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USA - At the LDI show in Las Vegas, J. R. Clancy will unveil a series of new rigging control systems that will address the entire range of performance venues - from the most complex flexible performing arts space, sporting complex or Broadway show to the stages of high schools and colleges.

Clancy has partnered with Niscon, Inc., creators of the Raynok Motion Control System, to develop the SceneControl 5000 Stage Automation Control System. SceneControl 5000 brings unprecedented capability and flexibility to Clancy's bestselling SceneControl brand.

SceneControl 5000 answers the call for a single common control platform across the multitude of stage machinery found in many venues. The SC5000 system offers multi-level cueing, sub-master control, free and locked groups, and unlimite

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USA - LDI 2012 marks the official US launch of Tibo and Zep, Robert Juliat's latest LED profiles which enjoyed a successful introduction last month at PLASA in London.

Tibo LED is a high intensity 75W LED profile with a choice of two zoom ranges in one single unit (30°/45 and 15°/ 35°). Plastic, glass or metal M-size gobos can be projected and benefit from the easy alignment afforded by the 360° rotating lens tube. Three color temperatures are available: Warm White (3000K), Neutral White (4000K) and Cool White (6500K). Tibo LED is supplied with a separate, flicker-free power supply which makes it extremely versatile as it can be used in film, television and studio environments as well as in traditional theatre.

Tibo's compact size and cool running LED engine make it suitable for use in historically and architecturally sensitive venues, exhibitions, museums and

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UK - Visual Connection Ltd (VCL) has completed a glittering event in Cardiff, supplying specialist lighting equipment along with planning, design and programming expertise for a spectacular light and video show at the 21st British Academy Cymru Awards.

For the second consecutive year, David Horner of VCL worked closely with lighting director Andy Cottey and lighting gaffer Gafin Riley of NEP Cymru to create a special look for the ceremony, hosted on the night by the The One Show's Alex Jones at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

2012 is a momentous year for BAFTA Cymru, which is celebrating its 21st anniversary. With this in mind the lighting team created a high gloss, Hollywood feel for the evening, devising layers of different looks which changed throughout the night to keep up audience interest.

Andy Cottey said, "The winners at BAFTA Cymru are receiving

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Oman - The Royal Opera House Muscat, which is one of the Middle East's most prestigious arts venues, has made a point of stocking a variety of Vari-Lite luminaires since it opened three years ago. These include VL3500 Wash and Spot plus VL1100 TS and AS luminaires. Head of lighting Donald Cox explains, "We are just about to go into our third season and Vari-Lite is still the most requested luminaire by far by our incoming lighting designers."

The Royal Opera House Muscat is a spectacular building, housing a number of venues, each of which embrace an arsenal of state of the art entertainment technology and equipment. However this opulent façade sometimes belies some challenging and harsh conditions.

"Oman is primarily a desert country, and this can be challenging for a number of reasons," Cox, who previously worked at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, e

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UK - MT Pro will once again be at the Showman's Show in October with some exiting new LEDHead LED lighting products designed to enhance any event or party.

There will be a new compact marquee uplighter fitted with tricolour LED technology to give bright, even colours from a low profile housing. Only 150mm square and finished in white, it is also suitable for use in venues such as galleries and museums where lighting equipment needs to be tasteful and discreet.

The LEDHead range of wireless LED products allows you to add atmosphere to any function without having to worry about unsightly wiring or long set-up times. This year an area of the stand will be dedicated to wireless lighting systems. This will include a new, compact unit with an adjustable head for maximum effect for your money. Also on show will be the DLite1500 table-top unit. Ice Magic, based near Newbury, have now

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USA - Jeff A. Davis of Davis Entertainment had the pleasure of christening the new Martin MAC Aura wash light at the Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert, Arizona, for their first show of the season, The Secret Garden.. The theatre in-the-round space added nine Auras (installed by Clearwing Productions) overhead to allow for colour saturation and isolation.

