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UK - Blackout provided a comprehensive truss structure to help organisers extend facilities at the 2011 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, 20-27 November.

The atmosphere reached fever pitch with a record quarter of a million fans in London's O2 Arena enjoying Roger Federer's victory as the world's eight top seeds competed over the eight day tournament. More than 100 million global viewers watched the event on television and online.

Blackout worked closely with client Detail Management to create an interactive Fan Zone visitor experience, meeting the specifications of both the ATP organisers and the official tournament sponsors Barclays.

Tom Lambert, Blackout's project manager coordinated with Detail Management's managing director Jim Mason to install 800m of Prolyte H30V Truss an

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UK - Over 250 people attended this year's joint ETC/Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) Christmas party at London's Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. The theatre's Grand Saloon saw some of the leading people in the theatre industry, including theatre consultants and owners, architects, lighting designers, system specifiers and technicians.

Mark White, chairman of the ABTT and also regional manager for UK and Ireland at ETC, says, "The ABTT is now 51 years old, and throughout its history, has always campaigned on behalf of the theatre industry to ensure legislation is appropriate to the industry's needs. The annual Christmas party - which, itself, is in its 10th year, is a great opportunity for all manner of theatre people to get together for an informal chat over a glass of wine."

(Jim Evans)

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Armenia - December saw 13 acts from across Europe convene on the Armenian capital Yerevan for the ninth Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Won by Georgian 'girl group' Candy, a pair of Apex Intelli-X2 processors ensured that the sound hit the sweet spot throughout.

The show took place at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex on 3 December. Stockholm-based Electrosound AB used the venue's Meyer audio system to deliver the front of house sound, but brought all their own electronics and processing equipment, including a pair of Apex Intelli-X2 processors.

"We used the Intelli-X2 processors because they have dynamics processing on the inputs and outputs, a more flexible matrix and much better options for creating and controlling crossovers," says Electrosound's Brollan Söderström.

"They fit my way of working. I'm not forced to used fixed, inflexible spea

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USA - Chauvet reports that Amnesia Miami, a former staple in the South Beach club scene, is back in business. After months of renovations, the multi-level nightclub became a state-of-the-art venue featuring 87 Chauvet fixtures.

Hundreds of partygoers flocked to the newly redesigned, 26,000sq.ft hot spot on Miami Beach to hear DJ Bob Sinclair, also co-owner of Amnesia Miami, rock the beats and take part in the nightclub's grand reopening celebration. The once open-air venue now features a roof, a vast dance floor, 70 VIP tables, two private VIP sections and revamped sound and lighting systems.

Michael Stone, vice president for HMS Inc specified the incorporation of 30 COLORado 2 Tour, 30 COLORdash Accent, eight COLORado 1 IP and seven COLORado 3p IP wash lights. Lighting designer Maxime Moussier created Amnesia Miami's extensive, yet intricate, lighting design.

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UK - POLARaudio has announced the introduction of its new Dynacord Authorised Stockist Network. Retailers from around the country have been specially selected as centres of excellence for Dynacord Product.

A network of established MI retailers from around the UK have been appointed as Authorised Dynacord Re-Sellers. In this special arrangement the selected retailers will offer Dynacord customers a full and concise service. Each store will have exclusive access to the full Dynacord product range and will have specially trained in-house experts who can offer in-depth technical help. A range of display stock will be available for demonstrations and dealers will have substantial stock holding.

Dynacord Authorised Dealers already appointed include; Discotechnology, TR Music, HW Audio, MGD, Knight Sound and Light, Session Music, Electro Music Doncaster and The Music Station Swansea.

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USA - Initially established by Rev. Ellison Witherspoon and like-minded laity in 1957 as the New Light Baptist Church, the Baltimore church officially changed its name to New Light Church: Ministry of St. Luke 4:18-19, Inc., in 1990. But although the church - now located in Baltimore MD's historic Highlandtown neighbourhood - has altered its name and changed locations over time, their mandate of ministering to youth, particularly through music, remains at the very heart of their ministry.

Completed in mid-2009 and designed and installed by Adamstown, Maryland based, A/V system design/integrator, Connectivity Group LLC, the audio system now inhabiting New Light depends heavily on Tannoy loudspeakers to enable the church to continue to serve that mandate - in both speech and song - more effectively than ever.

The project, explains Connectivity Group's founder/owner John Saunders

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UK - Launching this December is Monacor's first step into the conference field. The CS-50 conference system is a natural progression for Monacor's PA range and once again shows that the company acts on its customer demands, says the company.

Neil Clayton, managing director of Monacor UK commented: "We have been constantly asked if we can provide a solution for a conference system and we are now pleased to meet those demands with the launch of the CS-50"

The CS-50 System is equipped with automatic mixing technology and integrated acoustic and mechanical design, delivering consistently natural, feedback-free audio performance with any environment. The CS-50 is able to support up to 50 individual delegate microphones, making it suitable for various applications.

