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UK - Ambersphere Solutions is hosting a festive office-warming celebration at its brand new premises in Park Royal - having enjoyed an impressive first three months of business since changing its name from MA Lighting UK, the company reports.

The 'Open-House' will be on Tuesday 20 December from 2-8pm and Glyn, Philip, Chris, David, Caz and Doug would like to welcome you for a glass or two, a mince pie and some festive banter with industry colleagues. Come and meet the new team and see their fabulous new facilities. The Ambersphere team also hints there may be a few exciting new products to tell visitors about . . .

Ambersphere Solutions is located in Park Royal, the heart of West London's lighting industry hub, a stone's throw from the LH2 Production and Rehearsal facility, just

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Country Classic - Julian Fellowes is to write a new musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's novel The Wind in the Willows. The Downton Abbey creator will reunite with composer and lyricist duo George Stiles and Anthony Drewe for the project. The trio previously collaborated on Cameron Mackintosh's West End and Broadway production of Mary Poppins. The new show will be created for the West End, although dates and a theatre venue have yet to be announced. Fellowes said. "The Wind in the Willows is one of our greatest classics and as true and entertaining now as it has ever been. I am delighted and tremendously flattered to have been asked to write the book for the new musical."

Parklife - Blur are set to be honoured at next year's Brit Awards for their outstanding contribution to music. It comes 21 years after their debut and 17 years si

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Italy - LSi received the sad news yesterday of the passing of Enrico Caironi, long associated with the marketing of the Clay Paky lighting brand. The epitome of the Italian gentleman, Enrico had a warm and infectious personality, and was an extremely popular and much-loved man.

Clay Paky's announcement of the news said: "It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Enrico Caironi, a man whose professionalism, integrity and humanity will be remembered by all Clay Paky work associates and friends in the industry. In the show-lighting industry, Enrico had for years been ambassador of Clay Paky and a model representative of Italian passion and quality.

"Born in Bergamo in 1947, Enrico Caironi joined the Clay Paky team in 1995. As commercial director, he immediately became a key figure in company business, always fighting at the forefront with relentless motivation

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Indochine X PixMob Fan Immersion

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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Finland - ETC has completed installation of three separate ETC Unison Paradigm Control systems at the new Helsinki Music Centre.

There are seven performance spaces at the centre, seating up to 1,704 people. The first Paradigm system controls the main concert hall; a second controls three of the rehearsal halls (Rehearsal Hall, Organo and Camerata); and a third controls the Sonore, Black Box and restaurant stage halls. All were supplied, installed and programmed by Studiotec Oy of Finland.

Project manager for Studiotec, Oskar Krogell explains: "Paradigm was chosen by the music centre for its integration with lighting control desks, dimmers and DMX. They also wanted non-technical personnel - including orchestra organisers, stage managers and even music students - to be able to use the show lighting in the halls for rehearsals and concerts. The Music Centre has seven stages

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UK - Entertainment lighting specialist White Light has announced that Richard Saunders has joined its growing events team as a project manager.

"With both a theatrical and corporate background Richard brings a wealth of experience to the role," says Stuart Crane, White Light's head of production.

"In addition to project managing the usual mix of events that White Light currently supplies he will also be available to support our existing corporate lighting designer clients, helping to ensure that we deliver the highest standards of pre-production on their larger or more complex projects."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - After 30 years with J.R. Clancy, Bob Theis will step down from his position as chief executive officer on 31 December 2011. Theis will continue until July 2012 as an advisor to the board of Wenger Corporation, the company that owns J.R. Clancy.

Mike Murphy, who has served as president of Clancy since 2009, will become the company's top executive on 1 January 2012. He will retain the title of president.

In his 14 years with Clancy, Murphy has been integrally involved in sales, project management, new product development, and in supervision of some of the company's largest and most complex projects. He also developed and implemented the company's quality management program, which led to the company achieving ISO 9001registration.

"Under Bob's leadership, J.R. Clancy has grown significantly in capabilities and in the strength of its business practices," Murphy s

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USA - Jason Aldean, just 10-years old, has been selling out coast-to-coast and sweeping awards shows regularly. Aldean just won a record six American Country Awards, including Single of the Year, Album of the Year, and the Holy Grail of live shows, Touring Artist of the Year.

Bandit Lites has been part of the Aldean family since the start. Lighting designer Aaron Swetland has continued to craft his art as the shows and lighting systems have grown geometrically through the years.

The My Kinda Party Tour has been setting records throughout 2011, and it continues into 2012. The album is platinum and Aldean is currently on top of the country and pop charts with the smash hit Don't You Wanna Stay with Kelly Clarkson.

For 2012, Swetland has utilized a great number of different technologies to help Aldean shine each night. His arsenal includes Martin MAC III's, MAC 2K

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USA - Chauvet reports that the first episode of We TV's My Fair Wedding features 12 SlimPAR Pro Tri wash lights.

Specified and installed by Lights Incredible, based in Kansas City, Mo., the flicker-free fixtures are part of a special episode called Make a Wish Bride.