Jeff A. Davis was the lighting designer hired for the season opener and could not be happier with the choice in fixtures. "Martin did an exceptional job with LED dimming and no colour shift while fading; something fixtures from the competitors can't hold a candle to."

Martin also colour calibrates all of their fixtures at the factory to be certain that all of the fixtures match. "The kinds of whites you can achieve from the RGBW engine is amazing and the output is breathtaking. I can proudly say that the Aur

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UK - The St James Theatre in London SW1 is the first newly built theatre complex in central London for 30 years. Specifically designed as a smaller, off-Broadway type venue in which to develop shows prior to moving to the West End, the new complex, designed by Foster Wilson Architects, features a main 312-seat theatre and a smaller 100-seat studio theatre as well as a brasserie and lobby bar.

The sound design for both theatres was entrusted to Mathew Smethust-Evans of London-based consultancy firm, Theatreplan, who specified EM Acoustics products throughout.

Smethust-Evans worked closely with the theatre's technical manager, Nick Butler (previously at the New Wimbledon theatre) to ensure that the general philosophies behind the equipment matched his approach. Butler was more than happy with Theatreplan's recommendation of EM Acoustics, having already used the equipment elsewhe

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France - It's been a busy summer/autumn for the Uniline Solution rental network, with events and festivals of all types and sizes taking place throughout Europe. One such festival was Jazz à Vannes, now in its 33rd year and an absolute must on the European jazz circuit. The line up this year featured the likes of Marcus Miller, Malia, the Kyle Eastwood Band, the Jacky Terrason Trio and many more.

Rental company and jazz specialists, Studio Sextan, were in charge of the audio requirements for the festival. They supplied an APG Uniline system as the PA for the main stage in the Jardins de Limur complete with a DX Series stage monitor system and two Innovason Sy48 consoles at FoH and monitors.

For Studio Sextan's Vincent Mahey, Jazz à Vannes is an annual fixture. "I've been doing this festival for 23 years now," he remarked. "On the one hand it's very familiar; o

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Germany - This year's water-shows at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg which attracted an audience of 235.000, set a new attendence record. For the first time, they were held in the harbour basin, with the historic Volkswagen power plant as backdrop.

The laser effects for the series of events were provided by tarm Showlaser GmbH.

The world's largest, mobile, water-show, consisting of water, flame, laser, and light effects, were part of the automobile theme park's summer festival.

From 28 July through 26 August 2012, visitors to the Autostadt were treated to a tour of Bella Italia. The high points of the summer festival were the daily, multimedia water-shows held after sundown in the harbor basin across from the Volkswagen power plant.

Underscored by a background of classical Italian music, the Autostadt presented a composition of water, flame, laser, and light effects and

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UK - Having been approached once again by Ronin Events to supply audio for the Shakedown Festival at Stanmer Park, Brighton, Capital Sound's Charles Ellery swung into action to provide a Martin Audio system for the event.

"Initially, I was looking at using a mid size Martin Audio LC system," says Ellery, "but I had seen the site plans and I realised we were looking at a different part of Stanmer Park for the Main Stage arena, and an increase from an 8,000 to potentially a 15,000 audience capacity in this arena, so I changed the spec to a large format cabinet with the Martin W8-L."

However, Capital's general manager Paul Timmins suggested to Ellery that he might be able to the company's brand new purchase, the Martin Audio MLA system, for the event.

"A few calls to Martin Audio confirmed we would have the system at the warehouse in time, so I adjusted

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Czech Republic - Prague-based pro audio company Audiopro has been appointed Electro-Voice and Dynacord distributor as of 1 October 2012. Founded in 2002.

Audiopro's CEO Andrej Hronec comments, "Electro-Voice and Dynacord have always had a great reputation in our country, with products already being delivered before the Velvet Revolution. The opportunity to add these brands to our portfolio is another important milestone in the history of our company. Both are known for the quality of their products and their extraordinary reliability, as well as the first class technical support that their technical staff provide to system integrators during sound system design."

