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UK - When the county of Northumberland decided to use lighting to add colour and intrigue to long winter nights, it was to entertainment lighting supplier White Light that they turned to for help realising lighting designer Phil Supple's vision for the project - now known as Northumberland Lights.

An epic lighting project spanning multiple sites across the country, including the nine wind turbines that stand at sea off the shore at Blyth, a Winter Wonderland Show at Kielder Water, the Woodhorn Museum and Country Park, the hillside area of Simonside, Bamburgh Castle and a 'Guerrilla Lighting' team intended to make surprise appearances at other sites around the country on its own initiative and responding to suggestions from the public, Northumberland Lights runs from late October 2006 through to late March 2007.

White Light are supplying the lighting equipment and

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UK - Northern Light offered their services to assist the Edinburgh Clubbing Community Forum (ECCF) to host a charity club night in aid of Edinburgh's Sick Kids Foundation and the event was a resounding success.

Over 550 clubbers attended the atmospheric event where Northern Light had provided a complete club sound system, as well as lighting design and production and several crew members to ensure that the whole experience went off with a bang.

Neil Numb, events manager for ECCF, says: "I am overwhelmed with the support that we received from our sponsors Northern Light and from the Edinburgh club scene as a whole. This is definitely one of the best gigs we have done for charity and I am speechless with the final total raised of £10,000."

For a separate project, Northern Light worked with Eastern Exhibition and Display to win 'Best at Show' for the exhibition

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UK - Design and communication company Imagination has continued its Christmas tradition of 'Lighting up London' by decorating the Edwardian façade of its five-storey headquarters with a dramatic lighting scheme.

This year's yuletide theme features a giant white and blue Christmas star, which spans the width of the impressive red-bricked building (located on Store Street, just off Tottenham Court Road). The glittering star is made up of over 32 strobe lighting strips, which radiate sparkling light from a large-scale centrepiece star. As well as the metres of white and blue strobe lights, there are also a number of blue lights located at ground level, which bathe the building in a shimmering blue wash of light.

The eye-catching lighting scheme took a team of 16 people working over a total of 380 hours to design, create and build - and so great was the engineering feat for the e

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Portugal - The Portuguese capital recently hosted a conventions for Herbalife, the American company which boasts a million distributors in 61 countries worldwide and annual net sales of three billion dollars.

Herbalife is known for its 'monumental' conventions, planned down to the smallest detail. Sound reinforcement at the event in question - staged at Lisbon's Pavilhão Atlântico - was entrusted to Planet Service of San Marino, a leading European supplier to the corporate event market, with clients including AGIP, Nike, Asics, Reebok and many more.

Planet Production recently purchased an Outline Butterfly line array made up of 24 Hi-Packs and 12 Victor Live subwoofers, complete with T Series power amplifiers and Genius 26 processors, and added to its stock of HARD 212 monitors. Lisbon's Pavilhão Atlântico, a 5,200sq.m arena with a capacity of 20,000, doesn't have the acou

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UAE - IIR Exhibitions, organiser of the annual PALME Middle East exhibition in Dubai, reports that the success of the 2006 event has led to another surge in expansion for the PALME 2007 event. Initially planning to increase the 2007 event from three to four halls of the DIEC, IIR has now announced its decision to increase the size of the show to five halls.

The main objective of PALME is to allow for manufacturers, suppliers and installers to meet with Middle Eastern buyers and specifiers from a wide range of industries who have a need or requirement for professional sound, light, music, audio-visual and systems integration equipment and solutions. The latest major companies to sign up for PALME 2007 include EVI Audio, Indu Electric, Martin Professional, RCF Spa, Prolyte, Projectiondesign, Audioprof and BG Franck Bichon to name but a few, say IIR.

The 2007 PALME Middle East sh

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USA - The creations of Cirque du Soleil have been holding audiences spellbound since the company's inception in 1984. Their newest presentation, Delirium, was created and directed by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon, and is an inspired mélange of theatre, music, dance, and multimedia. The production is performed on a unique stage configuration open to both front and back. The 136-foot wide, 80-foot high stage bisects the arena, dividing the audience into two halves.

The show's complex technical aspects are handled by Montreal-based Solotech. Long an integral part of the Cirque du Soleil magic, the media technology company works closely with each show's creative teams to help realise their visions on stage, designing and providing the show's essential infrastructure, from audio, video and lighting systems to rigging, trussing and automation.