Specified for their on-camera suitability as well as their compact size and low profile, SlimPAR Pro Tri fixtures added flexibility and precise colour temperature to the setting.

"They're sturdy, take up no room and look fantastic," Carol Rosenstein of Lights Incredible said. "We placed [the fixtures] around the perimeter of the room uplighting each of the fabric panels as well as around the back. They gave the ceiling a colorful glow throughout the reception and their output got more intense as the sun went down. The view from outside was beautiful."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - On 2 December 2011, the RBC Centre, home of the NHL Carolina Hurricanes, NC State Wolfpack Men's Basketball and host of the 2011 NHL Allstar Game and numerous large events in Raleigh was transformed into the world of Hip-Hop and R&B music and grooves.

The concert The Platinum Legends of Hip Hop and R&B featured the top original pioneers of Hip Hop includingThe Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow, Kool Moe Dee, Christopher Williams, Al B. Sure, Aaron Hall, Doug E. Fresh and more.

The cutting edge RCF TT+ sound system, supplied by Rock Quarry Productions of Raleigh NC, included 32 TTL55-A, eight TTL33-A and 18 TTS56-A Subwoofers all software controlled by the RDNet management software

"RCF TT55 never fails to deliver the power and performance we need to cover even the largest of rooms. The RDNet system allows us amazing detailed control of all aspects of the system in real

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UK - Following the success of the launch of the British Military Tournament in 2010, this year's event was bigger and better, with the addition of participating units from the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, plus the American military.

Taking place in Earls Court, the Tournament is one of the largest displays of military theatre anywhere in the world, pulling together the best elements of the world-famous Royal Tournament. Once again, Unusual Rigging supported the event, supplying a raft of equipment plus crew.

In addition to 400m of truss for lighting and PA equipment, Unusual also provided truss and rigging for the massive 'hockey scoreboard' projection screen, flown above the centre of the arena. Hidden inside the screen were elements such as climbing ropes, for use in the gymnastic display by the Royal Army Physical Training Corps, and a hot air balloon basket, which w

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Singapore - Synergy AVL was awarded with the supply and installation tender of the National Art Council's Black Box Theatre for full theatrical production use.

As the name sugests, Black Box Theatre is painted completely black inside, and has a seating area of 128m2. The simple black room is able to bring many theatrical performances to life with the help of high quality sound and lighting systems. National Art Council's original Black Box Theatre lacked that certain quality in their sound and lighting systems. Synergy AVL's design and consulting team surveyed the existing system in the theatre and replaced them with components from the well-known brands that it carries.

A combination of Outline EIDOS 15, EIDOS 12 and EIDOS 118SW subwoofers have been installed. The EDIOS speakers are driven by Outline DPA 1004 digital power amplifiers - both made by Italian Audio manufacturer,

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Sweden - The highly contemporary Folkteatern Goteborg has incorporated a TiMax SoundHub-S32 audio showcontrol processor in the audio refurbishment for its main auditorium, controlled by a TiMax Tracker (TT) performer tracking system.

TiMax processing and control was specified by Alf Berntsen, head of leading Swedish acoustic consultants Artifon who undertook the audio design for the new space. A longtime advocate of delay-based source-oriented vocal reinforcement, Berntsen had previously included two TiMax systems in his designs for Norway's prestigious Oslo Opera House, where he had also been impressed with their ability to deliver highly immersive surround sound effects.

The project was overseen by head sound engineer at the theatre, Allan Antilla, and designed with the dual objectives of enhancing vocal intelligibility by transparent audio localisation of the actors' voices

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China - An L-Acoustics Kudo large format line source system has been used for an outdoor concert in Guangzhou by Greek pianist and composer Yanni, as part of his Chinese tour. The sound system was supplied to the tour's equipment provider, Beijing Dadong Huahan Audiovisual Equipment Co, by L-Acoustics' exclusive distributor for Greater China, Rightway Audio Consultants.

The main system consisted of 16 Kudo cabinets, 32 V-DOSC large format line source boxes and 24 SB28 subs, with 24 dV-DOSC for in-fill and two 115XT HiQ providing stage monitoring. The complete system was powered by 32 LA8 amplified controllers housed in six LA-RAKs.

"The KUDO system was really great for this concert because of its accurate adjustable horizontal dispersion, extended frequency range down to 25Hz, and compact size," says Alan Wong, sales manager from Rightway Audio Consultants. "It'

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UK - The latest Bryan Adams tour is the first major one in the UK tour to feature Robe lighting's new Robin MMX Spots, as specified by lighting designer Ewan McRobb and supplied by the tour's lighting contractor, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK based Siyan.

McRobb - who has worked for superstar rocker Adams for the last five years - has used some Robe fixtures on rigs in the past, but has not actually integrated any into his designs until now. He was shown the MMXs when initially discussing the tour with Siyan's Nick Valdez, who had just taken delivery of some of Robe's newest technology. McRobb liked what he saw and decided to spec twelve MMXs onto the tour.