Audiopro's staff comprises around 20 employees divided between management, the sales department (with six separate sections for musicians and DJs, studio and sound techniques, broadcasting and telecommunicat

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USA - Robe will showcase its latest moving light and LED technologies on Booth 723 at the LDI 2012 exhibition in Las Vegas Convention Centre next week.

Following "a phenomenal year", several major innovative LED products are introduced to the American market .... including the Robin DLS Profile, the Robin DLX, the PLASA 2012 Innovation Award-winning Robin DLF, plus the Robin MMX WashBeam.

Also featured will be Robe's Award winning LEDWash and Actor range fixtures and 2012's best-selling super-small-mega-bright LEDBeam 100.

All the new fixtures are based on the 'smaller, brighter, lighter' and more environmentally sustainable design concept at the core of Robe's product development strategy.

The elegant booth, designed to maximise the available space and height with its clean contemporary lines, also integrates the latest innovations from sister-brand and architec

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USA - LED Engin will be demonstrating on Booth 2211 at LDI 2012 how its tuneable white, violet and multi-colour LED emitters "deliver twice the lighting 'punch' of rival products, at the same time reducing system size by 50%". This is achieved, says the company, through compact emitters in which individual die are driven at up to 1.5A in multi-channel power packages.

Individually addressable die provide maximum flexibility and control of effects, offering lighting fixture designers the opportunity to create light sources that deliver very high lux-on-target and precise beam control. Effective 'in-source' colour mixing within the primary lenses of the emitters delivers high quality light and Total Internal Reflection (TIR) lenses are used to create tightly focussed spot beams down to 6 degrees. The emitters are ideal for distance lighting and for creating dynamic lighti

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UK - PLASA Skills is set to take part in TheatreCraft at the Royal Opera House, London (30 November) and is looking to promote work experience initiatives in place at PLASA Member companies on its stand throughout the event.

TheatreCraft is open to anyone between the ages of 17 and 25 and provides a unique glimpse into the behind the scenes world of theatre - from stage management to wig-making, lighting to marketing and writing to designing.

PLASA Skills will be present at the event to give young people advice about getting the skills and experience they need to give them a head start towards an enjoyable career in theatre.

PLASA Members are welcome to promote their own work experience initiatives through the PLASA Skills stand. Anyone interested in this opportunity should email Michele Enright with details.

(Claire Beeson)

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UK/Japan - The new Japanese tour of the classic musical Miss Saigon sees entertainment lighting specialist White Light continue its long involvement with the show, more than two decades after it first supplied the original production at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

For Japan, White Light has supplied the moving lights, scrollers and LED fixtures for the rig, designed by David Hersey and adapted for Japan by his associate lighting designer Richard Pacholski. The moving light rig features Vari-Lite VL3000Q Spots, VL3000Q Wash, VL1000TS, VL2000 Spot, VL2500 Wash, VL500, Martin TW1 and DHA Digital Light Curtains. White Light also supplied over 40 Rainbow colour scrollers, including one fitted with a custom grey-scale scroll and used to fade the show's video projector, as well as 8 ETC Desire D60 Lustr+ LED fixtures, which have replaced Pars with scrollers used on some p

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Indonesia - Following to recent participation to PALME Thailand, FBT have carried out a seminar tour in Indonesia, touching the cities of Solo, Yogyakarta and Serang.

Roberto Mataloni, FBT export manager accompanied by Remo Orsoni, product manager, supported by Eric Haslim of PT Citra Intirama, FBT's Indonesian distributor and the local dealers, Queen Music of Solo, Diana Musik of Yogyakarta, 100% One Stop Productions of Serang have greeted the many attendees to the events.

With such in-depth promotional tour FBT and PT Citra Intirama have delivered to the attendees the most comprehensive information about the Italian manufacturer history and facilities, product lines, unique selling points, technical highlights for optimal applications and a sound demonstration of a very wide range of FBT products, all displayed, connected and available for listening tests.

