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Germany - The 25th Jazz an der Donau (Jazz on the Danube) festival ran from 14-17 July this year in Straubing, Bavaria. The event was marked not only by the performances of international acts including Toto, Al Jarreau, and LaBrass Banda, but also by the presence of over 11,000 fans - allowing festival organizers to celebrate a jubilee and an attendance record at the same time.

The sound reinforcement in the festival marquee, which can accommodate up to 4,500 people at a time, was once again the responsibility of a team of technicians led by Ingo Haasch, technical support manager, Pro Audio EMEA, EVI Audio.

Haasch relied largely on the equipment that had performed sterling service at the same event last year: an Electro-Voice XLC line-array system with FIR-Drive. This year the s

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UK - West London-based lighting rental company Colour Sound Experiment reached a record breaking peak of activity in its 21st year this August Bank Holiday weekend, supplying lighting equipment and crew to stages at Creamfields, Reading/Leeds and SW4 festivals as well as a number of band's 'specials' packages and two new contract rental venues, bringing the total of 'currents' to eight.

The statistics include over 700 moving lights - a mix of Clay Paky, GLP, Martin Professional, Robe and Vari*lite; three systems of the new BT12 scenic LED screen - two at SW4 and one as part of a specials package for U.N.K.L.E. - totalling about 100sq.m; over 300 LED lighting fixtures - including i-Pix Satellites, BB4s and BB7s, Chroma-Q ColorForce 72s and PixelLine 1044s; about 200 Atomic strobes, and "serious numbers" of blinders.

The hectic long weekend saw a variety of lighting co

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UK - ShowTex is sponsoring all stage drapes and masking fabrics for the Theatres Trust Ecovenue feature at PLASA 2011.

Located in Earls Court 2, the stand will display ShowTex Oeko-Tex 100 standard certified velvet velour ecological theatre curtains in its theatre-in-miniature, complete with 'auditorium', 'stage', 'backstage', 'foyer' and 'box office'.

In support of the long term efforts undertaken by the Theatres Trust to demonstrate proven sustainability techniques for theatres and to help bring ecology into focus at PLASA 2011, ShowTex custom made a variety of classic theatre curtains from its range of eco friendly flame retardant fabrics

The Shakespeare, Molière and newly added Goethe range of velvets developed by ShowTex are the first in the industry to be Oeko-Tex 100 certified and meet the strict M1 and BS5867 standards of flammability. The 100 % cotton velvets come

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USA - Nestled among the scenic red mesas of the southern Nevada desert, the Eureka Casino Resort is a favourite with golfers and gamers alike. The 214-room resort is located about 80 miles north of Las Vegas, surrounded by six world class golf courses, and offers a variety of slot and video poker machines, blackjack, craps, roulette, and a 24-hour poker room with daily tournaments.

Eureka is also the frequent site for activities to support the surrounding community of Mesquite. For its annual Rockets over the Red Mesa 4 July celebration, the resort recently hosted the 31-piece Nevada POPS Orchestra performing a 75-minute programme of American standards.

To ensure the property is well equipped to cater to the needs of its guests and its community, the Casino recently underwent major renovations. A resort-style pool and cabana were constructed, numerous amenities were add

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UK - London- based production specialists LarMac LIVE co-ordinated all technical production aspects Creamfields 2011, with a team led by production manager Ian 'Lar' Greenway, assisted by Anthony Norris.

It was the second year that LML has worked in this capacity for event producers Loudsound, for whom they also facilitate production on several other major UK festivals, including Rockness and Bestival.

The site featured nine main arenas and a substantial hospitality area including - for the first time - two outdoor stages - North and South, with a line-up headlined by The Chemical Brothers, Armin van Buren, Tiesto and David Guetta.

