Prater said. "I'm especially excited about expanding our social media presence, so watch for some exciting additions to our website in the near future."

"We're excited to have Erin on board," said Keny Whitright, president. "We feel that her experience as a member of the press, as well as her energy and fresh point of view, will help Wybron better provide journalists with the information they need to stay up to date on Wybron and the lighting industry."

Prater will generate press materials and case studies, serve as a press liaison, and update

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USA - Genelec US, distributor of Genelec Active Monitoring Systems, has announced the appointment of industry veteran John Conard to the position of national sales manager, professional products.

In the new position, Conard's responsibilities will include managing Genelec's pro audio sales force in the United States and implementing dealer sales and support programmes for the full line of Genelec stereo and multi-channel applications. A long-time industry veteran of the professional audio industry prior to joining Genelec, Conard held sales and/or management positions at Yamaha Commercial Audio and Westlake Audio, and was most recently territory manager for Bose Corporation.

Conard noted, "I have been an ardent Genelec fan for many years. When I served as sales manager at Westlake Audio, we were one of the largest Genelec retailers. I am very excited about the product lin

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USA - The Wybron Mobile Showroom will return to the road 11-15 October, making stops in Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky during the thirteenth leg of its first national tour.

The showroom will make its first stop Monday, 11 October at Mainstage Theatrical Supply in Memphis, Tenn., before heading to Bradfield Stage Lighting in Nashville and Tennessee Lighting Company in Knoxville on 12 and 13 October respectively.

Then it's off to Vincent Lighting Systems in Solon, Ohio, where the showroom will remain parked on 14 October before visiting Vincent's sister store in Erlanger, Ky, 15 October for its final stop of the month.

Each stop will provide visitors with a hands-on survey of new and classic Wybron gear, including the Cygnus advanced color LED line, as well as a chance to chat with Wybron staff members and enjoy complimentary food.

"In this first year of touring we've pi

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USA - The American Airlines Arena is Miami's top sporting and entertainment venue, hosting everything from family entertainment such as Disney On Ice through to concerts from major international artists (Shakira, Lady Gaga and more). However, above all, the AmericanAirlines Arena is home to professional basketball team, The Miami Heat, currently one of the highest-ranking teams in the NBA. The facility is now also home to an Eclipse digital mixing console from Innovason following a recent AV upgrade which has moved everything into the digital domain.

The Miami Heat's director of broadcast services, David Vickery, explained their decision to purchase an Eclipse, "In fact we already had an Sy48 that we were looking to upgrade with new cards and so on, but then we visited InfoComm and saw the new Eclipse. Kevin Madden gave us a demo, and after that, there was no going b

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UK - Midas Klark Teknik has presented Bucks New University with wall plaques to recognise a burgeoning relationship between the organisations, and their joint efforts to tailor courses to the audio industry.

Bucks New University prides itself on strengthening links between education and industry, and the hookup with the brands is a striking example. Midas Siena and Verona consoles, plus Klark Teknik equipment including Square ONE Dynamics and Graphics units are being used for live sound modules in the university's BA (Hons) Audio & Music Production and Music & Live Event Management courses. The university has a 500-capacity venue for which students book bands, promote concerts and provide sound and lighting expertise. The Midas and KT equipment allows them to experience a real-world setup, with dedicated front of house and monitor consoles.

"We'd seen a growth in live mus

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Denmark - Since its introduction at the Prolight + Sound exhibition last spring, interest in the energy-friendly Martin MAC 350 Entour has been great with the innovative LED profile luminaire now winning the prestigious 2010 Confederation of Danish Industry Product Prize.

Following an intensive two-year research collaboration with Denmark's Aalborg University, and with development funding from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, the MAC 350 Entour has proved a pioneering and energy-efficient alternative to traditional discharge lighting.

The Danish Industry Prize, awarded once a year to honour companies which develop exceptional customer solutions, was conferred at the commercial organisation's Business Summit in Copenhagen on 29 September 29.