The production requires

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UK - Lester Cobrin, recently appointed MD at Bandit Lites, will be marrying Kim Carson this Sunday 3 December, at Langshot Manor in Surrey. Kim and Lester were childhood sweethearts. "We met at the age of five," said Cobrin, "but somehow it didn't work out at the time. Now, after a 28-year hiatus, the time seems right for both of us."

Prior to the wedding, Cobrin will be hosting a stag night at a large West London venue: "All the girls from the Pussy Cat Dolls will be there" he said lasciviously, "and I expect about another 10,000 guests to turn up." Watch the press for announcements.

We wish Lester well.

(Steve Moles)

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UK - Stage Electrics recently ran a moving lights master class for BECTU members in The South West. The course was held at The Princess Theatre in Torquay and was attended by staff from four South West theatres.

The course was delivered by two theatre electricians; they ensured that the delegates achieved the training objectives by splitting the course into theory lecture and practical demonstrations. At the end of the course, delegates were given the opportunity to apply their new skills with hands-on experience supervised by Stage Electrics' Liam Welsh.

The course covered an introduction to moving lights, changing lamps, changing gobos, identifying faults, assigning addresses and DMX control.

BECTU is committed to improving the learning and development opportunities of its members and felt that Stage Electrics, with their wealth of experience and expertise in the industry,

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Italy - The steering committee of the SILB (Italian Dancehall Owners Syndicate) has formally authorized chairman Renato Giachetto to officially sign an agreement with Rimini Fiera SpA for the SIB biennial international exhibition for event and entertainment technology, which will see the SIB exhibition remain in Rimini for the next 14 years.

Contrary to what was previously reported, following the 2006 event, the next edition of SIB is scheduled to be held at Rimini expo centre from 6-9 April 2008. Rimini Fiera chairman Lorenzo Cagnoni commented: "Yesterday we announced the important agreement with TEN, a network of 50 large companies in this sector (lighting, audio and video, décor and theatre stage equipment and sets, musical instruments, industrial design firms, design studios, training, research) which has officially chosen SIB for developing its members' business

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The Netherlands - The show organisers of Integrated Systems Europe 2007 today announced that 95% of available space at the show in Amsterdam from 30 January - 1 February 2007 had been sold, leaving only a handful of booths available.

Integrated Systems Europe have confirmed that ISE is on pace to set a record-breaking event. With the fourth show just three months away, ISE 2007 has grown larger, with the newly booked Hall Four nearly full. During the last six months, the show organisers have reacted quickly to meet the insatiable demand from companies anxious to be part of Europe's largest show for professional AV and Electronic System Integrators. Over 11,000sq.m of space has now been sold, making it the largest ISE show ever held.

Mike Blackman, ISE 2006 managing director urged any business intending on booking existing space to contact ISE immediately, as Hall 4 is nearly b

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UK - Projectiondesign, a provider of high performance projectors, has supplied eleven F2 SX+ DLP projectors for an upgrade to a 3-year old Search and Rescue (SAR) Simulator. This full-mission competence-based training simulator is owned and operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and is based at The Lifeboat College in Poole, Dorset in the United Kingdom. RGB Communications supplied the projectors to Antycip SAS (Simulation division UK), who were responsible for the design and integration of the upgrade.

The RNLI simulator complex consists of a main lifeboat bridge with a 245-degree cylindrical visualization screen that measures five metres radius, a full lifeboat mock-up and a secondary bridge. With the upgrade, Antycip provided the eleven F2 SX+ projectors, and integrated them with a 3D Perception Compact UTM system to perform edge blending and image warping

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USA - Legendary pianist/composer Alan Pasqua has purchased two EON G2 powered 15-inch loudspeakers for use as his personal stage monitors. The pair was recently used on a two-week tour through the West Coast of the United States.

Pasqua's career includes playing piano for Bob Dylan, Santana and The New Tony Williams Lifetime. Other album and touring credits include Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, John Fogerty, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Rod Stewart and Phil Spector. Additionally, Pasqua is an accomplished composer, and his two CD releases hit the top of the jazz charts.

Recently, Pasqua has reunited with guitarist Allan Holdsworth from The New Tony Williams Lifetime and toured in support of their upcoming DVD release, entitled Live At Yoshi's. When recently touring in Europe, Pasqua discovered the JBL EON G2's. "I was trying out a lot of different speakers for my keyboa

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Denmark - dbx Professional Products, a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of professional signal processing products and a division of Harman International has provided a signal distribution solution for a new hotel wellness and conference facility in Denmark.