The CS-50 Conference system is made up of the CS-50CU control unit and CS-50CH chairman station, with the C

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Italy - New from DTS Lighting is The Jack which is fitted with an advanced MSD Platinum 5R 189W discharge lamp, a wide excursion motorized zoom and ultra-fast & silent Pan/Tilt and functions (colour change, gobo change, focus, zoom, iris).

The Jack is suitable for a wide range of applications, such as concerts, special events, fashion displays, corporate events, television studios, theatres, shopping malls, libraries, museums, exhibitions, clubs, buildings, monuments, houses of worship, resorts, theme parks, sport facilities, says the company.

The Jack has been ergonomically engineered and thanks to its compactness and light weight (only 11 Kg), the unit is very easy to transport, install, and store. Thus making this unit suitable for rental companies, who want a quick and easy to install unit.

The Jack provides a powerful combination of sharp overlapping gobo projections (1

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Singapore - The School of the Arts (SOTA) is Singapore's first national arts school to offer an integrated arts and academic curriculum for students aged 13-18 years old. The vision of the school is to nurture Singapore's next generation of artists and creative professionals committed to the arts in a multi-cultural society.

Located in Zubir Said Drive, this school reflects the rich diversity of its artistic programme with three different performance venues: Theatre, Concert Hall and Studio Theatre. All three halls are suitably adorned with Clay Paky luminaires, which are used to enhance the performance and staging for certain plays and shows.

According to SOTA's lighting technician, Albert Wileo, "We got to know Clay Paky from the feedback from a couple of friends from the entertainment industry in Singapore. After we tested the demo set of Clay Paky 700 Wash and Alpha 7

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UK - The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance reports that it has become the first performance-based institution to receive accreditation by JAMES (Joint Audio Media Education Support), the industry-led recording, music production, song-writing, composing and performance course accrediting body.

Two courses at The Institute have initially been accredited; the BMus in Popular Music Performance and the Higher Diploma. The BMus is the pre-eminent degree course for musicians wishing to reach a professional standard of musicianship and build a sustainable career in the music industry and the Higher Diploma the foremost intensive 1-year course for musicians wishing to fast-track the development of their musicianship, playing and performing skills.

JAMES is recognised by the Creative & Cultural Skills sector as being a leading organisation involved with accrediting the industr

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USA - With its five schools and colleges, including the College of Arts and Sciences, Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, and School of Law, Elon University is ranked by the U.S. News & World Report as the second best Regional University in the South. Among the various facilities on campus, Whitley Auditorium is home to a wide range of activities.

This multipurpose space serves as a venue for lectures, concerts, performances, weekly chapel services and is home to a Casavant pipe organ. After struggling with an inadequate sound reinforcement system for quite some time, University officials decided the time had come to correct the situation - and this decision led to the installation of a new loudspeaker system drawn from the Variant Series catalogue of D.A.S. Audio.

Greensboro, NC-based Audio & Light, Inc was contracted to

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UK - Interconnection specialist Harting presented the prize of an iPad 2 to Josh Lloyd, a design engineer at Britannia Row Productions, the lucky winner of a competition staged by Harting during PLASA 2011.

Harting used the PLASA 2011 Exhibition to feature its range of connectivity solutions specially tailored to communication and control applications in lighting, sound and automation systems for the theatre, concert and indoor/outdoor event sectors.

(Jim Evans)

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Ireland - For any lighting designer, setting the scene for three very distinct operas, as part of a busy repertory season, invariably presents its own set of challenges.

Such was the creative task for Declan Randall, lighting designer for Wexford Opera's 60th Anniversary season: "My rig has to be both flexible and reliable," he explains. "I'm keen to use new technology where appropriate and this year I decided to incorporate LED luminaires into my design."

Randall elected to use Philips Selecon PL3 LED Luminaires: "For me the application of colour and hue is one of my most critical design tools," he says. "Lighting three distinctly different operas: French opera La Cour De Celimene, Polish opera Maria and Italian opera Gianni Di Parigi, presented me with a variety of design challenges. The PL3s provided my 'get out of jai

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UK - London's Pulse hosted a stellar line-up of house DJs and more than 2000 house music fans at Soul Heaven, the leading party event in its genre. Top of the bill was Masters At Work DJ and beats master Kenny Dope, hard on the success of his summer anthem Be Your Freak, who had flown in specially for this rare UK appearance.

Pulse, also known as Bankside Vaults, is built into four spectacular interlinked brick arches, right beside Blackfriars Bridge in central London. Divided naturally into four areas, its primary space is equipped with a performance stage, recently used by Erick Morillo for a record-breaking crowd of 2,500 people, and Carl Cox.