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Germany - The latest installation of Meyer Sound's MM-4XP miniature loudspeaker system recently debuted at MADE, a mix of a creative space, studio, and gallery, located on the ninth floor of a high-rise in the bustling heart of Berlin. Designed as a vibrant environment for artists to envision, create, and exhibit interdisciplinary projects, the 400sq.m venue is a showcase of contemporary building design and adaptability.

MADE is as much an art gallery as a collaborative platform to serve and inspire the creative minds. It can be used as one large room for art shows and concerts and at other times, it can be divided into five separate areas to accommodate other functions. All interior walls are movable and removable and the furniture can be rearranged to accommodate any room configuration. For sound reinforcement, Til Schwartz and Ivo König of Berlin's IT Audio created an equall

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UK - Showsec revitalised and rejuvenated its operating strategies to maximise the secure environment and customer experience at this year's Creamfields festival - the first of a five year deal with Cream International Events.

Creamfields, which took place from 26-28 August this year in Daresbury, Cheshire, has grown from a small dance festival spawned from the underground clubbing culture, to one of the UK's largest events pulling in crowds of over 50,000 people with major chart headliners including Chemical Brothers and Swedish House Mafia.

This year Creamfields added a third night to the line up, and welcomed more than 45,000 campers across the weekend.

Mark Logan, director at Showsec, said, "It is no longer a niche dance-based demographic in terms of audience base; it's a mainstream festival where guest experience is of paramount importance to the organisers.

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UK - Scottish hire company, Ward Steedsy, provided the PA for the Solfest Dance Tent over the recent August bank holiday weekend, selecting a combined Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system to manage FOH and monitors.

Solfest is a non-commercial music and arts festival with a warm atmosphere set between the Solway Firth and the Lake District in Cumbria, featuring a massive range of musical and cultural adventures. Hosting live acts and DJs including Subsource, The User Friendly, Utah Saints and the Freestylers, the Dance Tent was managed with an iLive-112 Control Surface at FOH and an iLive-R72 for monitors connected to an iDR10 MixRack with a digital mic split via A&H's ACE protocol to an iDR0 miniRack.

Partner, Steven Ward said, "For the third year running we have provided the PA for the Solfest Dance Tent and for the third year running we have had an iLive at FOH. T

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USA - The University of California, Davis, School of Law has procured Barco's FSN presentation system to improve the production capabilities of its audio visual platform, enabling the law school to produce broadcast-quality events for viewing throughout its classrooms, the larger education community and via its website.

To date, the law school has used the FSN to produce and disseminate programming of high-profile events, including a 2010 debate between candidates for California Attorney General, a hearing of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a panel discussion regarding a 2010 gubernatorial debate on the UC Davis campus, and the school's own Law Review panel.

"With the FSN, we can broadcast our events 'live' to all of our trial practice and appellate class courtrooms and lecture halls, beam content to on-campus digital signage, and stream programs 'live' over the in

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Italy - The new Juventus Stadium located in the Continassa area in Turin has a capacity of 41,000 seats and 120 executive boxes and it will be the centre of a totally renewed area that also will include a large 34,000 m2 commercial mall, the first Juventus Museum, a parking area with 4,000 vehicle capacity and many other facilities.

The stadium complex is equipped with state of art equipment and latest technology. It is a very modern facility and all the audio solutions feature RCF products. The RCF commercial audio department has been involved in the project since the beginning and designed the total audio solution for the stadium and for the other buildings in the complex.

Beside RCF Installed Sound and Commercial Audio products, special cluster design applications and other special products have been developed to fit into this major project.

"Being part of a large sc

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UK - Fairport's Cropredy Convention is a rare event - a successful festival that has run for more than 30 years on the strength of its original concept, the music of legendary folk rock band Fairport Convention and friends. Its distinctive identity has given it a special niche status on the UK's summer festival circuit.

Festival director Gareth Williams, himself for many years the monitor engineer for Fairport Convention, and his PA supplier Pete Russell of SSE Audio Group chose the new Nexo 45°N-12 stage monitors for the Cropredy stage, deploying 10 units for up to eight mixes, all powered by NXAMP 4x4s.