"On this oc

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USA - As a key part of the lighting rig for hip-hop artist Drake's Club Paradise Tour, Clay Paky Sharpys are proving how heavenly they are to work with. The fixtures have been selected by lighting designer Patrick Dierson for Drake's European and North American tour in support of his second studio album, Take Care.

Sixty Sharpys form the basis of the touring rigs hung in chevron-like formations above the stage and mounted at 90º angles in the show's iconic ParaCube wall. "The units are used as aerial beam effects, overall stage washes and, as unconventional as it may seem, also key light for several intimate moments in the show," Dierson explains.

He believes that the Sharpys have brought "a definitive look to the show. We were looking to create a very masculine and aggressive look to the overall design, and the Sharpy's tight beam, prismatic effe

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Brazil - Cadac has announced the appointment of leading regional pro audio distributor, Decomac, following a highly successful brand debut at ExpoMusic Brazil in Sao Paulo.

The agreement was finalised prior to the exposition where Cadac's new CDC Eight digital console was the central exhibit on the company's stand, attracting serious interest from the region's top rental and sound production companies, and leading sound engineers.

Cadac international sales manager, Ben Millson, was in attendance to cement the agreement and introduce Cadac's new range of digital and analogue consoles - the CDC Eight, CDC Four, S-Type and LIVE1.

"Decomac attracted our attention some months ago, due to their strong market position and a great product portfolio that only lacked a leading console brand; Cadac is in good company, within a lineup that includes d&b, DAS, Lab Gruppen, Lake, Jand

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USA - GLP's Impression Spot One fixture has won the WFX 2012 New Technology Award for Best Moving Light in the U.S.

The LED spot fixture won in its category which is determined by Church Production Magazine, Worship Facilities Magazine and Worship Facilities Designer Magazine editors, distinguished members of the WFX Advisory Board, and WFX management. The award was presented to GLP's Rick Fallon at the WFX show in Atlanta, Georgia by Church Production Magazine's Editor-in-chief, Brian Blackmore.

The Impression Spot One is an LED based automated spot fixture with full colour mixing and a flat field output, and includes a full feature set of 10 to 32 degree zoom, 14 rotating gobos, motorized animation, rotating prism, iris, electronic shutter and full range dimming with absolutely no flicker.

Since its introduction the Impression Spot One has received con

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USA - In October 2012 California Stage & Lighting celebrates its 30th Anniversary as a key supplier of theatrical stage lighting supplies, both sales and rentals, to the Southern California live entertainment industry. Founded by Mission Viejo residents Jim and Irene Hutton in 1982, they are proud of their strong relationships with the Theatres, Universities, High Schools, Churches and Theme Parks in Orange County and the surrounding areas, and appreciate their support throughout the years.

Along with day to day operations, the Huttons were one of the Founding Members of the Theatrical Dealer's Association which became ESTA and then subsequently merged with PLASA. They both stay active in the theatrical community. Irene is a Board Member of the Lee Childress M.A.C.Y. organization and a judge at the RoleAbout Theatre Festival in Mission Viejo, while Jim has been asked to particip

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UK - Stage Technologies has been contracted by Radiohead production manager Richard Young and Richard Kent of Aerial Rigging Techniques to provide a 60 axis 'pod' system running 12 free flying video screens on the Radiohead tour in Europe, New Zealand and Australia this autumn. Following a well-documented roof collapse earlier in the summer the tour's automation system had to be replaced. Despite being in the midst of its busiest year to date the Stage Technologies rental team created a new bespoke system within 30 days.

Stage Technologies provided control for the band's existing winch system including: 10 AU:tour control racks, a 60 axis system, plus new motor looms racks, desks and programming tools. Each pod in the system contains 4 point hoist winches each lifting a corner of the screen. Each is able to rotate to create multi-dimensional movement within the screens.

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