For the Soul Heaven event, the club's Nexo Geo S12 line array system in the main room, which is augmented by a shoulder-high bank of RS15 sub-bass cabinets, had been ingeniously re-configured by installation company VibaSound t

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USA - Two indy bands, Passion Pit and The Glitch Mob, each featured High End Systems intellaspot automated luminaires in recent shows.

Andy Cass, LD for The Glitch Mob and lighting director for Passion Pit, was trying the intellaspots for the first time, and he ran them through their paces through a variety of show situations for both bands. Be it festivals, nightclubs, and 'on the rocks' at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the intellaspots demonstrated their versatility in a variety of venues.

The Glitch Mob performs electronic sound fusion, playing laptop music together as an ensemble onstage. For their one-off at Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside of Denver, Cass pumped up the rig with 16 intellaspots. Placing them as floor fixtures, Cass said the units performed full beamage in the air. "They cut through a significant overhead rig and I did a little projection lighting back on the

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UK - West London rental company Entec Sound & Light renewed its 17 year acquaintance as a technical production supplier for the Bootleg Beatles on their latest UK tour - supplying lighting and audio equipment plus crew.

Entec project manager Noreen O'Riordan comments: "Entec has been associated with the Bootleg Beatles since 1994. The band and crew take great pride in producing authentic sound and visuals based on the original Beatles shows of the 1960s, creating a stunning atmospheric evening that appeals to all generations."

The band are known as the definitive Beatles tribute act as well as the longest running and most successful, having formed in 1980 and been performing worldwide regularly ever since.

To deal practically and efficiently with the different venues, both lighting and sound designs needed to be adaptable, and this was a key starting point for LD M

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UK - Audio Light Systems Have announced the appointment of George Purves as business development manager.

Purves previously held a senior management role with Linn Products, and is well known throughout the retail and installation sector. More recently he has been running a company in the marine leisure market, including some interesting Super-yacht projects worldwide.

Selling his interest in early 2011, Purves has been teased out of early retirement by Audio Light Systems director Trevor Cross.

"George strengthens an already solid team here at Audio light. Adding his wide knowledge and experience coupled with an enthusiastic and fresh outlook compliments our team perfectly allowing us to seize new opportunities within a diverse and ever changing market."

(Jim Evans)

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UK/Finland - Sound engineer Matt Saunders relied on a variety of DPA microphones, provided by UK distributor Sound Network, for the Colourscape music festivals on Clapham Common, London, and in Turku, Finland, during its European Capital of Culture celebrations this year.

"I chose DPAs above all for their purity," says Saunders. "I've worked with the mics extensively in the past and I know they are extremely reliable and sound beautifully accurate. Their microdot connector system is very practical too, allowing me to use them with any of our motley assortment of radio mics. We try to use radio mics as much as possible for Colourscape, as cables mar the visual purity, not to mention the health and safety aspects of a performance space with total public access, and with DPA I know that I don't have to compromise quality for convenience."

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USA - Community Professional Loudspeakers has announced several promotions within the company's sales and marketing division.

Steve Goodwin has been promoted to the position of Latin America sales manager. In addition to his current responsibilities as marketing services manager, Goodwin will now handle all sales for Central and South America and the Caribbean, investigating new distributors and driving increased sales in those territories.

Julie Henn has been appointed to the post of senior sales associate. Henn's new duties will include overseeing both inside sales operations and customer service within the company's Inside Sales Department.

And LizAnne McConlogue has been promoted to the position of inside sales administrator. In her new post, McConlogue will be responsible for order processing and customer service for domestic and international accounts.

"We are v

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UK - London- based automation specialist Kinesys has announced the first 2012 dates for their on-going product training programme, consisting of a series of two day courses and workshops covering the fundamentals of the technology and (in separate training sessions) both their Vector and K2 automation control systems.

The next two-day General Technical & Vector Control training course takes place on 11 and 12 January 2012 - for full details, please visit the Kinesys website (address below).

The training is held at Kinesys' new purpose designed facility, which has been created as an integral part of the recent expansion to the company's HQ in Hampton, West London, which has more than doubled the available square footage.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Organised by Gary Barlow and hosted by actor David Tennant and Radio One DJs Chris Moyles and Fearne Cotton, this year's Children In Need Rocks was held at Manchester's MEN Arena. Coldplay, Lady Gaga and Barlow himself were amongst a host of stars who performed on the night, many of whom used Sennheiser radio equipment.

Audio provider for the event was Delta Sound, who supplied a comprehensive array of Sennheiser products. However, such were the demands of the show that Sennheiser UK was happy to loan further equipment, providing additional support in the form of Mark Saunders and Andy Lillywhite.

Project manager for Delta was Steve Lutley who, together with Simon Hodge, had spent the summer manning the monitor consoles on Take That's Progress tour and was doing the same for this event.

"Sennheiser had provided such great support for the Take That tou

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