As a photographer of some repute, Adams takes a keen interest in lighting and therefore also his stage lighting. "He has multiple ideas and knows exactly what he wants," explains McRobb, adding that Adams also

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UK - No Saints, the leisure group set up by former Luminar Leisure boss Stephen Thomas, has added the Wonder brand to its growing portfolio, after acquiring four new sites in the south-east.

Known respectively as Wonder Lounge, Wonder Land and Wonder Years, the first fully-fledged nightclub (Wonder Land) opened recently in Sutton, Surrey.

Back in charge of the 900-capacity venue he once operated as Liquid, Thomas brought in Dakota House of Design (to work the Alice in Wonderland theme into an escapist nightclub interior), while Mark Damon of Cosmic Electronics renewed his company's long relationship with RCF to provide an end-to-end sound reinforcement solution.

"We have a long and successful track record working with RCF," he said, "and so we were 110% behind the idea of working with them on this project because we know their products are of high quality and

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UK - Audio Light Systems staff have recently refreshed their Emergency First Aid at Work with St Andrews First Aid in the head office in Edinburgh. All 18 core staff members completed the day long course with Ann Marie Paterson and Ian Ridland from St Andrews First Aid. All staff also utilised first aid applications on their mobile devices to ensure regular updates.

"It is important to have all members of staff trained to a good standard and ensuring that everyone is first aid trained helps toward safer sites." Said Trevor Cross, project manager, Audio Light Systems.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - A number of schools in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham are in the process of being equipped with giant Supernova optical front projection screens from Danish manufacturers dnp.

This is designed to boost learning and provide better data referencing from sources such as Visualiers, computers and portable touch screen whiteboards, which provide the ability to control lessons from anywhere in the classroom.

The order for over 200 of the Supernova Core screens in 16:10 aspect ratio, placed with Supernova's UK distributors, Paradigm Audio Visual, was sanctioned by Sheyne Lucock, Education ICT Strategy lead for the council, after his Strategy team had reviewed all the options.

Paradigm AV supplied 105 of the 100" displays to the primary schools alone via project consultants and fit-out specialists, REDS10. All the ICT equipment is being fitted by RM Education,

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UK - Over one million people descended upon Regent Street and Oxford Street this weekend for two days of festive shopping and entertainment at the annual Shop West End VIP Weekend 2011, organised by creative event production company Wilde Ones.

The Very Important Pedestrians (VIP) weekend sees the iconic London streets become traffic free for two days. Wilde Ones was reappointed by client New West End Company and worked closely with all stakeholders including Westminster Council, Met Police, Transport for London and over 80 retailers, to bring the streets to life and create a dynamic festive atmosphere.

The event featured a diverse range of entertainment to appeal to all audience demographics including Christmas-themed attractions located across six sites within the area. These included vintage buses, a traditional fun fair, large nutcrackers, a horse drawn Victorian bus ride,

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South Africa - The first season of the new television musical competition, Varstrap, aired on KykNet (DSTV), has just come to an end. It is set in a cellar at Lourensford Wine Farm in Somerset West where contestants compete for the best boere orkes (band).

Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier designed the set and lighting, which had to be appropriate for television viewing. Travis Yeatman programmed and operated the show on an Avolites Tiger Touch. He flew to Cape Town every weekend where rehearsals were followed by a recording of the show.

Four bands competed every week. Two stages were erected on either end of the cellar with the judges and audience seated in the centre of the room. The lighting comprising of Robe Colorspot 575s, parcans, Philips Selecon Profiles and LED strips, was fairly simple and mostly to light up the props and create the warm, traditional type atmosp

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UK - Christie reports that its 12,000 lumen Christie LX1200 and the full HD 1080p Christie LHD700 projectors are now shipping to meet strong demand for 'no compromise', affordable 3LCD options for rental staging applications, boardrooms, higher education facilities, houses of worship and more.

"One of Christie's advantages is its wide selection of 3LCD models in the 4000 lumens range and above," notes Frank Anzures, senior product manager, business products. "Customers needing mid- to high-brightness options know that they can come to Christie and find what they need to meet their application and budget requirements. And, with innovations like Christie's 4DColor technology, their displays can be created with vivid, dynamic colours that go beyond standard 3LCD projectors."

When bold, detailed images are required for presentations, the Christie LX400 (XGA) an

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UK - Hawthorn has recently become one of five exclusive GDS (Global Design Solutions) distributors in the UK.

Stocking the full range of GDS products Hawthorn is now able to fulfil most orders for next day delivery and also has large stocks of regular and high powered up lighters as well as the new Satellites available for hire.

With a notable increase in the hire of the LiteWare battery up lighters, Hawthorn's hire manager, Dave Slater commented, "Being one of the key GDS dealers gives us a fantastic opportunity to build on our commitment to the GDS product range, which has proved to be very popular with our customers.

"From the LiteWare products which we've had in rental stock since their initial release, through to the Blues System, used extensively by our installs teams with the Arch system, and their new LED houselights, the whole range gives us an important a

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