This year's line-up, headlined by Fairport Convention, also included Horslips, Badly Drawn Boy, Seasick Steve, The Coral and UB40. The busiest man on site was Jasen Hattams of SSE, who mixed monitors for every band except Fairport itself. He had a few things to say about

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Uk - CRMX Unity, SuperNova 2.0, and a dozen new OEMs have been announced by LumenRadio in conjunction with the PLASA 2011 show.

CRMX Unity is a new technology platform from LumenRadio offering "intuitive and effortless network and device management across wired and wireless networks".

CRMX Unity will be on exhibit at the PLASA Innovation Gallery and available for hands-on demonstration in LumenRadio's booth. This showcase offers an excellent introduction to the exciting future of DMX, RDM, and Ethernet connectivity and networking, says the company.

SuperNova 2.0 with enhanced RDM, Ethernet, and user interface functionality, including full integration with CRMX Unity and wired RDM communication, will also be released at PLASA 2011. Other feature additions include support for the recently released Art-Net 3 specification and IP independent discovery of CRMX Ethernet

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UK - Hoist UK has reached the final of this year's Innovation Awards at PLASA 2011 for their ULC - TT Universal Load Corner, offered through their sister company Truss UK.

The PLASA Awards for Innovation recognises products which advance the industry by demonstrating a new style of thinking, improving technical practice, or taking a key step forward in terms of safety.

The load corner unit eliminates the need to try and support the truss either side of a conventional corner block or worse still suspend from it. The ULC-TT Universal Load Corner which is an integral part of the TT series of truss is a structurally rated and certified six way corner complete with a suspension and load point for up to 2,500kgs.

Paul Jordan, designer of the Universal Load Corner says, "The ULC TT shows that thinking outside the box on a new development actually works. Up to now truss manufac

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UK - MilTec (UK) is expanding the product catalogue for their MT Professional Audio and MT Lighting ranges. Technical director Graham Gosden has been using his years of industry experience to design and develop new products for the increasingly demanding professional audio and lighting markets.

The Pro Audio catalogue sees the introduction of a new medium throw PA system, the HLP1, which includes a 700W, three-way mid/top cabinet and the new DNP26 network processor.

Also on display will be the MZ31 installation mixer. This 1U high mixer has three switchable inputs and one stereo output.

The lighting section will be utilising the latest developments in LED technology for both wash and spot applications. High output combined with low power consumption mean that these units can now be used for large professional applications that would have been impossible only a year ago. The

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USA - Renkus-Heinz has announced the appointment of Ladd Temple to the position of technical sales manager.

Temple comes to Renkus-Heinz after more than a decade with Peavey Electronics, where he most recently served as product development manager for the company's Crest Audio and Architectural Acoustics divisions. Other positions he has held with Peavey include plant manager and artist relations manager.

In his new position, Temple will provide technical and sales support to Renkus-Heinz's extensive network of representatives and dealers throughout the western US. He will report to VP of sales and marketing Rik Kirby.

"We're very pleased to welcome Ladd to Renkus-Heinz," remarked Kirby. "We're fortunate that someone with Ladd's background and expertise came along at a time when we are in the process of growing and strengthening the technical and sales support

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UK - Back by popular demand and in the new location of Ward Park in Bangor, Northern Ireland, the Tennents Vital Festival made a spectacular resurgence after a four year hiatus, with a star studded two-day line up headlined by The Script and Eminem.

Production Services Ireland, was asked by promoters MCD to take care of all lighting and production rigging needs for the main stage. PSI's Sean Pagel states, "It was great to see the return of Tennents Vital and a huge amount of enthusiasm and energy from all involved went into ensuring that it had the best production values and a fantastic vibe."

Pagel's lighting crew included Darragh McAuliffe, Richie Flanagan and Rob Meyer.