Situated in the idyllic surroundings of Snekkersten, in Denmark's North Seeland, Comwell Borupgaard Hotel has recently undergone a significant renovation with the opening of its Body & Mind Spa. This has met the increased demands for qualitative meeting facilities and relaxation from delegates within the business community. In this simple, beautiful and sensuous universe - created by Bente Midelbye of TO B Design, the main focus is on silence and tranquility.

The task facing Morten Paulsen from Pro Event, Frederiksværk who supervised the audio installation, was to meet the psycho-acoustic requirements of this spa, massag

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UK - CrystalRoc is the UK Company behind Kylie Minogue's crystallised Sennheiser SKM 5200 microphones, currently being used on the Showgirl Homecoming tour, which started in Sydney on 11 November.

Launching this month, CrystalRoc has hand customised the star's Sennheiser microphones with Swarovski crystals in sparkling Dorado (metallic gold) and stunning iridescent crystal. Additionally there will be the world's first completely crystallised fully functioning Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar, which will also make its debut on the groundbreaking tour.

Kylie Minogue was delighted with her dazzling microphones when she saw them at her London rehearsal studios last week and is pleased to be the first artist to use them. And her tour manager Sean Fitzpatrick says: "The microphones look and sound fantastic!"

CrystalRoc is the brainchild of successful music producer M

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UK - Adopted by the European Union (EU) in January 2003, the Directive on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) is a landmark edict intent on providing a safer environment for future generations.

At present, RoHS legally applies only within the EU; however, it is fast becoming a worldwide initiative. Aware of its significance, Crown International has taken a proactive approach and announces that eight of its eleven amplifier lines currently in production as well as all of its PIP modules now meet the regulations of the RoHS directive.

The goal of RoHS is to minimise the effects of electrical and electronic equipment on the environment during their usable life and once they become waste. Specifically targeted by the directive are a number of heavy metals (lead, mercury, etc.) and certain flame-retardants, the use of which can pose potential environmental hazards after

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Australia - Luxeon LEDs from Lumileds have been used to light the InterContinental Executive Club Lounge on the 32nd floor of the InterContinental Hotel in a project which provides a lounge for guests along with a viewing deck of Sydney's Botanical Gardens and Harbour.

NDYLight specified Megabay Lighting Enterprises, a certified member of the Luxeon Lighting Network, to create a relaxed, stylish environment through the creative use of light, while taking advantage of the stunning views of the city.

As the new lounge is surrounded by glass on three sides, lighting design director, Susan Lambert, had the challenge of minimising the amount of interior light being reflected back into the lounge. To achieve this, NDYLight's solution for the Executive Lounge incorporates Luxeon LEDS on both the interior and exterior. These are used to highlight individual elements of the design.

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Argentina - Proel reports its involvement in the most important musical events held in Argentina. After the participation in the Pepsi Music festival, the Italiancompany was involved in the realisation of the Robbie Williams' Close Encounters Tour in Argentina, on the 14 and 15 of October in the stadium of River Plate, with more than 120 thousand people attending the two concerts.

There were 16 front-fill Proel Edge 15 CXPB 15" inches coaxial monitors, powered by Powersoft Q4002 and Proel DS026 processors. The rental company providing the equipment for the show was Buenos Aires Live Show, which was enthusiastic about theperformance of the Proel Edge monitors. Federico Sainz from Buenos Aires Live Show defines the collaboration with the Italian company as "a successful couple, that allowed us to offer a sound of the highest quality".

Mario Di Cola,

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UK - Bandit Lites is supplying full lighting production for The Pussycat Dolls' first production tour, with lighting designer, Scott Warner. The show plays UK arenas and an extensive European section, promoting the 'Dolls first album PCD. It is also the first time that Bandit has worked with Warner and production manager, Bryan Cross - who also mixes both FOH and monitors.

Bandit UK's chief executive, Lester Cobrin, says: "The initial contact was made in August and the lines of communication between myself, Bryan and Scott were so good that this tour was wrapped up, finalised and put to bed quicker than ever. It's been an absolute pleasure and privilege working with the PCD's production team and I'm already looking forward to the next opportunity."

Warner wanted to make the stage resemble a disco in keeping with the up-tempo pace of the PCD's set. A veteran of

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UK - Leading UK lighting rental specialist HSL has supplied lighting equipment for a number of high profile shows and events for Electric Fly Productions, headed by LD Nick Jevons.