"We're very proud to receive this prestigious award, but we're even more proud that we now have a unique product

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UK - At the 2010 PLASA Show in London, Coemar announced the launch of Reflection FullSpectrum, a new concept in LED lighting fixtures.

Reflection brings a familiar part of traditional Par lighting fixtures - the interchangeable light source - to the new world of LED lighting fixtures. The lightsource directs light from a combination of LEDs onto a parabolic reflector, giving an output which is bright, but which also eliminates the RGB dots and multi-coloured shadows which have plagued many other LED fixtures. Reflection gives a pure, uniformly coloured beam that can also be zoomed smoothly from 18 to 37 degrees.

Two version of the Reflection lightsource are available. The RGB version offers full spectrum colour mixing and also a dramatic, boosted strobe/blinder effect that can be used in any colour. The VariWhite version offers colour temperature selection across the white ran

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Europe - Philips Entertainment is pleased to announce the appointment of Graham Eales to the role of regional manager with immediate effect. Formerly entertainment controls systems director Europe, Eales now assumes responsibility for the business growth and operations of Philips Entertainment in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Eales, who has been instrumental in leading the development of new Strand product and service, now heads the European team, along with Michael Goldberg, sales director for EMEA and Grant Bales-Smith, sales manager. Eales comments, " I am looking forward to working with our great team of dealers, staff and customers to keep building the Philips Entertainment brands across all our geographic regions and segments."

(Jim Evans)

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India - The opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi relied heavily on Barco technology. No less than 32 ultra-bright FLM R22+ projectors lighted up the event, making it an unforgettable experience. In total, 50 of these projectors will be in use during the Games.

The Commonwealth Games are being organized for the 19th time this year - and for the first time ever in India. During the event, thousands of athletes from the members of the Commonwealth of Nations compete against one another in 17 sports and four parasports.

At the start of the ceremony, a huge helium balloon lifted up from the centre of the jam-packed stadium with colourful puppets dangling from it to welcome the spectators. The aerostat, which is said to be the biggest helium balloon in the world (40 x 80 x 12 m), has a 360-degree projection surface. The lighting on the field of play was reflected on i

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France - Stageco constructed a bespoke staging solution for Yannick Noah's one off spectacular in Paris' Stade de France on 25 September.

Stageco's customised stage design was an updated version of the design previously developed for Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love tour in 1999. The 26m by 26m Super Roof has a 1400m² floor with giant 3m wide flower shaped arms reaching up to 40m into the crowd.

The stadium show is centred round the French ex-sports star turned pop singer, performing on a large 18m Stage One turntable in the middle of the stage, with stairs built up around it, giving the entire crowd an ultimate viewing experience.

Stageco project manager Thierry Nataf oversaw a crew of 18, who test built the stage in Ethias Arena, Hasselt from 15-19 September. This was followed by the construction in Stade de France over a period of four days, with the crew worki

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UK - PSCo has added Louise Hirst to the sales team in the role of business development executive. Hirst has worked in the AV industry for 11 years, starting her career at Saville Audio Visual in York before moving on to Maverick and then Hitachi, working in the digital media arm of the company.

Managing director Stuart Holmes says, "Louise will be focused on ensuring our channel partners understand how our services are tailored to complement the products in our portfolio. She will be an integral part of the sales division of the company, and I am delighted to welcome her on board."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - RCF has announced the setting up of a new UK Service Centre, following the tragic passing of Mick Williams, RCF's technical manager for many years.

Phil Price, who heads up RCF's operation, praised the high level of technical back-up carried out by Williams' company, Audio Workshop, over a long period.

"The support provided for RCF products by Mick and his team was exemplary - and his untimely death last month left us with some extremely big shoes to fill, which we have now managed to do."

To that end, RCF have confirmed the appointment of Ampman Audio Services, run by the experienced John Adeleke; the company will take on full service and repair responsibilities with immediate effect.

"This appointment will offer a seamless transition, and Ampman will undertake the same duties and responsibilities as Audio Workshop," confirmed Price. "This in

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