The lighting had to match Eminem's rig - designed by Dan Boland - as fixture perfectly as possible. PSI rigorously adhered to the specification, requesting very few substitutions. The Script (LD

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UK - The UK's largest light festival returns to Durham this winter with 30-plus installations including works by Tracey Emin and David Batchelor.

Event producers Artichoke have announced the first details of Lumiere 2011, the biennial festival that celebrates artists working with light in all its forms. It will be staged over four nights, 17-20 November 2011. Artichoke has been commissioned to deliver the festival by Durham County Council, with funds from Arts Council England and a panoply of other funding bodies and sponsors.

In 2009, the inaugural Lumiere festival drew an estimated 75,000 people into the city, and generated some £1.5m for the local economy. For Lumiere 2011, festival producers Artichoke will bring together a mix of international, national and local artists and designers, all using the medium of light to create artworks "to delight, surprise, and s

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Blitz has been selected as the latest member of the global AV Alliance, which is now represented by 46 event suppliers in 26 countries.

The AV Alliance is a network of leading event technical rental specialists committed to delivering performance, service and quality at the highest possible level. The network boasts 2,725 employees, undertaking 46,209 projects each year with equipment sourced from 210,676 m2 of warehousing. Alongside Blitz, England will be represented by two additional organisations; Smart AV and London Audio.

Munir Samji, Chairman at Blitz comments, "We are thrilled to have joined the AV Alliance and to now have access to unrivalled resources across the world. We already supply quite a number of events across Europe, but we will now be in a strong position to provide a comprehensive service in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South Africa."

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UK - Chauvet reports that its COLORado Batten 72 Tour linear wash lights have been installed in Theatr Brycheiniog , the first solar-powered theatre in Wales. The fixtures were specified by Stage Electrics.

Twenty COLORado Batten 72 Tour fixtures were added to the theatre's lighting rig for a multitude of applications, such as front, side, cyc and overhead lighting. The LED-fitted fixtures joined the existing rig of half LED, half-incandescent lighting sources.

"The challenge has been for lighting designers to adopt different fixtures," Geraint Thomas, technical manager for Theatr Brycheiniog, said of the use of LEDs in a theatrical setting. "As new lighting designers come here, we first go over the equipment to prepare them to go from incandescent to LEDs."

The use of LEDs has made a marked improvement in regards to power consumption and heat generation.

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UK - Lightfactor will feature the latest products from its raft of high profile international brands on an action-packed stand - including DTS, LDR, Integrated Technologies and VXCO.

Lightfactor's experienced and informed sales team will be on hand to demonstrate all products and talk authoritatively about projects and specifications.

New from DTS are the NICK LED colour wash fixtures and the high powered compact JACK Spot moving lights and there will also be a few new surprise products.

The DTS NICK 600 WASH ZOOM is a self-contained compact dimensioned high-output LED wash moving head with a 13.5° - 40° motorized zoom and a fast and silent Pan/Tilt. A powerful colour synthesis engine offers 16 million colours, a linear colour temperature of between 2800°K and 6500°K and two colour mixing modes - RGBW and CMY.

As Novalight's UK distributor, Lightfactor has

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UK/USA - RGB Lights, the creator of FlexiFlex will launch its new FlexiFlex Touring Truss at PLASA 2011 in London. The new truss is the first specifically created to simplify and speed up large format video installations using FlexiFlex, one of the industry's leading flexible modular LED video systems.

"FlexiFlex Touring Truss takes the concept of pre-rig truss and brings it to the large format video world," says Brett Gardner, RGB Lights founder.

An integrated cable and power management system allows stagehands and technicians to set up faster and with fewer connections. The 24 in. x 12 in. box truss is designed to house power supply, power distribution, and networking components. FlexiFlex Touring Truss can support 50-100 millimeter FlexiFlex panels up to 60ft high.

"Now FlexiFlex users can install massive LED video surfaces in a fraction of the time needed

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