The first significant show uniting the two companies was back at the start of the 2006 festival season in May - for the BBC's Radio One Big Weekend in Dundee, where HSL supplied most of Electric Fly's lighting hardware requirements. Jevons says: "I was really impressed, so we've continued to develop a very fruitful working relationship" . He works closely with HSL's live music project manager, Mike Oates.

This was followed by MTV's Pimp My Ride in Manchester, where HSL supplied all lighting fixtures - moving and generic, rigging and control as a dry hire.

"Well prepped gear is absolutely essential when you're working like this with a supply company," says Jevons. "W

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Spain - Spanish rental company, Pronorte Sonido in Asturias, northern Spain, has at reported a highly successful summer/autumn festival season with EAW KF760 line array systems.

Pronorte put their EAWKF760 and KF730 line array systems through their paces at several shows this summer including a concert for veteran UK rock band, the Simple Minds as well as several major festivals. Among the biggest were the Bilbao Live Festival that took place in Bilbao in July, the Noroeste Pop Rock festival, a huge four-day free gig held in a spectacular beach setting in La Coruna at the north-western tip of Spain, and the Azkena Rock Festival in Mendizabala, Vittoria, also in northern Spain which took place during the first weekend in September.

The principal attractions at Bilbao included Guns 'n' Roses, Ben Harper, the Pretenders, the Cardigans, Placebo, the Fun Lovin' Criminals and the Cu

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Japan - Solid State Logic's new Duality console will make its Japanese debut in April 2007 when the first desk to be installed in the country is unveiled by the Osaka School of Music (OSM). Established in 1986, OSM is part of the Jikei Group - itself a member of Community Colleges for International Development (CCID). The Jikei Groupoperates 47 schools throughout Japan and has in excess of 35,000 students.

OSM's colleges in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka operate under the name of The School of Music and Communication Arts. These establishments cater for 15,000 students and teach a variety of courses covering music entertainment, creative entertainment and ecology.

As part of its ongoing expansion, OSM is preparing to open Sendai Communication Arts, a new centre in Osaka that will be completed by next April. The 48-channel SSL Duality will be used to teach its music entertain

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USA - Listen Technologies announced the winners of its 2006 Rep Awards during its winter sales meeting, Winterfest 2006 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Top honours for Rep of the Year went to Pros, Inc. headquartered in Vancouver, Washington. The award recognises the rep firm that demonstrates the most outstanding passion and commitment in representing Listen and its products.

Awards were presented to those rep firms who met or exceeded their 2006 sales quotas. Listen's FM Quota Busters included Aldridge Marketing, Inc., Eakins, Bernstein & Associates, Merchant Marketing, Pros, Inc., SECOM, Inc., Sonic Sales and Sound Vision Marketing. Aldridge Marketing Inc. and Pros Inc. also received Quota Buster awards for Listen's IR line. The Conferencing Quota Buster awards were presented to Anew CT, Encourage, Online Marketing, SECOM, Inc., Sonic Sales, and Sound Vision Marketing.

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Brazil - Sao Paulo-based R4 Som recently provided a Vertec line array system for the 24th Salao Internacional do Automovel 2006 (International Automobile Expo). The event took place October 19-29, 2006 at the Anhembi Exhibition Park in Sao Paulo.

The Salao Internacional do Automovel 2006 featured 155 exhibitors and drew more than 620,000 visitors over a two-week period. With a theme of "Passion, Emotion and Evolution" and multiple new product launches scheduled by the world's leading auto companies, the exhibition was one of Latin America's largest and most successful trade shows of the year. R4 Som, a full-service sound reinforcement company, provided its client Toyota with in-booth audio production services.

Powered by Crown MA-Series power amplifiers and driven by a dbx 4800 DriveRack loudspeaker management system, JBL Vertec VT4889 full-size line array elements w

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USA - For Chicago-based rock band Disturbed's Music As A Weapon tour of the East Coast, South and Midwest, lighting designer Travis Shirley has chosen to use Martin MAC 2ks, 600s, 500s and 250s, Martin Atomic Colors, Atomic 3000 strobes, Color Kinetics Colorblast and Coemar Infinity spots. Control is via two Whole Hog II's.

Shirley says that the Coemar Infinity lights play a substantial role ion lighting the backdrop scenery. By operating the lights with the zoom open, the Coemar Infinity lights provide an even, soft zoom. Shirley adds that "the colour-mixing abilities are phenomenal."

The atomic strobes are placed asymmetrically, enabling very intricate chases top be performed. The Martin Atomic Colors and Color Kinetics Colorblasts also prove to be beneficial by adding texture and colour to the drum kit.

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